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— by なかどおり

Damn, Bruce. That is a fucking flawless look for you.

hahaha jfc jiro never ceases to surprise me. this is perfect.

Tonight on: How to catch a Super!

Gahh, I love this so much: the classic Batman pose, gargoyle and clenched fist and scowl, but FUCK YOU he was in the mood to be pretty, what of it.

And look at dat LEG! Move over, Angelina.

The Fab Knight arouses

Yep! :)

This just needs to be on my blog.

I love a man that knows how to wear a dress.

and people laughed when I said Batman was my favourite disney princess

Hot Dayum

WALK WALK FASHION BABY

Dressed to Kill 

rosalarian:

Whenever I complain about how females are portrayed in mainstream superhero comics, inevitably half a dozen people pop up to tell me this:

“Men are idealized in comics, too.”

Yes. Yes they are. I am aware of this. While I think the idealism is harmful, that isn’t actually what I have a problem with. (Well, not the main thing.) Because while the men are impossibly muscular and the women are impossibly skinny/boobular, the men aren’t being sexualized out the wazoo.

It’s not the characters’ bodies themselves that are the biggest problem, but how they are dressed and posed. Tits out, ass out, lips pouty, legs spread, hips cocked, eyelids at half mast. Outfits that make Wonder Woman’s star spangled panties look fit for a Mormon picnic. Short skirts, cutouts, stilettos, fishnets, thigh-highs. I’m not describing Playboy here.

You don’t see male heroes wearing these costumes or posing like this. Outside of statistical outliers like Namor, their costumes tend to have full coverage, and when they pose, it’s to inspire fear, not boners.

To prove my point, I spent yesterday morning creating this:

Looks pretty ridiculous. You would never see this as a serious illustration. Comic fans would be in an uproar. Way too much man-ass. And you know he’s not going to be graceful on those heels. And why is he looking back with a come-hither look?

You might be thinking that I drew him extra sexy, just to prove my point. Well, perhaps you’d like to see the source image:

Yeah, I literally drew Man Canary right on top of her. (*snicker*) I drew Black Canary’s skeletal position, then added the idealized male superhero physique over top. See, it really isn’t his muscles that are freaking you out. It’s the fishnets doing their best to contain those man cheeks.

And it’s not just heroines who deal with this:

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I feel uncomfortable looking at this. And also, perplexed. How is that costume staying on? I know most comic artists don’t have much experience with real-world fashion, but let me tell you, double sided tape does not work all that well in combat situations.

I get that some of these characters are “using their sexuality to blind men so they can attack them,” and I bet that could be an effective attack. But there are so many chicks doing this that even the dumbest, most weak-willed superhero/villain is going to catch on eventually.

And lest you think DC is all alone in this, I present you with this little gem:

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SO MUCH BULGING MAN PELVIS!!! For everyone!

I actually had a lot of fun with this one. Most of the characters are actually pretty covered up. But between Black Cat’s absurd front zipper and her pose, yeah, it’s ridiculous.

There were so many more images I could have parodied, but I got tired of spending so much time rendering man ass.

Dudes, I want you to imagine a world where most of the portrayals of your gender in comics look like the above. Are you going to think “Well, I really like the stories so I’ll just suck it up and read this anyway”? Or are you going to be alienated from reading most comics? Be honest. Are you willing to stare at that much thrusting crotch just to find out if Spiderman is gonna win?

Lots of people in the comics business look at their demographic breakdown and think women don’t like superheroes. The creator of DC Women Kicking Ass made a very apt point when she said, “Let me put it this way, if you keep keeping putting food on a kid’s plate and they don’t eat you do you assume they don’t like to eat or they don’t like the food? Right.”

Women like comics. And not just flowery manga and autobio stuff. We like superheroes.

I don’t have a problem with cheesecake, and I don’t have a problem with lady-flesh. (I make a fair amount of money drawing lesbian porn.) But there’s a time and a place for it. Unless you are specifically going out of your way to create porn comics, stop putting porn in comics. Stop using Playboy for anatomy references! (I wish I was kidding about that.)

Now, there will still be many of you who are unconvinced, who think us ladies are making a big deal out of nothing, that this is trivial. Many of you will bring up examples of female superheroes who are covered up, non-sexualized, and non-idealized. I’m not denying that those characters exist, and that there are several. But there are still far too many female characters more concerned with showing- off ass, rather than kicking it.

This needs to stop…and let me tell you why! 

justsayins:

 

Okay. Guys. Guys. Two things.

1) I’m a martial artist. I’ve been studying since I was seven. I wouldn’t even hesitate to say that I’m good at it. I have done work as a fight choreographer for film, and I am trained in stage combat as well.

2) I’m a contortionist. Yes. Again, since childhood. I had to take a few years off due to some back issues, but I’m getting back into it again. I am Dick Grayson levels of flexible. Yes.

