I'm a straight guy, I've been reading comic books for years, but I have less than no desire to see female characters killed, raped, mutilated or crippled. In fact, that stuff happening is far more likely to make me just put the book down and never read it again. I struggle to understand the mindset that gets excited by that stuff.
Something else depressing is that, these writers and artists who do try to hold themselves to a higher standard end up getting shafted. Horrocks is no longer working for a big publisher, nor is Devin Grayson. Dwayne McDuffie was fired for being honest about the BS he had to put up with.
But these comic book editors really are the perfect example of kids let loose in a candy store. They were fans as kids, and now as adults they can shape the characters and stories they want. But that sort of attitude results in the Silver Age glorification at DC, and Brand New Day at Marvel. They're writing stories to please themselves, not the fans.
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I guess there are all kinds of arguments to be had about immature attitudes to women, assumptions about what male readers in key demographics will respond to and god knows what else. But the blasé attitude that so many of these guys seem to have towards the way female characters is treated is just gross.
I'm a straight guy, I've been reading comic books for years, but I have less than no desire to see female characters killed, raped, mutilated or crippled. In fact, that stuff happening is far more likely to make me just put the book down and never read it again. I struggle to understand the mindset that gets excited by that stuff.
Something else depressing is that, these writers and artists who do try to hold themselves to a higher standard end up getting shafted. Horrocks is no longer working for a big publisher, nor is Devin Grayson. Dwayne McDuffie was fired for being honest about the BS he had to put up with.
But these comic book editors really are the perfect example of kids let loose in a candy store. They were fans as kids, and now as adults they can shape the characters and stories they want. But that sort of attitude results in the Silver Age glorification at DC, and Brand New Day at Marvel. They're writing stories to please themselves, not the fans.