Have comics always been this bad?

[viktor_haag]

I note several things:

(a) I spend much much less on comics these days than I used to.

(b) I actually read only a handful of titles (and by handful, I mean maybe four or five), and for only two of those do I buy single issues (Hellboy and BPRD).

(c) Have comics always been this blatantly sexist?

I'm coming to the sad conclusion that Greg Land is the rule not the exception (ed: yes, I know that link doesn't produce an example of Land's work, but the subtext is similar).

Bah.

Comments

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Just google her image. Much has been blogged about how Power Girl has been defined by her cleavage. (Slightly inappropriate for work).

She has been re-written, re-vamped, re-drawn, and re-done more than any other DC hero* ... I blame it on the fact that she's bland, generic, unthrilling, and to lean on D&D RPG theory ... she infringes on too many other characters' niches. Supergirl & Superman's Kryptonianism. Wonder Woman & Supergirl's "strong invulnerable flying woman" schtick. She needs a niche of her own ... but that would require yet another re-imagining.

Doug.

*I have no proof for that.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Where I read about the cover. Because while I read a lotta comics, I don't actually read superhero books.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Cool. Does Amy Winehouse have the capability to produce consonants at all when see sings? It doesn't seem so...

[sixteenbynine.livejournal.com]

I'm in the odd position of owning stock in Marvel Entertainment without actually being interested in their comics. The movie franchises have proved to be a lot more interesting than what the comics have been lately!

[mneme]

I think that among comic women, Power Girl (and her breasts) is iconic for this sort of thing.

-Still- not as bad (as far as I've seen) as the Savant and Sorcerer cover (http://boardgameclub.co.uk/images/WW8805.jpg).

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Good GAWD.

That verges (infringes) on being NSFW.

[mneme]

Yeah. I should have tagged it (well, ok, I don't use NSFW, but as "warning: painted on clothing, full-frontal"). Most sexualized rpg book cover -ever-.