Tom King “Nobody cares about a wedding dress.” Seriously, Tom?

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I was just reading an article in the news Section from NYCC , Joelle Jones talking about her conversation with Tom King about the Bat/Cat wedding. She told Tom she was going to draw the wedding dress. Tom King’s. “ Ok. Nobody cares about a wedding dress.”

What isolated existence does he live in? Has he ever been to a wedding with a bride(s)? The dress is a major piece of discussion in certain circles. In some circumstances it is the focal point of the entire spectacle.

I’m not sure if it’s a lack of knowledge or a bit of an unintentional slam on still existing sexist stereotypes of who reads comics? Yes, the dress may not have been an important plot point. But, “Nobody cares about a wedding dress”. Really???

I can’t be the only one who finds this comment at a minimum, bizarre.

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That is unfortunate…

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That is bizarre. I wonder if he just wasn’t thinking much about what he was saying? Still, that’s really weird.

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I’m a middle aged dude, and I care about the wedding dress. Everyone wants to see a wedding dress. Did he mean it as a joke?

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I didn’t care about the wedding dress, but I didn’t really care about this entire ratings stunt that I always knew they weren’t going to follow through with, so that’s not really a surprise.

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I didn’t really care about the storyline.

I just found that Joelle’s anecdote of King’s response to be so bizarre.

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@msgtv
Read the NYCC article in the news section. They way she describes it, I think he was 100% serious.

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He was probably too wrapped up in the story. I mean, overall, the dress didn’t really impact anything, it just looked nice. If thos were a real wedding, then yeah, that statement would be totally nanners. But in a comic… it’s still a little weird, but I get where he’s coming from.

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I’m a single guy who has no interest in getting married (right now at least), but to quote Luke Skywalker: “I care.”.

It’s Catwoman’s wedding dress. Everybody will care.

Maybe Mr. King was saying it sarcastically? Afterall, we don’t know what his inference may have been.

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The interface was artist Joelle Jones.

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“Inference” not “interface” :slight_smile:

I’d bet he was just being sarcastic over the thing. He knows it’s important.

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My wife watches Say Yes to the Dress quite a bit. There are a ton of people who care ( and spend way too much money on one IMO )

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I haven’t read the article, but maybe he just meant on the rest of the team? Like, sure, go ahead, none of the rest of us are gonna put thought into it.

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Definitely not the first time King has said something that made me think “Huh…I don’t know about that…”

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If he’s a man, then he hates Say Yes to the Dress.

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As for me, I love wedding dresses. Men can like wedding dresses, just not that show.

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On word balloon he said she said (paraphrasing) I have to draw that, and he said okay, so I think this taken out of context…

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I thought the dress looked pretty good and seeing how the wedding turned out anyway… it doesn’t really matter if she intended to wear a t-shirt does it?