tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post6013760976927514886..comments2023-12-30T01:46:52.888-05:00Comments on The Roar of Comics: Two Views of Ms. MarvelStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772087090448461047noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-54446464271950418442010-09-02T18:41:17.876-04:002010-09-02T18:41:17.876-04:00I have to say only one thing, the person who only ...I have to say only one thing, the person who only see a sexual object in this pictures is a total moron, just open the door, take around in the mall or disco, I don't know live a real live, is true that is a little bit hot watch that butt, however in the real world there most and real butts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-72027309253119574932007-06-08T17:11:00.000-04:002007-06-08T17:11:00.000-04:00Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I think Cho ...Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I think Cho has been Ms. Marvel's best artist. Yes, he portrays her sexually, but I also think that his rendering of her face, particularly the way her expressions are heightened in her lips, that has cemented in my mind what MM looks like. Compare this to other artists, who draw all women alike. Cho's MM looks like someone you'd know. Not that the Lylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131248842658315487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-42753997045679122422007-06-04T23:50:00.000-04:002007-06-04T23:50:00.000-04:00No offense taken, er, anonymous. (Can you please s...No offense taken, er, anonymous. (Can you please sign in a with ever a pseudonym? I feel weird having a conversation with an internet ghost).<BR/><BR/>My point wasn't specifically a, b, or c, but the larger point that Cho too often emphasizes women's sexual attributes over everything else. So that even on a cover where, as you point out, Ms. Marvel a) does seem powerful, b) is the center of Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772087090448461047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-50947315310588668992007-06-04T02:05:00.000-04:002007-06-04T02:05:00.000-04:00Same poster, last post on the subject.The first li...Same poster, last post on the subject.<BR/><BR/>The first line in the second paragraph of the last post should probably read: <BR/>"Didn't realize it was simply a matter of the amount of visible backside that was the issue, or at least that the appearance of any backside necessarily trumped the other issues."<BR/><BR/>Again, no offense or snarkiness meant. The other issues you'd raised still seemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-78216578920997611682007-06-04T01:35:00.000-04:002007-06-04T01:35:00.000-04:00Sorry, I'd misread you and thought your main criti...Sorry, I'd misread you and thought your main critique was that in the other Cho cover she a) was not depicted as a powerful woman (in comparison with the Horn cover), b) was not at the center of the cover but relegated to a more insignificant spot on the side (ceding center stage to Ant-Man), and c) had her face turned away from the viewer, which apparently precluded any sort of viewer empathy.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-73250492394489455622007-05-30T14:50:00.000-04:002007-05-30T14:50:00.000-04:00Soooo.... your defense of Frank Cho's depiction of...Soooo.... your defense of Frank Cho's depiction of Ms. Marvel are two other images in which her butt is clearly visible, despite the fact that she's facing the reader?<BR/><BR/>Yup, Cho's given me his answer all right.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772087090448461047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-81997848527042893442007-05-22T23:20:00.000-04:002007-05-22T23:20:00.000-04:00No offense meant, and I'm not trying to say there ...No offense meant, and I'm not trying to say there aren't problems with the ways in which women are depicted in, or on the covers of comics, or that Mighty Avengers isn't goofy with booty shots, but note who Cho put front and center on the cover of Mighty Avengers #1:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mightyavengers.jpg<BR/><BR/>And while it's not quite as close to what you're looking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com