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That Batwoman/Superwoman image is actually by Ed McGuiness and is from an issue of the Batman/Superman comic where our heroes go to an gender-switched alternate reality, iirc.
And the “Spiderwoman” image is actually Spider-Girl, Peter Parker's daughter from an alternate future. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-girl).
Onto the more genuine ones and I hate that they've given the female Punisher a belly shirt. That's supposed to be armor and having a strip of exposed flesh right beneath the big white skull target on her chest is just asking for trouble.
I like the second Hellgirl a lot better than the first. She’s all, “I don’t have time for this pinup bullshit, I got asses to kick!”
It’d be nice to have artists credited.
Apparently the artist for the second Hellgirl is Jeremy Roberts.
Thanks. That’s good to know. As I recall this was a reblog from elsewhere. Typically we try and include credits.
Most of these annoy me quite a bit. The second Hellgirl is good. While I would have liked her to have a harder edge visually, I like that she looks as if she doesn’t put up with your shit. As for the rest… “hot chick, hot chick, hot chick, hot plump chick, hot chick, hot chick.” There are too many hot chicks in superhero comics and not enough women! Both genders are, of course, given a sort of idealised treatment in comics, but men get more character along with it. Here, we see Magneto – who most of us know… Read more »
I hear what you’re saying – and agree. Except, well, it seems tricky. It seems to be the case that both men and women enjoy drawing stylised versions of the female form. Does that mean we need to change the question to ask whether the pictures above are pro-female or not? Mind you; even that’s hard because the collection above is a mix of professional art and amateur art. I think there is greater responsibility on “professional art” to include the portrayal of a wider range of shapes, faces and styles. That said, and without much of a conclusion, I’ve… Read more »
“Stylised” doesn’t mean “hot babe” though. You can have a stylised female figure that looks like Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Catherine Zeta-Jones or Michelle Pfeiffer as well. All attractive, middle-aged or elderly women. It’s possible to do “attractive” and “varied” at the same time. Like the way Hellboy and Abe Sapien are cool-looking and attractive in a weird way but they both look nothing like Bradley Cooper. I’m not blaming comics for this. There’s a problem of bad female characterisation in film as well. Comics just make it so much more obvious where our cultural biases lie. Traditionally, we make… Read more »
Would you rather have fucking homely chicks as heroes and there are homely chicks who are drawn hideously for comics. But uh, give me a money baby drawn super heroin and I’m happy. I’ve been with comics since Jack Kirby and he couldn’t draw chicks to save his life. -Laughing- But hey, Jack was the man, undoubtedly and still one of the best. All of em are great, but The Punisher, man, they have to armor her up. That’s what Frank does nowadays anyway, minus the War Journal series. As for the Splinter Cell chick? Naw, looks way to anime.… Read more »
Why is Dr. Manhattan Dra Manhattan? Surely women can be doctor’s too? If they can’t I’d better tell my other half to pack in her Phd…
Nope they can’t. Someone just scammed her for her tuition
Oh my! Poor Spiderwoman! It’s broken spine Escher Girl party over here. http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/
Argh, what’s going on with Splinter Cell woman’s anatomy? I can imagine her wobbling around like some freakish, boneless creature from a horror movie.