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i dont get it… is this just a “Death of women in comics” thing? are chicks just not allowed to die in mainstream comics? ‘but it’s just a plot device!’ dude every death is a plot device. Uncle Ben’s death is a plot device, Robin’s death is a plot device. i’ll never understand why superhero readers take this stuff the way they do. i mean, you like the books and the stories being told or you dont, why have this teeth-gritting loyalty to a character? i really think Gail Simone is reading a little too much into the whole violence against women in comics thing… it’s not like Green Lantern is slapping around Wonderwoman with a giant green hand while Superman pinches her ass and whistles.
Superheroes are chiefly men, and if that’s an issue, well, whatever, but the fact is they are, and the deaths of the women in these comics are chiefly due to the fact that the protaganist has a strong emotional attachment to them. so sure, is the whole “girlfriend gets killed by supervillian” deal a little played out? VERY. but calling it sexism is a little overdramatic.
trashmedium, it’s just too much. Women read comics also and get tired of this stuff.
A woman gets raped in a comic, do they show her dealing with it, her emotions, her thoughts? No, it’s all about the man in her life. He gets to be all upset and get all the thought bubbles, while he goes and beats up the guy who raped her.
Women gets killed, not because it’s important to the story, but just to get the man in her life to be all full of angst.
And, yes men can be “friged”. Usually happens less than women though and there are more men characters in comics, so that is wrong.
It’s bad writing.
What about “Identity Crisis”? Someone at DC suggested, “What we need is a rape!” I highly doubt they even thought about having it happen to a male character. Even if it did happen to a male character, I don’t think a rape was needed in the story.
October 29th, 2008 at 4:34 am
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October 29th, 2008 at 4:49 am
Excellent – caught me by suprise as i scrolled down! Made me LOL in the office
October 29th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Alright, I know I’m losing some geek cred for asking this, but who’s Marissa supposed to be? One of the Walking Dead?
October 29th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
She is a Woman in Refrigerator.
http://www.unheardtaunts.com/wir/
November 10th, 2008 at 10:57 am
i dont get it… is this just a “Death of women in comics” thing? are chicks just not allowed to die in mainstream comics? ‘but it’s just a plot device!’ dude every death is a plot device. Uncle Ben’s death is a plot device, Robin’s death is a plot device. i’ll never understand why superhero readers take this stuff the way they do. i mean, you like the books and the stories being told or you dont, why have this teeth-gritting loyalty to a character? i really think Gail Simone is reading a little too much into the whole violence against women in comics thing… it’s not like Green Lantern is slapping around Wonderwoman with a giant green hand while Superman pinches her ass and whistles.
Superheroes are chiefly men, and if that’s an issue, well, whatever, but the fact is they are, and the deaths of the women in these comics are chiefly due to the fact that the protaganist has a strong emotional attachment to them. so sure, is the whole “girlfriend gets killed by supervillian” deal a little played out? VERY. but calling it sexism is a little overdramatic.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Actually, I believe she’s meant to be Green Lantern’s girlfriend, whom he found cut up in his fridge…
June 19th, 2009 at 10:27 am
trashmedium – Hear hear!
August 29th, 2009 at 9:07 am
I laughed so hard, I started to cry.
trashmedium, it’s just too much. Women read comics also and get tired of this stuff.
A woman gets raped in a comic, do they show her dealing with it, her emotions, her thoughts? No, it’s all about the man in her life. He gets to be all upset and get all the thought bubbles, while he goes and beats up the guy who raped her.
Women gets killed, not because it’s important to the story, but just to get the man in her life to be all full of angst.
And, yes men can be “friged”. Usually happens less than women though and there are more men characters in comics, so that is wrong.
It’s bad writing.
What about “Identity Crisis”? Someone at DC suggested, “What we need is a rape!” I highly doubt they even thought about having it happen to a male character. Even if it did happen to a male character, I don’t think a rape was needed in the story.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Gcat- hear hear! ^-^ seriously, that was a well written response.
I love this comic!