“placating a vocal minority at the expense of the rest of the paying audience by making more practical female outfits”
- placating a vocal minority
- at the expense of the rest of the paying audience
- by making more practical female outfits
~ Ozzie
Erik, you said you were tired of the Big 2 and going off to do your own thing back in 1992. You know, so you could do your own comic:
That basically has never evolved from the 90s. So unless 1991 comes around again, I don’t think there’s any reason to ever assume anyone will ever care about your opinion of mainstream comics.
– wincenworks
Speaking of Wonder Woman and professional comic industry artists who actually are her genuine fans, it’s a perfect opportunity to give a shout-out to how Stjepan Sejic depicts her.
Above here, we have not one, not two, but FOUR alternative designs of body-covering armor for Diana; each of them very distinct, while still paying tribute to her traditional costume’s elements.
Big thanks to filipfatalattractionrblog of hellyeahteensuperheroes for referencing those in a reblog from us.
THIS is what I meant on my personal by saying that the new official costume doesn’t really challenge anything and its only change compared to the previous design is the spoulders and a jumpsuit unbeneath.
There are infinite ways to redesign fictional fashion, and when a new design just a superficial fix, it is okay to criticize… as long as you know what you’re talking about, *ahem*JScottCampbell*ahem* >_>
Also worth noting how Mr Sejic usually portrays Wonder Woman’s body. Even in a classic strapless costume, her figure reads as one of an Amazon warrior: tall, bulky and muscular.
As we mentioned before, nebezial is also notable for having a good sense of humor and self-awareness of how the industry treats female characters. It’s no different in case of Diana:
F#$%ing Photoshop indeed.
~Ozzie
Stjepan Sejic on: BABD | Tumblr: nebezial-asheri
more positive examples | more Wonder Woman | more costume design
Sources:
princesses grow up… by nebezial
style test- wonderwoman+ video by nebezial
sure…now redraw her on every panel XD by nebezial
holy crap its captain wonderwoman by nebezial
just wondering…splurt….bwahahahahahahahahah by nebezial
there was a joke here…i killed it! by nebezial
J Scott Campbell And Wonder Woman’s New Shoulder Pads
J Scott Campbell And Wonder Woman’s New Shoulder Pads
Legendary artist J Scott Campbell, creator of Danger Girl and co-creator of Gen-13 posted on Facebook in response to the new look Wonder Woman costume. It made quite an impact.
“I rarely comment about comic book industry matters on my personal FB page, but I gotta say, shoulder pads, especially big bulky metal ones NEVER look good on women. Everything about them is unfeminine and lacks style. No grace to this approach at all…” Read more »
So, J. Scott Campbell joins the oh-so-honorable club of questionable artists who decided to speak up and thus proved how their attitude is just as sleazy as their art. He can take the place next to our friend Thierry “Save the Boobplate” Van Gyseghem and Tony “Fake Geek Girl” Harris in the lounge.
Campbell, a man who can’t for the life of his draw a woman outside of his incredibly narrow (and anatomically dubious) comfort zone…
…and who by default turns every female action pose into a contorted pinup…
…he, out of all people, apparently takes issue with the new, more covering, Wonder Woman costume and feels qualified to criticize it.
His “arguments” against it include, but are not limited to:
- she is not a Taliban, so she should not cover her body
- shoulderpads are inherently unfeminine and that is a big deal
- “political correctness by a commitee” cause “everyone is afraid of everything these days”
Wow, casual islamophobia, gender essentialism and opposing to better representation in media just for the sake of being opposed… such a compelling critique!
And that’s not all! Apparently, according to J. Scott, THIS is how Wondy is SUPPOSED to be redesigned:
Guess by “redesign” he merely meant “every generic Wonder Woman costume ever slapped on every generic J. Scott Campbell-style melted Barbie pretty girl ever”. With a dislocated hip as a bonus.
Thanks to hellyeahteensuperheroes for suggesting the links!
~Ozzie
But J Scott Campbell is the greatest fan of Wonder Woman, look how dignified and powerful she looked that time he drew her professionally, nine years ago.
Alright, maybe that’s unfair – after all it’s really hard to to get a Wonder Woman gig – but I bet he’s a huge fan and draws fan art of her all the time. Let’s have a look in his deviantArt gallery!
Okay, so he’ll only draw her if someone pays him to but the man runs a business kids! He’s got bills to pay! I get he doesn’t have room in his gallery for other people’s characters or drawings of cosplayers…
Yeah…
– wincenworks
more about “artistic freedom” on BABD | more Wonder Woman on BABD | examples of J. Scott Campbell art on Eschergirls | BABD on deviantArt
J Scott Campbell And Wonder Woman’s New Shoulder Pads
J Scott Campbell And Wonder Woman’s New Shoulder Pads
Legendary artist J Scott Campbell, creator of Danger Girl and co-creator of Gen-13 posted on Facebook in response to the new look Wonder Woman costume. It made quite an impact.
“I rarely comment about comic book industry matters on my personal FB page, but I gotta say, shoulder pads, especially big bulky metal ones NEVER look good on women. Everything about them is unfeminine and lacks style. No grace to this approach at all…” Read more »
So, J. Scott Campbell joins the oh-so-honorable club of questionable artists who decided to speak up and thus proved how their attitude is just as sleazy as their art. He can take the place next to our friend Thierry “Save the Boobplate” Van Gyseghem and Tony “Fake Geek Girl” Harris in the lounge.
Campbell, a man who can’t for the life of his draw a woman outside of his incredibly narrow (and anatomically dubious) comfort zone…
…and who by default turns every female action pose into a contorted pinup…
…he, out of all people, apparently takes issue with the new, more covering, Wonder Woman costume and feels qualified to criticize it.
His “arguments” against it include, but are not limited to:
- she is not a Taliban, so she should not cover her body
- shoulderpads are inherently unfeminine and that is a big deal
- “political correctness by a commitee” cause “everyone is afraid of everything these days”
Wow, casual islamophobia, gender essentialism and opposing to better representation in media just for the sake of being opposed… such a compelling critique!
And that’s not all! Apparently, according to J. Scott, THIS is how Wondy is SUPPOSED to be redesigned:
Guess by “redesign” he merely meant “every generic Wonder Woman costume ever slapped on every generic J. Scott Campbell-style melted Barbie pretty girl ever”. With a dislocated hip as a bonus.
Thanks to hellyeahteensuperheroes for suggesting the links!
~Ozzie
But J Scott Campbell is the greatest fan of Wonder Woman, look how dignified and powerful she looked that time he drew her professionally, nine years ago.
Alright, maybe that’s unfair – after all it’s really hard to to get a Wonder Woman gig – but I bet he’s a huge fan and draws fan art of her all the time. Let’s have a look in his deviantArt gallery!
Okay, so he’ll only draw her if someone pays him to but the man runs a business kids! He’s got bills to pay! I get he doesn’t have room in his gallery for other people’s characters or drawings of cosplayers…
Yeah…
– wincenworks
more about “artistic freedom” on BABD | more Wonder Woman on BABD | examples of J. Scott Campbell art on Eschergirls | BABD on deviantArt