tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post2945849136238458876..comments2024-01-14T11:45:23.991-05:00Comments on Occasional Superheroine: Wonder Woman: Amazon, Superhero, PlaymateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-1055692520594382792008-01-30T10:12:00.000-05:002008-01-30T10:12:00.000-05:00My thought is that everything after Golden Age Won...My thought is that everything after Golden Age Wonder Woman has been a mistake, that Marston got it right when he created Wonder Woman as the wonderfully twisted woman with a rich, fully mythos behind her unmatched by an superhero before or since. I did like the Perez version of Wonder Woman but too many feminists and SNAGs think they OWN Wonder Woman just because they LIKE her. If Wonder Woman belongs to anyone, it's to the straight young males whose money keeps the book in business.<BR/><BR/>My article on the topic:<BR/>http://www.bondagerotica.com/articles/wonderwoman/wonderwomanmain.htmlPat Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17546848088853626735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-2748628189397324682008-01-16T04:35:00.000-05:002008-01-16T04:35:00.000-05:00A turning point for me in comics came when I was r...A turning point for me in comics came when I was reading a Batgirl story pencilled by ... someone with a two part name ... Von Eden? Does that sound right? ... Anyway, there was this two page splash of her leaping across the rooftops -- standard hero-broadly-sailing-through-the-air pose -- and her bosom was ... moderate, moderate if not small ... exactly what you would expect for a highly athletic woman.<BR/><BR/>And it was like a light bulp. PingI "D'uh!" I'd never thought about the intentionally eroticized nature of superheroines before that.<BR/><BR/>I agree, there's a time and a place and nothing inherantly wrong with deciding that certain heroes will have a more pronounced sex appeal. I just wish such things were more character driven and more consistently presented. Too often the "time and place" is "all the time/any place". I mean, c'mon, the Invisible Woman has all these things going on with her as a character. I don't need her to be a smokin' hot MILF at the same time.- cajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723935579572565213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-20085859738327169682008-01-14T12:53:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:53:00.000-05:00I'm surprised they can do this legally. Isn't the...I'm surprised they can do this legally. Isn't the playboy costume close enough that it could be considered copyright infringement?kevin n.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07994270180787499885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-20921344635790210552008-01-12T10:58:00.000-05:002008-01-12T10:58:00.000-05:00I pretty much agree with you; I would go a step fu...I pretty much agree with you; I would go a step further & say that Batgirl or Supergirl wouldn't piss me off either because YEAH, it is erotica. It isn't weird to sexualized heroes! If anything, it reinforces the power dynamic. I mean-- actual pornography is often degrading & messed up, but pin-up (Playboy) & erotica are not evil by virtue of their nature. Sex isn't evil, & wanting to have sex with Wonder Woman (or girls dressed like Wonder Woman) isn't weird.<BR/><BR/>That said, I think the ACTUAL WW could really do with a costume evolution. I don't even mean that she can't ever wear this outfit. The fans positive reaction to "hardcore Wonder Woman costumes" like Kingdom Come & whatever else? Is proof enough that it would work. I really like the greek warrior skirt & think that should be status quo.<BR/><BR/>I still think the best WW cover is the Hiketeia. <BR/><BR/>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B47WTC5YL._SS500_.jpg<BR/><BR/>I am a fan of the "rock, paper, scissors" Big Three-- Batman beats Superman, Superman beats Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman beats Batman.mordicaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713766652793265867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-73413108075822606712008-01-12T03:54:00.000-05:002008-01-12T03:54:00.000-05:00...This is a controversy? It's freakin' PLAYBOY....This is a controversy? It's freakin' PLAYBOY.Lewis Lovhaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724769374732321363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-34033342720018702492008-01-11T22:26:00.000-05:002008-01-11T22:26:00.000-05:00In other news, the Wonder Woman redesigns at Proje...In other news, the Wonder Woman redesigns at Project Rooftop were terrific. And some even included a skirt! Or *gasp* pants!<BR/><BR/>I've always found it odd that superheroes would go into battle wearing the equivalent of a bathing suit. Even the invulnerable guys don't fight in skimpy duds (other than Namor and Hulk).Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00362797654696006031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-41158881390453177792008-01-11T20:58:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:58:00.000-05:00I think that maybe the outrage is more at the "Mod...I think that maybe the outrage is more at the "Modern Linda Carter" thing than at the photo itself. <BR/><BR/>(And I just keep thinking of that conversation we had about superheroes as celebrities and which magazine would match which heroine... If only I had known)luxshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494157103659710340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-64454337841672571762008-01-11T20:48:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:48:00.000-05:00Well, that's the thing, isn't it?Soft-core porn li...Well, that's the thing, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Soft-core porn like Playboy or Penthouse is created by straight men for the consumption of straight men.<BR/><BR/>Fashion photography is created by mostly gay men and a few straight women for the consumption of straight women and a few gay men.<BR/><BR/>I think if there was a broad-based (heh) and honest effort to explain to young women that... depictions of women in fashion and television and film have pretty much nothing to do with what men find attractive and...<BR/><BR/>Everything to do with gay fellas trying to make women look like twinkish men so that they like what they look like and what... type-A overcompetitive straight women want to compete over...<BR/><BR/>I think we'd make a whole lot of progress about gender and sexuality in this culture really really quickly.<BR/><BR/>I'm 6'6 and 290 pounds, for God's sake, how in the hell could Paris Hilton's heroin-chic body be attractive to me?<BR/><BR/>I'd accidentally crack a rib trying to hug her, let alone... uh... getting any farther.Mike Cecconihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409783685697197772noreply@blogger.com