Sure, "sex sells," but it also gets kind of boring after a short while
I consider myself a pretty darned healthy heterosexual male, who enjoys the occasional cheesecake and has a healthy appreciation for feminine pulchritude.
That said, I think this story makes a number of excellent points, the bottom-line of which is this: being too sexy-sexy takes away from any other story you're trying to tell, so if your intent is simply to thrust a bunch of improbable breasts at the viewer, then just go ahead and do it and don't pretend you're doing anything other than that. #ddtb
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Art and Superheroines: When Over-Sexualization Kills the Story [Sex] – ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
A common problem for cape comics is what is best termed an out-of-proportion amount of sexualized art. It probably has its roots in superheroes as
Yawn.
Yet another article on the objectification of women in comics from the site that has over 15 articles praising the Batman porno movie.
CA needs to get off the high horse, imo.
Not questioning that they have some beams in their own eye, collectively. But I think the point is well made (and well-illustrated, so to speak).
Agreed, but as the one commenter put it…
"Most of this article is spot-on, but so were the last 20 articles about this topic .."
Not to be snarky, but as a comic fan I'm 'meh' on the subject anymore. Dead equines abound.
If I saw any indication that the publishers were actually paying much attention, I might be inclined to let it drop. Not seeing it so far (though, mercifully, "Catwoman" has turned out to be a much better comic than the first issue or two foretold).