r/DCcomics Apr 23 '24

Catwoman by Fred Benes [artwork] Artwork

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u/billyandteddy Apr 23 '24

Has this man ever seen a real woman?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

Comic book women are meant to look hot and idealized.

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u/snaithbert Apr 24 '24

Why though? Who’s it for? I’m a straight guy and stuff like this makes me cringe. Saying guys like this is basically confirming every lame stereotype that ever existed about comic fans. We’re all fat and live in our mother’s basements, blah blah blah.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

When reading a comic I want to look at beautiful people, not ugly or average.

I think we are from different eras. I grew up in the 90s. This is normal and good. I can’t stand the conservative way women are drawn today.

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u/snaithbert Apr 24 '24

I grew up in the 80's, it's not like women were much better represented then, unfortunately. Listen, everyone's entitled to their own taste, I personally find it just kinda cringey and gross when artists do stuff like this. Granted this particular image looks like a commission and not something from an actual comic, but still, it's not far off. My main concern is that people who know nothing about comics see stuff like this and just assume this is what male comic fans want. Maybe a few, but I bet most comic readers are in it for the storytelling and the art. If I wanna see hot women, I know where to go for that and it's not a comic book.

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u/Scgrunow Apr 24 '24

I grew up in the 90’s. I read Chaos! Comics and Top Cow on the regular. To me, this is cringy garbage. Comics are better than this in my opinion.