The Authority - Comic Rec!!

[kowaiyoukai]

OKies, so I've been fangirling about this, and I'll post about it now. Basically, the Authority is a DC/Wildstorm comic that's about a team of superheroes who work internationally (and on other worlds/parallel universes as well) and dictate what should and shouldn't be done based on their own ideas of right and wrong. And yeah, it's just about as awesome as that sounds. Wiki article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Authority!!

In short, I like every character and plot arc, which never happens to me. EVER. The characters are all chosen to represent these aspects of society that are generally considered morally inappropriate or ambiguous, but are also culturally relevant to contemporary society. There are (basically) 7 main characters:
- Jenny Sparks, the leader and spirit of the 20th century, who is later replaced by Jenny Quantum, spirit of the 21st century
- Apollo, the most powerful team member who is also gay, and sometimes flamingly so
- Midnighter, combat fighter-type who is with Apollo
- Jack Hawksmoor, who's able to "speak" to cities and was developed to live in urban areas
- The first Doctor we meet (there are several of them) is a magician/shaman who's a drug addict
- The first Engineer we meet (again, more than one) replaced her blood with these technological organisms and is now mostly a computer
- Swift, this chick who flies and is half-bird

So, basically, go out and read this. If the idea that a group of people who are gay/bi-curious, drug addicts, smokers/drinkers, computerized, and able to talk with urban environemnts are the ones who make up the laws of morality in this world does not appeal to you, you fail at fandom. :P

I MUST HAVE ICONS LIEK NAO!! I'm scanning pics tonight and so there will be icons tomorrow. Hopefully. YAYZ.

EDIT: B/c I'm a dipshit and forgot to say it. Every character is treated really awesomely and developed in great ways. It's a very appealing storyline, as well. But yes, it's a superhero story, so if people saving the world from evil isn't your thing, you're not going to like this. ALTHOUGH I SHOULD SAY!! I honestly think Apollo/Midnighter is probably the best canon gay pairing I've ever seen. Anywhere, ever. They're shown to be people, and strong kick-ass people, and the fact that they're gay and together doesn't stop them from being kick-ass, and it's also not focused on as an aspect of their personality. You know how some series have the "gay character(s)", and that's what their personality is? That so-and-so is gay? Yeah, the Authority does not do that at all. Instead, we get characters who actually have opinions about what's going on in the world, the power to change what they feel is wrong, and who are generally awesome. This is how gay should be done in comics, people. Take notes.

Comments

[slicensmile.livejournal.com]

IT IS UTTERLY BIZARRE THAT YOU ARE POSTING THIS NOW. Because *last night* I downloaded the Authority (through 20-ish) and have burned through most of it already. The characters are pretty freaking awesome, very individualized and less archetypes than regular DC (there have been so many incarnations of most of the regular DC principles over the years).

Plus they deal with male-male rape (in Authority 14), which never happens except holy shit they went there. And while they don't make a huge issue of it (they are in the middle of huge scale military operations, after all), it gets dealt with in a very satisfying manner by the end of issue 15.

Apollo/Midnighter is basically an incarnation of Superman/Batman, y/y?!?!?? God, it pleases me. GO READ IT EVERYBODY. THEN WE CAN START A COMM.