Marvel Comics or T&A Comics? - 07/31/03 06:56 PM
What in the heck is going on with Marvel nowadays? I was just looking at the "First Looks" over on the Comics Continuum website, and I was reminded once again how incredibly graphic that company has become. In their Phoenix book, the women (who I assume are meant to be slave girls of some sort) are running around with huge boobs barely covered by their outfits, and thongs pulled so far up their asses that I'm surprised they don't get sawed in half. Not to mention the shots of them sitting on the ground, knees in their chest and crotches on display.
And I remember seeing a bunch of X-Title covers recently that looked like something you'd see in Maxim: Rogue in a sexy pose with her ass pushed out (I think), which I'm sure had little to do with the story inside; Emma Frost on the cover of another, sitting in a chair, I think, with HER legs spread for the camera; not to mention the Marville book, which I seem to recall having some fairly suggestive covers.
Now, I hate to come across as some kinda prude, but what is with this new trend? Is it to lure young readers in by dangling knockers and kitties in front of them? Or has Marvel just gotten a little out of control since they started rating their own books?
I dunno... I just think that with the companies looking to draw in the new, young readers in hopes of boosting the industry, they might want to tone down their content just a little. I have very little faith in the notion that parents are going to closely monitor what "funny books" their kids are picking up (I lost faith in that when I went to see the South Park movie and stood in line behind this couple and their 8 year olds, who thought it was "just a cartoon").
And I remember seeing a bunch of X-Title covers recently that looked like something you'd see in Maxim: Rogue in a sexy pose with her ass pushed out (I think), which I'm sure had little to do with the story inside; Emma Frost on the cover of another, sitting in a chair, I think, with HER legs spread for the camera; not to mention the Marville book, which I seem to recall having some fairly suggestive covers.
Now, I hate to come across as some kinda prude, but what is with this new trend? Is it to lure young readers in by dangling knockers and kitties in front of them? Or has Marvel just gotten a little out of control since they started rating their own books?
I dunno... I just think that with the companies looking to draw in the new, young readers in hopes of boosting the industry, they might want to tone down their content just a little. I have very little faith in the notion that parents are going to closely monitor what "funny books" their kids are picking up (I lost faith in that when I went to see the South Park movie and stood in line behind this couple and their 8 year olds, who thought it was "just a cartoon").
