Super Heroines? Sensible clothes? BULL!

I was doing some browsing about comic book of women fashion and came across a post about how the artist of super heroine costumes are bred with sexism and laziness, and that it wouldn’t hurt to have more sensible clothing on these super women. I strongly disagree with this, not only these women derived strictly from fiction and fantasy but the majority of comic book fans are male (granted yes there are more and more female comic book fans everyday), and as any good company would do, they cater to the majority target market.

On this post there is a link to an amazing gallery of what our favourite super women would look like fully covered and clothed. Even though these illustrations are done beautifully they just don’t have to same “super” effect with them. They sadly look either too frumpy or too normal looking. Super women are super women because they look powerful and they are able to get away with wearing something that not many women in this world would ever dream of wearing whether they are invincible or not….

 

Even though these illustrations are beautiful and very well done, they look more like a Disney movie or a Manga graphic novel illustration

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Again, I just would like to point out…these women are fictional. Hence the fantasy factor, whether people like it or not they would get bored if there wasn’t a bit of cleavage here or a rippling muscle there. The way comic women are illustrated has nothing to do with equal rights, women’s rights, or any other rights, it’s just meant to have an appeal to the audience…which, again, the majority are male, sad but true. It's not lazy or sexist, it's just facts.

If people have such a problem with how comic artists illustrate the super hero or the villain of the comic story then why don’t you do it yourself?

That is my mini rant, if you have any thoughts on the matter let me know!