I haven’t had a chance to read this series and certainly not all the covers were up to this standard, but can we talk about how awesome Leia looks on all of these? Can we?
– wincenworks
Here’s a closer look at the Special Forces cover that was in the previous post.
(Cover of Special Forces #4, Image Comics)
According to some notes, this is supposed to be a satire comic.
How about then we compare it to an eerily similar NON-SATIRE comic cover by J. Scott Campbell?
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Hint: a responsible satire doesn’t straight-up reproduce the satirized thing, but puts some sort of twist on it. And I don’t mean a torso twist.
Also no, using the Disney font for the author’s credit doesn’t yet make the whole artwork “ironic”.
~Ozzie
‘Batman: Arkham Knight’ May Be Game Of The Year – But There’s One Big Problem (contains spoilers)
While most critics are busy either wildly celebrating Batman: Arkham Knight or raging over the poor quality of the PC port, this article talks about a very important point – the inevitable diminishing of the female characters.
I feel it would be dishonest not to hold their costuming as at least partially accountable. When developers put all their design focus on making the female characters appear sexy and exposed, then it greatly reduces the options for the kind of roles they can have in scenes. The can either be:
- Vulnerable and some sort of device (decoration, instrument, prize or joke but never a person)
- Spectacularly over powered in a attempt to subvert the costume and play the “so badass their costume doesn’t need to make sense” card
Since Batman games always put Batman as the hero, it means there’s scant few opportunities for the second option and they usually only get one bite of the apple. Ivy in Arkham Asylum, Catwoman in Arkham City and now in order to make Harley Quinn formidable (instead of the Joker’s puppet) they gave her what’s actually the most practical outfit in the series to date:
(Yes it is actually an upgrade on Arkham Asylum and Arkham City)
This is why video games, comic books and video games based off comic books can’t have nice things.
– wincenworks
Lucas submitted:
There is a new upcoming film called Justice League Gods and Monsters. It’s an alternate universe with a different JL that uses brutal methods to maintain the order.
Here are the 3 protagonists, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman.
(That is not Diana! It’s Bekka from New Genesis.)
Look at that V cut that goes to her waist, i have no idea how that protects her (or even works at all) but at least she has a helmet, shoulder pads and a (rather unconfortable looking) neck protection right? The uniform is so weird you can barely recognize her as Wonder Woman.
These 3 are supposed to be the opposite of the original heroes. Superman is the son of the villain, Batman is a vampire that sucks his enemies and Wonder Woman is… sexually agressive.
Machinima will show a companion series, here is her episode (only 6 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWLqnjFN64
She acts cocky all the time, waits until her boyfriend asks for help to go save him and after defeating the giant robot she rips his clothes off and has sex with him.
Might as well change her title to “Empowered Woman”.
Wow. It’s like the design process for this character incorporated hours of surfing TV Tropes and trying to find how to incorporate as many of the “sexy” tropes as possible.
I’m kind of impressed… it must take hours and hours of dedication and work to make something this painfully generic, soulless and ridiculous.
– wincenworks
Lucas submitted:
There is a new upcoming film called Justice League Gods and Monsters. It’s an alternate universe with a different JL that uses brutal methods to maintain the order.
Here are the 3 protagonists, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman.
(That is not Diana! It’s Bekka from New Genesis.)
Look at that V cut that goes to her waist, i have no idea how that protects her (or even works at all) but at least she has a helmet, shoulder pads and a (rather unconfortable looking) neck protection right? The uniform is so weird you can barely recognize her as Wonder Woman.
These 3 are supposed to be the opposite of the original heroes. Superman is the son of the villain, Batman is a vampire that sucks his enemies and Wonder Woman is… sexually agressive.
Machinima will show a companion series, here is her episode (only 6 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWLqnjFN64
She acts cocky all the time, waits until her boyfriend asks for help to go save him and after defeating the giant robot she rips his clothes off and has sex with him.
Might as well change her title to “Empowered Woman”.
Wow. It’s like the design process for this character incorporated hours of surfing TV Tropes and trying to find how to incorporate as many of the “sexy” tropes as possible.
I’m kind of impressed… it must take hours and hours of dedication and work to make something this painfully generic, soulless and ridiculous.
– wincenworks
Even during the fables 90s Comics Era the absurdity of costumes was too overwhelming to ignore. This page comes from Doom Force Special, a parody of comics of the day by Grant Morrison.
Perhaps something to remember the next time a creator from the 90s goes on a rampage complaining about how people these days are too sensitive.
– wincenworks