Darkewood #3 of 5. A comic miniseries from 1988. Saw this while browsing through a comic section at a pawn shop. The more I look at this the more confused I get. Her bra is drawn in a way that makes it seem like it should be tight, but if you look at the bottom edges, it hangs way over her skin. She’s got a spider on her crotch that I hope is made of fabric and not metal or plastic, otherwise she’s in for some painful times. She doesn’t look too fit to be getting into a fight with the guy there. His little knife there would have a pretty easy time catching something vital. But she looks good (?) so I guess the artists thought it was okay.
While this title seems too obscure and long-forgotten to simply google the scanned cover, ComicVine came to help. I’m leaving in leggomywaffle‘s photo though, cause it’s still a higher quality image 🙂
She didn’t get a “no underwear” square only because this costume is basically fancy underwear and nothing more.
~Ozzie
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Red Monika, of the infamously short lived Battle Chasers 90s comic, essentially defines the idea of “token sexy femme fatale”. While every scene with Red Monika in it tends to look like it’s part of a tacky porno – the rest of the comic is actually really imaginative and dramatic.
Bingo’ing her was kind of tricky since she never had a consistent costume and for the most part you only see… select parts of her in any given panel. The bingo above reflects the general trends.
To the extent I’ve noticed it seems to have more or less two fan bases: Fans of the Battle Chasers and fans of Red Monika.
What did her creator, Joe Madureira do after the comics market started to crash? Got hired to work in video games of course!
tfw marvel wont stop hiring writers who casually slip in their shitty misogynist views to treat my fave like a joke : )
oh and also i like how they feel as if dust should be their mouthpiece for slut shaming because obviously she’s a muslim and she must be super critical and interject her views on emma and all that shit and by like i mean hate ahahahha fuck awf with all of this
I feel like the writer has a fundamental misunderstanding of Dust’s character, because she would never say something like that to Emma, or any woman. Sooraya is one of the most respectful X-Men, and she is not judgemental. This is grossly out of character.
I picked up this issue, hit the “let’s insult Emma for fun, because that’s how we show we’re awesome these days” segment, and noped right the fuck on out of there.
tfw marvel wont stop hiring writers who casually slip in their shitty misogynist views to treat my fave like a joke : )
oh and also i like how they feel as if dust should be their mouthpiece for slut shaming because obviously she’s a muslim and she must be super critical and interject her views on emma and all that shit and by like i mean hate ahahahha fuck awf with all of this
I feel like the writer has a fundamental misunderstanding of Dust’s character, because she would never say something like that to Emma, or any woman. Sooraya is one of the most respectful X-Men, and she is not judgemental. This is grossly out of character.
I picked up this issue, hit the “let’s insult Emma for fun, because that’s how we show we’re awesome these days” segment, and noped right the fuck on out of there.
I keep seeing waaay too much unnecessary fanservice slipped into otherwise regular fanart of female characters compared to what male characters get, so I strongly feel this post is necessary.
ways to subtly (or not so) sexualise (cisgender) male characters in your day to day fanart:
tight pants
tight shirts
tight clothes in general
doesn’t even have to be different to their canon outfits, just make that shit tight
put holes in his clothes!
they can be tears, or they can look like they’re meant to be there- call them improvements 🙂
and make the clothes transparent!
even better, make them wet; transparent and clingy 😉
put him in a submissive/passive pose
you know, position the camera above him
and make sure his ass is pointed even just a little bit at the camera
just don’t make him look like he has any power over the viewer
is there anything in or vaguely related to canon that has tentacles or something that resembles them? try incorporating that into the fanart!
is there any conceivable excuse to have this character covered in sticky, white liquid? not semen, but…
apparently general anatomy isn’t too important if you can draw really detailed, anatomically correct feet
come to think of it, it’s generally socially accepted for cis men to be shirtless in a lot of places. I’d definitely use that to my advantage if I were you
also, remember that trend of dudes not wearing belts so their undies were always visible? why not use that? hint: he doesn’t even have to be wearing undies!
composition is an important part of any artwork. use this to draw attention to the: groin, ass, feet?, nipples, mouth, whatever takes your fancy
make his facial expression lustrous. make him look like he wants the viewer to do unspeakable things to him
when you see a female character being unnecessarily sexualised in fanart, think about how you might do the same thing to a male character 🙂
notes:
most points listed above can also apply to character design for games, comics, films, etc.
Following yesterday’s Happy Friday sexy male warriors, those are some pretty damn good rules to follow in creating fanservice featuring male characters. Just remember everyone: “things to be careful of” addendum is essential part of the advice.
