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saoneThis is one of the stupidest things I've read in a long, long time. I mean, honestly, the fact that this man is breathing air that could be used by intelligent beings disturbs me.
Comic Contempt
So many things are just wrong with this article. You can tell the writer's never actually read any comics.
Hollywood hasn’t exactly helped either. By consistently funding turgid comic-book adaptations in the vain hope of capturing that elusive adolescent geek market (via repeated shots of Jennifer Garner’s taut buttocks — see Elektra), the movie business is actually fuelling the comic-book industry’s continuing obsession with hooker chic.
So, Elektra isn't really a resurrected assassin, she's just a prostitute. Glad that was cleared up for me.
Talking about Sin City - Here at last, unmediated by mainstream sensibilities, is the raw reality of comic-book art and the truth about the hopeless phallocentric frenzy that stirs inside every comic-book geek.
Evidently all comic book artists have to go to the Frank Miller School of Art. And, I'm phallocentric. Which confuses the hell out of me. Should I be dominating myself?
Whatever.
I know there's a lot of debate over the treatment of women in comics, and yeah, they can be incredibly misogynistic, especially the older ones. For the record, I loved Sin City, and I wasn't offended by it at all. I'm offended by stuff like Tag Body Spray commercials (Buy our product and have beautiful women literally throw themselves at you. If you're lucky, you may even get to see a catfight. Meee-ow.).
What really pisses me off about this article is that it goes from the treatment of women in comics/comic book movies, to why women don't buy comics and/or go into comic stores. Which, of course, is utter bullshit. Okay, I admit, on some occasions, when gaming tournaments are being held, I do sometimes get a whiff of unwashed teenage male. But, dude, they're gamers... ;)
What really really pisses me off. Shit like this -
Unlike male counterparts, female comic heroines are skilled in the mundane arts, such as gymnastics (DC’s Huntress), “online skills” (seriously! See DC’s desk-bound Oracle)...
Yes, Huntress is just a glorified gymnast, y'all. And, Oracle got into the JLA with her mad Google skillz.
Bottom line - Yes, comics have been known to be pretty shitty to female characters. No, women do not run screaming from cardboard cutouts of Red Sonja. No, comic book stores do not smell. No, geeks do not fear water, they even have been known to use soap. Yes, this writer is a moron.
Thank you.
/rant
Comic Contempt
So many things are just wrong with this article. You can tell the writer's never actually read any comics.
Hollywood hasn’t exactly helped either. By consistently funding turgid comic-book adaptations in the vain hope of capturing that elusive adolescent geek market (via repeated shots of Jennifer Garner’s taut buttocks — see Elektra), the movie business is actually fuelling the comic-book industry’s continuing obsession with hooker chic.
So, Elektra isn't really a resurrected assassin, she's just a prostitute. Glad that was cleared up for me.
Talking about Sin City - Here at last, unmediated by mainstream sensibilities, is the raw reality of comic-book art and the truth about the hopeless phallocentric frenzy that stirs inside every comic-book geek.
Evidently all comic book artists have to go to the Frank Miller School of Art. And, I'm phallocentric. Which confuses the hell out of me. Should I be dominating myself?
Whatever.
I know there's a lot of debate over the treatment of women in comics, and yeah, they can be incredibly misogynistic, especially the older ones. For the record, I loved Sin City, and I wasn't offended by it at all. I'm offended by stuff like Tag Body Spray commercials (Buy our product and have beautiful women literally throw themselves at you. If you're lucky, you may even get to see a catfight. Meee-ow.).
What really pisses me off about this article is that it goes from the treatment of women in comics/comic book movies, to why women don't buy comics and/or go into comic stores. Which, of course, is utter bullshit. Okay, I admit, on some occasions, when gaming tournaments are being held, I do sometimes get a whiff of unwashed teenage male. But, dude, they're gamers... ;)
What really really pisses me off. Shit like this -
Unlike male counterparts, female comic heroines are skilled in the mundane arts, such as gymnastics (DC’s Huntress), “online skills” (seriously! See DC’s desk-bound Oracle)...
Yes, Huntress is just a glorified gymnast, y'all. And, Oracle got into the JLA with her mad Google skillz.
Bottom line - Yes, comics have been known to be pretty shitty to female characters. No, women do not run screaming from cardboard cutouts of Red Sonja. No, comic book stores do not smell. No, geeks do not fear water, they even have been known to use soap. Yes, this writer is a moron.
Thank you.
/rant
