Amanda Waller, a full-figured character (one of the few in comics) in the DC Universe got a unnecessary makeover today in the DC reboot. Photo courtesy of ComicAlliance.com
All I’m going to say is this: If you’re a professional comics artist (i.e. someone is paying you money to draw pictures) and you’re not using that as an opportunity to include underrepresented people in comics today, you’re a complete waste of time. In cases like this, all you’re doing is perpetuating a terrible, unhealthy image of what a woman is. The saddest part is, it’s totally fixable. All it would take is a handful of artists to stop being lazy and actually refuse to draw women the way a 12-year-old boy would. It’s not like the fashion industry, where it would take years for normal-sized women or even plus-sized women to become the norm. Mainstream comics publishers wonder why people aren’t reading comics anymore. It’s because they’re full of juvenile storytelling like this.
I’d like to add that I agree with a lot of you, too, that it’s really about over-sexualizing characters when that has nothing to do with the story. The weight is one thing, but the root problem is a bunch of artists/editors wanting their own masturbation material over telling a good story.
I hate the way Finch drew and posed Wonder Woman on the cover of Justice League. But here’s an excellent visual example of why. The rest of Justice League in the same pose (and similar costume).
When I see these things around, I always just assume you guys have seen it too. On the off chance you haven’t, this is amazing.
