Sex in the 90s

[aeka]

As everyone here knows, DC has gotten a shit tonne of criticism for their portrayal of sex in their New 52 line. Not without reason of course since the sex that has been portrayed so far has been nothing short of fanservice.

But then, back in 1990, DC got away with this...



Makes me wonder what the reactions to THIS was back then if people of today complained about the Batman/Catwoman sex scene in Catwoman #1. At best no one was in any position to complain about the scene being non-consensual. :}


Warning for sex and nudity. NSFW.

Comments

[aeka]

I don't see what the industry appears to have against vanilla, to be honest.

Aside from the "vanilla isn't edgy enough to sell" bullshit, I don't either. As Alan Moore once said, the only thing any comicbook industry needs to do to generate interest and sell books is to tell good stories.

[suzene]

And get the books out on time. And not charge $4 for 20 pages of story. And not act like it's the fault of the readership that they've been conditioned to be cynical.