What taking my daughter to a comic book store taught me

Post by GFK_of_xmaspast » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 4:51 PM UTC

detaro wrote: post #134

rprospero wrote: post #38

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I know exactly how you feel. For the past year, my main gaming rig has been on another continent and I've been making do with what I could play on a cruddy little netbook running Linux. It's probably been my best year of gaming ever. I've been an old west robot prospector. I've seen a man have sex with a giant goldfish. I've tried to get a mouse to wear a hat. I've consoled a grieving child. After all that was done,…

The indie game equivalent are web comics. There are really well made and interesting ones out there, although finding them isn't always easy. For some, printed versions are also available.

Post by GFK_of_xmaspast » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 4:55 PM UTC

appleflaxen wrote: post #147

po wrote: post #12

I can already hear the debate raging about weather or not the images or particular examples in this article are acceptable or defensible or not. I think it's totally fine for the comics that this one shop has are there. Artistic freedom! Great! What's not super is that it's really the only kind. It's like netflix with only action movies. This article should feature a bunch of blank photos representing the comics that…

How can the market fix this? If there is not enough demand, then publishers aren't going to create these titles.

Post by onion2k » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 4:58 PM UTC

tsmarsh wrote: post #13

I had a similar 'revelation' with violence in video games. I knew a lot of games were violent, but it wasn't until I found my 2 year old son watching me murder human after human with a crossbow in Tomb Raider that I 'got it'. It has ruined AAA video games for me. I solved the problem by buying a Wii U. I'm not sure why that's better. I have killed hundreds of pikmin, squashed hundreds of goomba and worst of all, used…

Post by GFK_of_xmaspast » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

misterdai wrote: post #114

junto wrote: post #99

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Exactly. More importantly the store owner stocks what he sells, or what he thinks sells. If more 7 year old girls came into the store everyday, he might stock something more appropriate for that audience. It is like asking a Harley Davidson dealer whether he stocks Toyota Prius's. Young teen males buy these comics because there are half-naked, caricatured, over-sized breasted women in them. Later on they just buy por…

That's a reasonable point. As a store owner he's probably trying to target the demographic that's buying the most comics. If the majority of his custom comes from male teens then that's the type of comic he'll stock. Of course there's nothing stopping him from trying to stock comics for other groups, as he had stock of younger comics and those aimed at girls, but it can't be expected that he provides equal footing if…

Post by unreal37 » Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 5:04 PM UTC

k-mcgrady wrote: post #135

vilda wrote: post #98

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That's the typical conflict between liberals and left wings in politics. The conflict between freedom and "good". In this case freedom of artistic expression on one side, and anti-sexualism of women (unisex) on other side.

>> "In this case freedom of artistic expression on one side, and anti-sexualism of women (unisex) on other side." To be clear I would never advocate against artistic freedom. The problem is with the big comic book companies. They should make the decision that they aren't going to sexualise women in comics for no good reason anymore. The artists who truly enjoy making that work can continue to do so at another company…