Formerly, my opinion used to be something along the lines that comics were equally sexist against men as they were to women. I mean, sure, ladies are running around in fishnets and bathing suits doing high kicks and yeah, that does give a little girl something to think about - but they are also kicking ass just as much as men. Men who are, incidentally, wearing skintight spandex, well-muscled and well... well, you can see where this is going. If the female superhero body is hard to aspire to, imagine the men.
However in more recent years, that opinion has changed. Generally the last couple of years Marvel and DC have been in a downward slump, particularly in maintaining or garnering attention from female readers (and not appearing like idiots). Marvel has Quesada, DC has Didio. Didio the guy who made Wonder Woman into the comic version of My Super Ex Girlfriend. Wonder Woman. Its been hard times if you are like me: a girl who has devoted years and thousands of dollars into collecting a product that could give two shits about my opinion by sheer virtue of my not having the appropriate parts to get into a pissing contest with.
So where four years ago I would have listed off awesome titles in the big superhero genres for a girl who wants to like superhero comics, said 'NO, LOOK, LOOK AT THE AWESOME' now I can only point out certain bits that don't suck as bad. Way to go, guys.
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Date: 2009-05-08 12:59 am (UTC)However in more recent years, that opinion has changed. Generally the last couple of years Marvel and DC have been in a downward slump, particularly in maintaining or garnering attention from female readers (and not appearing like idiots). Marvel has Quesada, DC has Didio. Didio the guy who made Wonder Woman into the comic version of My Super Ex Girlfriend. Wonder Woman. Its been hard times if you are like me: a girl who has devoted years and thousands of dollars into collecting a product that could give two shits about my opinion by sheer virtue of my not having the appropriate parts to get into a pissing contest with.
So where four years ago I would have listed off awesome titles in the big superhero genres for a girl who wants to like superhero comics, said 'NO, LOOK, LOOK AT THE AWESOME' now I can only point out certain bits that don't suck as bad. Way to go, guys.