http://www.cracked.com/article_22120_the-5-most-ridiculous-ways-comics-depict-sexy-superheroes.html
Our favorite (new) SJW author came up with this article today. Now that I filled my downvotes quota for the day, discussion is open.
Ericthebearjew wrote:Yeah, the fanservice may be a bit much sometimes, but such a criticism isn't valid when talking about She-Hulk. Of course her boobs are large, she's a fucking hulk? Is Donovan demanding that Jennifer Walter's chest just never transform with her? Because that would, you know, kill her.
But in the world of comic books, even the daughter of the Hulk -- a green giant the size of a pregnant Hummer -- sports a stomach that's so sunken-in, you could fill it with guacamole and use it as a salsa bowl.
NotCIAAgent wrote:I really don't get it, everything is either male power fantasy, or to appeal for males.
Strong female protagonists, sexy female protagonists, shy female protagonists, voluptuous females, plain females, "exotic" females... even Namor's tan lines are intended for males?
Tesseracts wrote:I'm really sick of seeing articles like this that have no respect for comic book artists. This article calls artists "virgins" because they don't always draw breasts correctly. They have no concept of how difficult it is to draw people all day, every day, from thousands of different angles, all on a hard deadline. You can get anatomy right 99.5% of the time, but under continuous pressure to draw, you will screw up. The human face is a whole 'nother issue. Everybody tends to draw the same face over and over, male or female. Articles like this don't really care about "social justice" or sexism, their goal seems to mainly be baseless insults.
Andropov4 wrote:Tesseracts wrote:I'm really sick of seeing articles like this that have no respect for comic book artists. This article calls artists "virgins" because they don't always draw breasts correctly. They have no concept of how difficult it is to draw people all day, every day, from thousands of different angles, all on a hard deadline. You can get anatomy right 99.5% of the time, but under continuous pressure to draw, you will screw up. The human face is a whole 'nother issue. Everybody tends to draw the same face over and over, male or female. Articles like this don't really care about "social justice" or sexism, their goal seems to mainly be baseless insults.
I'm on board with the faces thing, but these clearly aren't screw-ups and they aren't getting it "right" 99.5% of the time. It seems to me that standard operating procedure is to draw them with impossible proportions and tits that might very well just be cast iron, considering how much they move.
Now, all that being said, I do think he is overly derisive about comic book writers, illustrators, and fans. I don't know if that's how he really feels or if he was trying to play it up for comedic effect, but it came off as him just being an ass. But that doesn't invalidate all of the points he made.
Tesseracts wrote:What makes you say these clearly aren't screw ups? I find it impossible to imagine any artist would draw this
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or this
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on purpose.
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