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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…

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…and who by default turns every female action pose into a contorted pinup…

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…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:

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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.

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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!

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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…

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Yeah…

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– wincenworks

more about “artistic freedom” on BABD | more Wonder Woman on BABD | examples of J. Scott Campbell art on Eschergirls  | BABD on deviantArt

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bigbardafree:

female characters 

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can be

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covered up

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and objectified

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female characters

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can be

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pantsless

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and not

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objectified

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IT’S UP TO THE ARTISTS AND WRITERS

I dedicate this reblog to anyone who thinks that we object to women showing some skin by principle… No, we don’t. Just as we do not think covering everything up is a universal solution to the problem sexist costume designs.

The way a character is framed (visually and story-wise) makes a world of difference between just having a questionable costume and being outright objectified.

And as much as bikinis, bathing suits, cheerleader outfits etc. remain a silly wardrobe choice for an on-duty warrior/crimefighter, above here we have small sample of evidence that pants or full-body suits can actually look worse.

Let me refer back to @pointlessarguments101​’s article that I quoted waaay back:

Putting a female hero in pants does not mean she is somehow protected from an artist positioning her primarily for the male gaze. For example, Marvel Comics recently began a new ongoing called Fearless Defenders which stars Valkyrie and Misty Knight. Both of these characters wear pants and, yet, I lost count by about page five of how many times Misty’s ass took center stage in any given panel. Basically, where there’s a male gaze will, there’s a male gaze way — pants or no pants, tights or bared legs.

Preach! 

~Ozzie 

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bigbardafree:

female characters 

image

can be

image

covered up

image

and objectified

image

female characters

image

can be

image

pantsless

image

and not

image

objectified

image

IT’S UP TO THE ARTISTS AND WRITERS

I dedicate this reblog to anyone who thinks that we object to women showing some skin by principle… No, we don’t. Just as we do not think covering everything up is a universal solution to the problem sexist costume designs.

The way a character is framed (visually and story-wise) makes a world of difference between just having a questionable costume and being outright objectified.

And as much as bikinis, bathing suits, cheerleader outfits etc. remain a silly wardrobe choice for an on-duty warrior/crimefighter, above here we have small sample of evidence that pants or full-body suits can actually look worse.

Let me refer back to @pointlessarguments101​’s article that I quoted waaay back:

Putting a female hero in pants does not mean she is somehow protected from an artist positioning her primarily for the male gaze. For example, Marvel Comics recently began a new ongoing called Fearless Defenders which stars Valkyrie and Misty Knight. Both of these characters wear pants and, yet, I lost count by about page five of how many times Misty’s ass took center stage in any given panel. Basically, where there’s a male gaze will, there’s a male gaze way — pants or no pants, tights or bared legs.

Preach! 

~Ozzie 

more on costume design | more on character design | more about the iconic example: Starfire