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When you first hear about the upcoming Disney+ film, Flora & Ulysses, you wonder just how Newbury Award-winning author and executive producer Kate DiCamillo came up with the idea of a girl and her superhero squirrel. The film, which premieres this Friday, tells the story of Flora, an avid comic book fan and self-avowed cynic, […]

Writers: Williamson, V. / Artists: Takara, Rocha / DC Comics

Justice League: Future State’s final issue gives us a finale to two strong Justice League and Justice League: Dark stories.

In the first half of the book, the Justice League of the future is led by legacy heroes Jo Mullein (Green Lantern) and Jonathan Kent (Superman-ish). Their opposition? Hyperclan, a sect of villainous White Martians with a grudge. 

But before they can take over the shape-shifting goons posing as the Justice League, the team has to overcome a more personal hurdle, themselves. 

This iteration of the League was founded on a new principle, with a radical dynamic. The team agreed it would be best that they don’t get close to one another. While this social contract worked on paper (so far), there are very clear moments where knowing each other better would benefit them in battle. This is one of those moments. And they’re going to have to leave their golden rule behind if they’re gonna save the Earth and the integrity of this team. 

I appreciate it when things get personal, so this was a solid story for me. We get these quirky peeks into these characters. The new Batman hums when he’s fighting. Aquawoman talks in her sleep. I’m all about these textured character details. I’m not really sure when we’ll see this team next. Or even in this personalized context. I do know that these characters are going to be sprinkled throughout DC Comics for the foreseeable future and that this was a very solid debut for them.

In the second half of the issue we get to the finale of the Justice League: Dark story centered around Merlin trying to take over the world with dark magic. The ending of this story focuses on Etrigan as he comes to terms with what happened to his former vessel Jason Blood. Y’all. Let me tell you, this guy goes HAM. If you’ve ever wanted to see a demon beat people to a pulp while laying down some bars in ye olde English, you’re gonna need this book. You’ll also need just about every other book featuring Etrigan. 

Writer Ram V. is consistently showing us that he can balance the dense, layered languages of a magically themed book while also keeping the reader compelled and engaged. I often find that dense comics can be difficult to digest, but V. has really found a healthy middle ground.

Justice League: Future State ends with the Justice League opening themselves up to each other to save the day, while Justice League: Dark weighs the options on how to take out Merlin.

9 Rhyming Demons out of 10

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For the second time this week, Halle Berry went into her Instagram comments to set the record straight for an internet troll who picked the wrong day to say something underneath her post on a topic they didn’t really have the facts on.

In a post from three days ago, Berry shared a muted and simple graphic to her Instagram account with a nude background and text that read, “Women don’t owe you sh*t.”

In the comments, users began attempting to connect the dots, all wondering whether maybe Berry was shading her ex, Gabriel Aubry, who the actress dated from 2002 to 2010. If you didn’t know, Berry reportedly pays Aubry $16,000 a month in child support for their 12-year-old daughter, Nahla.

Being one of the people who brought up Aubry in the comments, one user replied to the post and said, “Halle Berry owes alimony and child support to that cr*cker that called her the N-word though.” Responding to the comment, Berry agreed with the user and replied, “And it takes great strength eryday to pay it. And BTW it’s wrong and extortion!”

Following that exchange, another user who was seemingly aiming to bait Berry asked her, “Do you believe that men paying alimony and child support is wrong? And is it extortion?”

Knowing that the questions were an attempt to prove the user’s notion that Berry had a double standard surrounding gender and who should be on the receiving end of child support payments, she expanded on her thoughts in a thorough and clarified message. She said not everyone uses children to claim child support and use the money for expenses that it’s not intended for, but there are definitely people who do. From her perspective, Berry said she’s able to relate to those who have been taken advantage of and extorted when it comes to the child support system, because she thinks at this point it’s “outdated,” and one that can be unfair if it’s abused.

“I’m not going to speak on alimony as I have never asked for it nor have I ever paid it,” the actress began. “However, as for child support, I feel I can speak on it as I’ve been paying it for a decade now. I feel if a woman or man is having to pay support that is way more than the reasonable needs to help SUPPORT the child, I think that is wrong! I understand some parents (man or woman) may need help, but I also feel that in these modern times both men and women have the responsibility to financially take care of their children, work hard, and make every effort to do so. The way many laws are set up, people are allowed to USE children in order to be awarded money to live a lifestyle that not only they did not earn, but that is way above and beyond the child’s reasonable needs, and that is ‘THE WRONG’ and where I see abuse. The laws are outdated and no longer reflect the modern world. This is just my opinion, I clearly don’t own the truth. I can say I’m living it every day, and I can tell you it’s hard. I do totally understand the feelings of those men who feel they are and have been taken advantage of by the system.”

In subsequent comments, after many users showed their support of Berry and let the actress know she didn’t need to explain herself and her family’s dynamic, especially to an internet troll, Berry messaged her fans back and said that it wasn’t about giving the person the satisfaction of her response, but it was an effort to address a problem that she knows affects many families.

“Thank you for the love,” Berry replied. “I appreciate you. I don’t feel like I’m explaining nor do I feel the need. This is an issue that affects so many families and I feel it’s a topic worthy of our discussion!❤️ ”

It seems like these days Berry has no problem heading into her comments and letting the world know what’s really on her mind. When it comes to those child support payments, the actress has a point about how either a man or a woman could be taken advantage of by their former partner when things between them go south and they share a child. Just keeping it real, who would want their ex living it up all on their dime?