And this pose? 

No.

Let’s forget for a minute that it is a supremely stupid and impractical pose for fighting because hey, it’s a comic book. If it looks neat, it doesn’t matter that a real fighter would never, ever do that, right? I mean, why use real positions when you can use made-up ones? Actual showy martial arts moves certainly don’t exist.

And it’s not like they look cool, or anything.

Hey, did you know that the makers of Avatar: The Last Airbender brought in martial arts experts to demonstrate moves, to make sure that they were both making sure things looked cool but also getting them realistic, thereby making iteven more awesome?

Yeah. But. As I already said, let’s move past the whole it’s “stupid for fighting” thing.

I am, actually, physically capable of posing like Cassie above, if we stuck with just the torso twist and had the arms by the hips instead of up the way they are. It isn’t natural or comfortable of course (this is, keep in mind, coming from a person who can, and does, often browse the internets while maintaining a floating middle split), but it is physically possible for me, even with the intense exaggerated curve of the spine and position of the lower half of the body.

However, I am unable to imitate Cassie’s full pose. And Wonder Woman’s, considering the even more exaggerated swayback? It isn’t difficult, it isn’t uncomfortable. It is impossible.

To further demonstrate, this is me doing a fairly extreme torso twist:

As you can see in the picture, I can position myself so that my upper half and lower half are, well. My chest is facing the floor and my knees are pointed towards the ceiling. I’m not sure how clear it is in the picture, but my shoulders are pretty much in line with my knees. And yet, the way Cassie’s torso is situated, coupled with her arm placement, how Wonder Woman’s shoulders are pulled back as she pushes out her chest while twisting her lower half in that direction? Nope. Can’t.

Now I’m sure there are some people out there who probably are able to mimic the way these two (and so many other female comic characters) are positioned above. I’m also pretty sure that there aren’t many, and that these characters can’t. Regardless of the fact that they were drawn that way. I’m going to go ahead and say they can’t. And non-super female characters, who have to work at what they do? Have an even less chance of being able to achieve this position.

Also, and go ahead and brick me for saying so, but I’m so turned around by how bad the art and positioning is that I really can’t find them sexy or anything. Which, you know, was probably the whole point of them being drawn that way. I guess some people find torso dislocation sexy? I’m not one of those people.

Just seriously. Artists. I understand artist license. I understand exaggeration. I understand suspending disbelief.

But if a martial artist who is also a contortionist can’t mimic a pose you use constantly for female fighters, there might be a problem in, you know, your choices on basic anatomy. I can’t be the only one who thinks this.

Just sayin’.

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rule63rules:

[Image: A portion of a comic page. In the first panel, two people, presumably women, say, “I mean, what if there were superheroes who had the same qualities as superheroines? Wouldn’t that be awesome?” “Totally! Like, what if superhero costumes accentuated the masculine sexual characteristics in a way that made no sense for fighting!” In the next panel they turn their heads, leading to the third panel, where a hyper-muscled Superman-esque figure stands in radiant light, wearing a skin-tight costume that exposes one arm and half of his hairy chest while creating a hilariously revealing sling for his bulge.]

super hot, yo.

HIS GROIN

I CAN’T LOOK AWAY

SUPERMAN’S NEW POWER: COCK HYPNOTISM

it looks like a poopy diaper that’s turned the wrong way

Judging a Book by its Cover: How Women See Comic Books 

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GO READ THIS.

YES GO READ THAT

GHR KALJNIJKVL

Oh god, amazing. READ THIS.

A+. And Miller’s script for Allstar Batman and Robin are fucking creepy.

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pe…ter…

sonne ilu

ilu guys but you need to arch your back too

haha what are you talking about this is EXACTLY how I sit comfortably.

I’m so comfortable.

oh you too tanna?

spiderman where u at

[edit: added comment]

I just read all the comments.. dang yo, chill. It’s just a drawing. it’s freakin FANTASY. I think she looks hot and I wish i could draw half as good as this.

I actually have this as a poster in my room lololol. I like his art- mostly just for his lines— but yeaaahhh. Her pose bothers me every time I see this.

Also, reblogging for the comments dear god ahaha.

wait how are you guys sitting like that

wait I just

I can’t

fuck

lol fuq all y’all i sit like this almost every day

I am dying omg

I wish I had a webcammmm

i couldn’t even pull off the pose i kept falling over 

da fuq

that is a look of intense concentration as i tried not to fall over while longing 4 peter

also i got a cramp in my foot

I don’t know about you guys, but I always drink my coffee like this.

oh my god this comment thread

tumblr you’ve outdone yourself

OH MY GOD.

I’m going to marry this one

Or at least love her tenderly. 

I’ve seen this come up a few times but just… these photos. I’m dying, I can’t stop laughing!

I never reblog these but holy christ on a cracker this needs to be on my blog.