Mar. 8th, 2012
Note: This article was posted several months ago, but I
never promoted it here. Over the next few days I'll be posting links to
more articles I've written and want to share. Please feel free to
comment on them here or at the original article.
Just in case you missed it, the latest character to fall victim to DC's
often ill-thought-out redesigns is one Amanda "The Wall" Waller. She's
gone from being a "wall of a woman" to...looking like every other woman
in comics. In other words, she's svelte, with high cheekbones, big
breasts, what some have termed "fuck-me lipstick", a blouse unbuttoned
far enough that you can see her bra peeking out, and-- especially
infuriating for many-- straightened hair. [read more]
never promoted it here. Over the next few days I'll be posting links to
more articles I've written and want to share. Please feel free to
comment on them here or at the original article.
Just in case you missed it, the latest character to fall victim to DC's
often ill-thought-out redesigns is one Amanda "The Wall" Waller. She's
gone from being a "wall of a woman" to...looking like every other woman
in comics. In other words, she's svelte, with high cheekbones, big
breasts, what some have termed "fuck-me lipstick", a blouse unbuttoned
far enough that you can see her bra peeking out, and-- especially
infuriating for many-- straightened hair. [read more]
Note: This article was posted several months ago, but I never promoted it here. Over the next few days I'll be posting links to more articles I've written and want to share. Please feel free to comment on them here or at the original article.
I wasn’t going to do it. I wasn’t going to write about Starfire. After all, there have been at least three brilliant articles written about Starfire’s portrayal by DC in the newly-released comic Red Hood and the Outlaws, not to mention ComicsBulletin.com’s own take on the controversy, with input from quite a few contributors. I didn’t think I had anything to add to the conversation. [read more]
I wasn’t going to do it. I wasn’t going to write about Starfire. After all, there have been at least three brilliant articles written about Starfire’s portrayal by DC in the newly-released comic Red Hood and the Outlaws, not to mention ComicsBulletin.com’s own take on the controversy, with input from quite a few contributors. I didn’t think I had anything to add to the conversation. [read more]