Comics Industry very hostile to women


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By Robert on Wednesday, August 19, 1998 - 05:01 am:

One field where your fellow women can use a helping hand
is the Comics Industry. Really. And I'm not talking about the newspaper variety. I'm talking about the ones
your kids go to to buy their favorite comic superheroes. The comics nowadays aren't just about Superman or
Wonder Woman anymore. Alongside these beloved heroes there are now vicious, ugly or even lust-filled
characters. How this industry degrades women and makes them look almost like nude models of Hustler
magazine is sometimes beyond belief. If you don't believe me, I'll be glad to send you a few file attachments to
show you. It's not exactly what you want your sons or daughters to be learning. A lot of comics these days
cheapen women more than ever under the guise of that convenient excuse called "girl power". What it
basically teaches our daughters, though is how to cheapen themsleves and what it teaches our sons is that
women are just for quick sex.

There are a few struggling women (and some men) artists out there who want to change that. but they are still
too few and too outnumbered. The next time you come to a comics store, please buy wisely. And please
support those who want to make a change. By reading their honest work, you will know who they are.

Robert


By Nie on Tuesday, September 1, 1998 - 06:35 pm:

Robert,
Well put. This is an issue that few people seem to notice. It seems nowadays that if a comic is going to showcase a female character, she has to be a scantily clad sex object. This is very wrong. The people responsible for this do it attract comic book's biggest consumers: young males, but what they fail to see is the possibility that girls may not be buying as many comics because they lack positive female role models.


By Gilmoure on Tuesday, September 1, 1998 - 07:00 pm:

Does anyone know of any comics that promote real grrl power? Would be interested in checking them out.


G


By Pull apart grrl on Sunday, September 6, 1998 - 06:44 am:

Blue Monday and Lil'Miss Revolution the first being an actual comic the other just a shameful self promotion...but the first is quite good...


By Devil Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1998 - 11:30 pm:

Xena: Warrior Princess is a good choice, even though the clothes still are a bit scanty... the female characters are NOT dressed like Darkchilde or any of the multitudes of female comic characters who run around in what amounts to thong bikinis. Plus, to put it bluntly, Xena kicks major butt. She takes no crap from ANYONE, including self-indulgent little gods. AND she travels with Gabrielle, a bard who can do some darn good butt-kicking herself. :-)


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