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Slovenly Muse
04/11/09

In reply to Marvel Divas: Because Nothing Says Superhero Like "Hot Sudsy Fun"
Okay, I would not be surprised to learn that I am Jezebel's only reader of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, but that art really, really reminds me of a segment in one of those comics where a couple of people are robbing a bank, only to be interrupted by a couple of "superheroes." The male "hero" is basically a big hunched over mountain of muscle so bulky he can barely move, and the woman has breasts twice the size of her head and a waist the size of a pencil. The robbers just taunt the "heroes" about how completely impossible it must be to fight crime with those body types, and the "heroes" are powerless to stop them (for obvious reasons), and end up dying gruesomely from the sheer impracticality of their own bodies.

It was very disturbing, but also quite clever.
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grrl
04/12/09

@Slovenly Muse: I've tried, but couldn't get through Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. It's sortof on that Crumb-like level for me: I can appreciate the creativity and talent and uniqueness, but the disturb-o-meter is too high for me to actually enjoy it.
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Slovenly Muse
04/13/09

@grrl: Heh. Yeah, it's pretty gruesome. I was desensitized to that kind of content early on by my best friend/neighbour who insisted on horror movie marathons every weekend (I was a total wuss, but I had to detach and suck it up in order to look cool, since I had a pretty major pre-teen crush on her), so I'm able to laugh at it without hating myself too much. But I'm pretty much the only person I know who can do it.
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MediasBlue
04/11/09

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Funny, I had this very same argument 10 years ago while in college. I was heavily into D & D and our GM was an artist and not only did he draw our characters, but he did a few comics. He and I had a huge fight one night when I made him draw REAL USEFUL armor on my character. The other guys were real fuckin' quiet when I pointed out that everything he had drawn was useless and stupid in real life.

I will say his art has improved immensely since then...
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marvel girl
04/11/09

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Okay, it's ridiculous to critisize the perfection of super heroines bodies, I mean, look at male super hero's! They're both pure fantasy. I mean what woman doesn't want to bone Wolverine?

Aside from that, being a woman who actually reads Marvel comics regularly, I think the content sounds ridiculous and horrible , but wouldn't it be great if it got more girls got into comics?
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Raspberry Swirly
04/11/09

@marvel girl: Superheroes. It's not possessive. But the men are drawn that way so that little boys will look at them and say, "Hey, I wanna be just like that when I grow up!" The women, on the other hand, are drawn that way so that little boys will actually pay attention to the female characters.
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Slovenly Muse
04/11/09

@marvel girl: I would be hard-pressed to classify those bodies as "perfection." I would lean more toward "hideously disfigured," myself. There is nothing appealing to me about those bodies. They don't turn me on in any way whatsoever, nor do I see why they'd 'excite' any male readers. They're just gross.
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hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE
04/11/09

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i just keep thinking that if any woman of any size were wearing an outfit that tight, there would be a massive uni-boob situation. it creeps me out that they are all individual like that. i prefer fighting crime without feeling like my tits are going to bounce off as i run after the bad guy... but that's just me.
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la.donna.pietra
04/11/09

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Somewhere, Hazel and Foxglove are sighing in dismay.
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LaComtesse
04/11/09

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This underestimates both female and male fans. Male fans, I promise you, will not be interested in this. Female fans will not only not be interested, they're also too smart to be fooled by crap like this. Here's the deal, if you're a female comic fan, your chances of also being a SATC fan are probably somewhat diminished.
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Lyricl
04/11/09

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I mean first of all, what the FUCK is sudsy fun?
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Ipomoea
04/11/09

@Lyricl: Between sudsy and those outfits, it sounds like all of these women have a lot of vag health issues.
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Eric Northman is mine
04/11/09

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Skin tight outfits, huge tits, flat abs (why do they all have the exact body type?) sexy bitchface....all that's missing is knee high boots
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meloroast
04/11/09

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holy chachas batman. mine are that big but surely they could not support themselves in a spandex unitard with clearly NO support underwire.

and may i ask why black is used as the name for the 'black' one? could they not figure out a slightly more intriguing or creative name that didn't just describe the colour of her skin?? i mean why isn't the white one called "White Cat"? oh ya, cause they are 3 of them so they aren't 'token'. head desk
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rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
04/11/09

@meloroast: Black Cat is the woman on the left dressed in black.
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pond-side-over
04/11/09

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I'm not seeing any velcro or obvious zippers. How on earth do they get out of those suits? They must have to peel themselves like a Babybel mini-cheese.
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rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
04/11/09

@pond-side-over: That's the real superpower.
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tscheese
04/11/09

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Or, we could start a comic about Jezebel, where a brave and bold legion of heroines is led by a fearsome cadre of editors, and we use our powers of stabby to combat stupidity.
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PrettyPrettyPrincess
04/11/09

@tscheese: I LOVE THIS IDEA
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Ipomoea
04/11/09

@tscheese: Please draw this. We will be armed with shanks and "BISH PLZ" laser eyes, right?
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Gundam_Halo
04/11/09

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In their defense, Marvel has done no wrong with Monica Rambeau (Photon) and Hellcat. Hellcat's been written well and Monica had a great run in Nextwave.

Can't really defend this though. I just like Hellcat and Monica :3
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Riff Randell, Rock 'n' Roller
04/11/09

@Gundam_Halo: Oh man, Nextwave was so fantastic. And Monica was completely badass.
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tscheese
04/11/09

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What's especially baffling to me about American comics is that the mainstream stuff is not particularly female-friendly. In a nation like Japan, where social roles are much more rigidly defined, you have all these extremely powerful, vivid, female-centric mangas and animes, where the heroines can be unusually tall or clumsy or have bodies that are outside the norm. It's one of the reasons that American comics just seem so inaccessible to me, and I identify a lot more strongly with some of my favorite manga/anime heroines.
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Raspberry Swirly
04/11/09

@tscheese: I'm going to mention Tramps Like Us (Kimi wa Petto), in which Sumire makes her own damn money and people are fucking AFRAID OF HER because she's that hardcore of a boss. Sure, she's got romantic woes, but I mean...it's natural. I kind of heart Sumire...and it may or may not have to do with the fact that I want to steal Momo.

Ahem. Excuse me, my dork is showing.
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sweet cuppin' cakes needs coffee
04/11/09

@tscheese: I'd love some suggestions, if you don't mind. What would be the Tscheese's Good Comics Starter Kit?
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elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
04/11/09

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"Sudsy"? "Fabulous"?

(That sound you hear, that's my head going KABOOM. Superheroine style.)
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scandalouskiki
04/11/09

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"I couldn't help but wonder - do these Jimmy Choos go with my cat mask?"

No thank you. The next thing they'll try and tell us is that these four have tickle fights in their underwear when they're not being superheroines.
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