On April 12, “Young Sheldon” aired an episode called “A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man’s Backside.” In it, Sheldon’s mother goes ballistic when she discovers her son is reading a smutty comic featuring full frontal male nudity. It was called “Watchmen.”
The episode seemed charmingly antiquated. I don’t really recall much offended fan reaction back when the book was initially published, although granted that was somewhat before the modern age of social media. By the way standards have changed in comics, I figured if it was done today, it would result in little reaction at all.
Well, not so much, as it turns out. In the first issue of “Batman: Ðámņëd,” well…there’s been lots of talk about Bruce Wayne’s dìçk in the past years, but it’s always capitalized and has the last name of “Grayson.” This time we see a heavily shadowed version of the real thing.
And I’m told by my wife that there are actually some fans who are offended.
Really? If it was Selina Kyle’s pubic hair, fanboys would be all over it. But depict a shadowed outline of the dìçk knight and those same fans are appalled.
I mean, you guys DO get it’s a drawing, right? That Bruce Wayne is fictional. That it’s one artist’s interpretation. That other than an attempt to justify the adult label on the book, it’s utterly pointless. That “Watchmen” was far more explicit thirty years ago.
Jesus. Chill, people. It’s a dìçk. Almost every other person in the world has one. No big deal, in any interpretation.
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