![]() ![]() Every so often, for one reason or another, social media’s nerd commentariat decides that an image - usually from the cover of a comic book - has gone too far. Though that trend has, thankfully, leveled off a bit, images of oversexualized women remain so ubiquitous that readers often hardly even notice them.īut not always. In tales of superheroes and super-anti-heroes, ladies seemingly had their spines removed in order to better show off their mountainous butts and beach-ball breasts. Half of the human race has generally been sketched as a parade of walking pinups since the medium’s inception in the 1930s, but in the late ‘80s, the problem became especially pernicious. 1įor decades, one of the most loathsome aspects of the geek-culture ecosystem has been the way male artists draw female characters in mainstream comics. Scott Campbell’s now-canceled alternate cover for _Invincible Iron Man_ No.
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