I’m putting together a book of all the short comics I’ve drawn over the past year to have for sale at my spring conventions! Not sure what the title will be yet, but the uniting themes of all the stories seem to be Girls and Magic.
I drew this selkie comic really fast and it bounced all around tumblr which was cool, but the messy lettering and simple coloring bugged me so I cleaned it up a bit.
This is one of my favorite things ever. I will always reblog.
See, this is what happens when you let the selkie come to you rather than stealing her skin like a huge asshole.
Hi friends. This is our new comics TEST. This one means a lot to us and we really hope you like it.
We put out a digital comic book today containing our stories TEST, ARK, and MIDNIGHT RADIO. It’s hi res, DRM free and pay what you want. You can download it at: Gum.co/theworld
If you would like to support us creating more stories like these, please consider buying a copy. If you can’t, no worries. Please download and enjoy the book!
Sirius and Lupin had given Harry a set of excellent books entitled Practical Defensive Magic and its Use Against the Dark Arts, which had superb, moving color illustrations of all the counterjinxes and hexes it described. Harry flicked through the first volume eagerly; he could see it was going to be highly useful in his plans for the D.A.
this comes from my very staunch headcanon that remus broke sirius out of grimmauld place at least once
There’s a big difference between a character looking hot and a character being intended for sexualization. There are lots of attractive characters out there that aren’t intended to be consumed by other genders, objectified, and sexualized. For example:
Batman. Undeniably attractive. He is good looking.
But he was not intended for consumption by women. He get’s power poses and muscles because that’s how men want their male heroes, the one’s they aspire to be like and project onto, to look.
By contrast look at Black Widow. She is intended for male consumption.
She doesn’t have long legs, a tiny waist, a pronounced butt, and big boobs because that is what women want their heroes to look like. She looks like that because that’s what men want their women heroes, the one’s they picture themselves romancing, to look like. She’s not just attractive, she is also sexualized and intended for a male audience.
Now look at a male character meant for women. Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon.
He’s not buff and bulky, he’s long, lean, and well dressed. This is what women want their hero men, the one’s they want to fall in love with, to look like. This isn’t a male fantasy, this is a female one.
Now look at a women intended for women. The main characters from Totally Spies.
They have small waists and long legs yes but their boobs and butts aren’t particularly noticeable. They get power poses instead of one’s intended to sexualize. They look like this because this is what women want to project themselves on. This is a women’s power fantasy. This is closer in comparison to Batman, good looking but powerful, than it is to Black Widow, sexualized.
Now are all of these characters attractive? Yes. But do you see the difference between sexy and sexualized? Sexy depends on the ‘type’ of the viewer and what they like in men and women. Sexualized has less to do with what you personally think is hot and more to do with what society as a whole thinks is hot. So when I say that Wonder Woman in the movie was not meant for male consumption I am not saying she isn’t beautiful, sexy, or attractive (I left that movie gayer than I was before). What I am saying is that she was posed, treated, costumed, and written more like an attractive human than like an object for men to gawk at.
Let’s make sure this bullshit doesn’t follow us into 2018
These women are heroines. They have superpowers. They save the world on a regular basis. They all have personalities and backstories and they all dedicate their lives to the greater good and ALL you care about it the length of their skirts and the amount of cleavage that is revealed by their clothes.
Who are the mysogynists here again?
These women are constantly running and/or flying, fighting, and going out in the middle of the night when it is cold. They all are in positions where their breast need support and the proper protection from enemies and the elements, along with the rest of their chests. These women are fighting along side men whose suits are drawn to be practical and not sexualize them. Not to mention men are drawn with the correct anatomy, which is less than I can say about these women who are mostly drawn by straight men who have never seen a boob before.
That last one was what this was about. In my search I saw countless other impractical suits and poses, but this was mostly about incorrect anatomy and clothing that showcases that. These women deserve to have their bodies respected to the same degree their male counterparts are. Catwoman was fighting and parts of her suit tore… to expose her breasts. That sort of treatment would never be given to a male hero. Sure, their suits can tear at times, but never in a way to make them “sexier.”
These women do have strong personalities and some indeed have superpowers. The heroes save the day while the villains here are trying to survive the best way they know how. They are all their own person and deserve to be treated as such. This includes not being drawn by men who obviously don’t understand how female anatomy works without sexualizing it.
But, right, because I care about this stuff this makes me the misogynist.
ALSO let me add that it is not fucking hard to draw female superheroes in practical costumes. I am an artist. I am going into comics (partly so I might be able to do something about this) so I know what it is like drawing people in different types of outfits. Their chests are not hard to draw, these guys just don’t know how to draw them because all of their references have been other men drawing female superheroes like the above. Spandex doesn’t work this say, neither does cotton, leather, or wool. No material makes boobs look like balls that are barely on your chest, except for the possibly bad boob job. Nothing against people with breast implants, but as far as I know none of these women have that in their back story.
Want to see female superheroes that have proper anatomy? Here!
And her powers include messing with her anatomy, hence her hand!
These are ladies with full coverage AND their chests are actually realistic with how they are drawn.
Can a hero have huge chests? Yes! Of course. These chests still aren’t the smallest. Not huge, but not tiny. You don’t need a perfectly flat chest to be a hero, but if you have a large chest you still deserve support and to be drawn correctly.
“Consider the strength of a mother’s arms, for she just not carries her world, but the world of her children as well”
This comic is a tribute to all mothers out there, both living and passed, married, single, grandmothers and great grandmothers. I would love to give a shout out to my mom who has been a great support and guide in my life. Being a Single mother after our divorce she had to work twice as hard to support my siblings and I. Her strength and dedication has inspired me and I am grateful for her. I love you mom.
this comic was inspired by the image done by ask-theZPD
I’m rereading prisoner of azkaban and fully appreciating how wild it is that of all the people ron could have made friends with, it’s the guy whose parents were murdered by his pet rat.
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