North Carolina Comic Shop To Boycott Action Comics "as s a Christian"

[Andrew Tom]

(Don't act like you didn't expect this. It's what I do.)

No, I just didn't expect you to be so predictable.   

love ya Vince 

[Robert]

GD?  =  Gigantic Dingleberry?

Maybe he took offense because it's his pet name? 

[Planck length]

One imaginary creation "blaspheming" another.

America truly has gone insane.

(Don't act like you didn't expect this. It's what I do.)

actually i think he mean Morrison has blasphemed against both.

either that or only a fictional amoral ahole can curse or something.

[valance_the_hunter]

I wonder if this guy has a disclaimer over the archie comics that reads Might turn kids gay, but won't make gays gayer

[robomaniac]

The good news is people like this tend to not own stores for long. 

[Paul]

This whole thing is so stupid. I'm with Vince, for the record, as that was my first reaction, except for the fact that the fictional character in question NEVER invoked the name of the other fictional character!

Then, to make things worse, he says that he "tolerated" a gay character in Archie. Tolerated?!?  Good thing Facebook wasn't around 30 odd years ago, or this jagoff would be telling us how he was tolerating Falcon showing up in Captain America.

What a douche.  I'd hope he goes out of business, but with his penchant for sound business decisions, it doesn't sound like he needs my help!

[Splatoon]

What the hell is GD?

[valance_the_hunter]

Then, to make things worse, he says that he "tolerated" a gay character in Archie. Tolerated?!?  Good thing Facebook wasn't around 30 odd years ago, or this jagoff would be telling us how he was tolerating Falcon showing up in Captain America.

I agree wholeheartedly dude.

[ThreeJackBogey]

What the hell is GD?

GigaDee

[leafinsectman (Dan)]

What the hell is GD?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD

GD may refer to:

Computing

    GD Graphics Library for dynamically manipulating images
    GD-ROM, storage media for the Sega Dreamcast
    .gd, the country code top-level domain for Grenada

Science and medicine

    Gadolinium (chemical symbol: Gd), a chemical element
    Gaucher's disease, the most common of the lipid storage diseases
    Gaussian distribution, more commonly called the normal distribution, an important family of continuous probability distributions
    Generalized Dirichlet distribution, a probability distribution also used in statistics
    Generalized dystonia, a neurological movement disorder
    Gestational diabetes, a form of diabetes associated with pregnancy
    Gudermannian function, used in map-making
    GD, the NATO designation for the toxic chemical soman
    The International Symposium on Graph Drawing

Other

    gd, ISO 639-1 code for Scottish Gaelic language
    GD, the ISO 3166 country code for Grenada
    Good Delivery, a specification for gold and silver bars
    Gangster Disciples, a black street gang in the United States
    Gardner Denver, a US-based manufacturer of industrial equipment
    General Delivery (French: Poste restante), a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
    General Dynamics, a US-based defense conglomerate
    Grateful Dead, an American rock band
    The Great Depression, sudden collapse of the economy in the 1920s
    Green Day, an American rock band
    A common euphemism for the curse word "goddamn"
    Grupo Desportivo (Portuguese for "Sports Group"), an identifier frequently found in the names of football clubs in Portugal
    G-Dragon, leader of Korean group Big Bang
    Guangdong, China
    Group Discussion

[LoadofBS]

Maybe he's dyslexic and was remembering he had to get to the Dolce & Gabbana sale.

plus he's boycotting action comics because of the horrible costume redesign.

[Splatoon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD

GD may refer to:

Computing

    GD Graphics Library for dynamically manipulating images
    GD-ROM, storage media for the Sega Dreamcast
    .gd, the country code top-level domain for Grenada

Science and medicine

    Gadolinium (chemical symbol: Gd), a chemical element
    Gaucher's disease, the most common of the lipid storage diseases
    Gaussian distribution, more commonly called the normal distribution, an important family of continuous probability distributions
    Generalized Dirichlet distribution, a probability distribution also used in statistics
    Generalized dystonia, a neurological movement disorder
    Gestational diabetes, a form of diabetes associated with pregnancy
    Gudermannian function, used in map-making
    GD, the NATO designation for the toxic chemical soman
    The International Symposium on Graph Drawing

Other

    gd, ISO 639-1 code for Scottish Gaelic language
    GD, the ISO 3166 country code for Grenada
    Good Delivery, a specification for gold and silver bars
    Gangster Disciples, a black street gang in the United States
    Gardner Denver, a US-based manufacturer of industrial equipment
    General Delivery (French: Poste restante), a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it
    General Dynamics, a US-based defense conglomerate
    Grateful Dead, an American rock band
    The Great Depression, sudden collapse of the economy in the 1920s
    Green Day, an American rock band
    A common euphemism for the curse word "goddamn"
    Grupo Desportivo (Portuguese for "Sports Group"), an identifier frequently found in the names of football clubs in Portugal
    G-Dragon, leader of Korean group Big Bang
    Guangdong, China
    Group Discussion

Wow, guess it actually is a euphemism for God Damn (not that common in NY apparently), thought the dude was a total nut. Have to admit, I'm a little baffled by what Morrison is doing here. Either it's a confusing attempt at profanity, in which case, stupid, or it's a really confusing attempt at guttural groan/grunt, in which case, sloppy.

[leafinsectman (Dan)]

Either it's a confusing attempt at profanity, in which case, stupid, or it's a really confusing attempt at guttural groan/grunt, in which case, sloppy.

Or Supes is a big fan of G-Dragon, leader of Korean group Big Bang.

[Dave Faust]

Since Morrison is responsible for Batman's "HH" utterance, the sound he makes when he's about to unleash awesome, I'm going with "GD" being another wordless utterance, but one that expresses the pain that comes from being struck my ordinance.

If Supes is a G-Dragon fan, then that'll be a deal breaker for me. I get enough of that shit just walking around my neighborhood and around campus. Don't need it in my funny books.

[Purdie]

One imaginary creation "blaspheming" another.

America truly has gone insane.

(Don't act like you didn't expect this. It's what I do.)

Yep, like people getting mad when Thor and Hercules fight.  Ban those books!!!   

[Planck length]

Yep, like people getting mad when Thor and Hercules fight.  Ban those books!!!   

Karma

[NiceAndBlue]

Maybe in place of Action he'll order a couple copies of Crumb's Genesis!

This reminds me that today at Chick-fil-a my fiancee was told that mayo was "Lucifer's condiment" by the manager when she asked for some. Great chicken....but yeah....weirdos.

[aelfinn]

Then, to make things worse, he says that he "tolerated" a gay character in Archie. Tolerated?!?  Good thing Facebook wasn't around 30 odd years ago, or this jagoff would be telling us how he was tolerating Falcon showing up in Captain America.

that is what stood out most to me when reading this.  Boycotting Morrison's works just sounds like an overreaction in an attempt to gain attention... but adding a homophobic stance to his comments... child please.

GOD DAMN, I'd encourage his customers to buy all their books elsewhere.

[Jeppe]

Then, to make things worse, he says that he "tolerated" a gay character in Archie. Tolerated?!?  Good thing Facebook wasn't around 30 odd years ago, or this jagoff would be telling us how he was tolerating Falcon showing up in Captain America.

Yep, this was what got me too. I coulnd't care less what some guy selling funny books in NC thinks about Superman saying GD, but that Archie comic actually pissed me off.

[GLewis]

I wish this would make big news and turn into a 2 Live Crew type of situation. Comic sales would go through the roof. How funny would the news be on a daily basis?