Art: Guillem March has apparently redrawn his original cover to Catwoman #0, which was parodied by himself and others for its exaggerated anatomy. [Neatorama]
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Well it's a bit of an improvement I suppose. Either March or editorial was really too married to that pose to realize part of the problem is the POSE ITSELF.
The really easy way to not break Catwoman to show T & A is to...not show T & A. This is "kitchen sink style sexy," piling on every body part in a jumbled mess just to make sure EVERYTHING fits in there. Pick one feature and highlight that. And if you want to make a dynamic pose, worry about making it dynamic first before you worry whether or not you see all the body parts on the "sexy checklist."
I'd say that the main change is that the perspective has been moved about three feet back and about two up and to the right. Actually, scratch that, the way the legs lie outsid the hole seems to indicate that they just rotated the character. No real change in Catwoman's physique, and it looses quite a bit of dynamism and that "coming right at you" quality without the dramatic foreshortening and body orientation lining up with the line of view (as in it doesn't anymore).
I'm gonna come right out and say it - I preferred the original Catwoman cover, unrealistic proportions and all. In that picture, Catwoman was a compact bomb of muscle, sex and bad attitude leaping into your face. The new one just looks lanky and awkward - March's heart obviously wasn't in it.
Art has no obligation to be an accurate reflection of reality - it's about making an impression and generating a reaction. I thought the impressionists and cubists dealt with that a long time ago.
Yeah, this is comics. But superhero comics deal with fantasy, not reality. And if you want to be a jerk about proportions and realism - well, why not target the work of, say, Simon Bisley?
I get that those who ridiculed the original cover were offended by its blatant focus on T & A, not really by its lack of artistic merit. I guess I just don't really see anything wrong with T & A, any more than I see anything wrong with revealing clothing or burlesque shows.
"Art has no obligation to be an accurate reflection of reality - it's about making an impression and generating a reaction."
Art can be anything, I agree. It's much more off putting when that art doesn't much the rest of the style, or environment that, whatever is being depicted, is in. Having Catwoman a compact bomb doesn't go for the semi-realism that the style rest of the comic is using. It's just jarring. Have it it's own separate picture from the rest of the content, and we might have an arguing point.
Unless the creator's point was to disconcert people, I'd say it's a pretty poor job on their behalf.
its just emblamatic of consistently presenting women as sex objects to be drooled over in super hero comics. it's constant and does wonders in alienating many female readers.
Well, I guess it's better, but now I have a different issue with it; how's she coming out of that hole she made in the paper? They are re-using the same paper hole, but the new pose would suggest the hole would be a different shape and at least her leg would've left a mark. She also does not seem to be "coming at the camera" anymore. Yeah, yeah "semantics", I know! ;P
Also, Damn those Japanese for getting better looking Transformer figures! (But the prices are higher, too, so that's the trade-off.)
It's still obligatory boobs and butt, but I'm glad they changed everything that the audience had a problem with. The unzipped costume, the arm coming out of her head, and foot coming out of her butt. The other disappearing leg, and the compact spine. It's all been straightened out.
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