Dumb question here: How do the celebrities who are most popular with the kids today look?

[seriousfic]

So why then, have we decided that kids won't accept Jay Garrick having a hat with wings on it?



I mean, that's why we're doing this, right? The kids? Because hardcore fans are already used to Jay Garrick having a hat. So this has to be meant to appeal to kids and not, say, thirty-year-old fanboys who are secretly ashamed to like comics and thus demand they be full of black leather and tragedy porn to offset their own intolerance for everything that makes comics as a medium interesting?

By the way...



Five bucks to anyone who can explain why that is reasonable, but Superman having red trunks is silly, without going mad in the style of Abdul Alhazred.

Comments

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Sadly, they're aggressively trying to exclusively shoot for the white straight teenage boy manchild gamer demographic, especially those who remember the 90's. How many of those listen to the above performers? I'm honestly asking, since I'm totally out of the loop when it comes to "the pops music."

[mcity.livejournal.com]

Looking at a bigger picture, the wings are still there, just stylized, like the Nike swoosh. And the WWI helmet that used to be Jay's dad's is now a speed biker's helmet, which is actually appropriate, unless DC was going to try and sell the public on a hundred year old helmet still being in good shape, and being worn by a guy in what looks like some sort of modern sport suit.

Come to think, it looks an awful lot like Aaron Diaz' redesign.

Aside: how is it I imagesearch for a bike helmet and get a picture on a pretty woman in skimpy clothing? Albeit with a bike in the background, so I suppose it's technically relevant.

>How many of those listen to the above performers?

Most of 'em, judging by the Youtube comments about sandwiches.

[mcity.livejournal.com]

PS: The outfit is growing on me.