Well, look at all the money comic books make from an almost exclusively male readership, and then think that the manufaturers could double that number if there was a similar female readership as well. It’s not about sexism or feminism, it’s about the possibility of making truckloads of money - who wouldn’t want to double their profits?
And, as a female comic book fan, I can back him up on that article. When you look at what girls are buying in your local comic book store, it’s almost always the Buffy/Angel comics or girl-oriented manga, where the girls’ bodies don’t ‘defy gravity and human physiology’ and the clothes they wear resemble, well, actual clothes instead of a cross between underwear and ‘ultimate wrestling’ costumes.
Hyzenthlay: “Well, look at all the money comic books make from an almost exclusively male readership, and then think that the manufaturers could double that number if there was a similar female readership as well.”
Yeah, but isn’t it the comic manufacturers’ business what they want to produce? So you think there should be more comics for women, and the women in comics should be drawn more anatomically correct. Good for you. Go out there and start publishing comics as you see fit.
You see, I’m kind of on the side of liberty here. I personally don’t read many comics any more, but I respect the right of comic publishers to publish what they want. The author of the article wants to tell the publishers how to run their business.
What’s the author’s beef? He can publish whatever he wants, can’t he? No, he’d rather tell other people they are wrong to publish comics with large-breasted women in skimpy comics. Some people apparently like large-breasted women in skimpy comics. What about THEIR right to buy and read what they want?
And, as several on this thread noted, including the author, manga is already available to suit their tastes. So buy manga. No, the author is apparently on a mission to make other comic publishers change to match the author’s vision of proper comics. That’s why I came in on the side of the panty-wearing version of Supergirl.