Girl Power. It's growing by the second!

CraftyChicaAZ · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 686 Location: phx, az

Check out this story on the upswing of female heroines...rock on!

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/0803g
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ursonate · Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 133 Location: Austin, TX

I'll celebrate when heroines are overweight and have bad hair.

soapandwater · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 945

Good point, ursonate. I've had a bad hair day today, myself.

Unfortunately, I'd think more of these heroines if they weren't so damned annoying. Kimpossible is such a boring show, and I'm saying this objectively, thinking back to how I'd feel watching this if I were eleven. The animation on that show is terrible; everyone looks the same.

Ah, well.
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CraftyChicaAZ · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 686 Location: phx, az

Maybe its just the extreme case of optimism i was born with, but I was happy to see this story. I read it as showing the increase of female leads, as opposed to when they were just used for sidekicks or sexpots. As the mom of an 11-year-old girl I'm happy to see this change. My daughter was thrilled at Anya Corazon, the new teen superhero in the Marvel comics line - she kicks butt and has lots of brains too. We went out and got the comic right away!

Overall, at least it is something to build on :-) I hope the trend continues and branches out!
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soapandwater · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 945

It's true that at least they've STARTED building on it. Then again, I don't think there will ever be a superhero, male or female, that isn't either incredibly attractive or incredibly deformed. You know, a handsome man who happens to have a slight weak chin, or maybe a pretty girl with a hooked nose. In cartoon/comic world, such things don't exist, and I guess it wouldn't be fiction without such moments.

Anya Corazon sounds like a good job; it's about time Marvel did something to reach out to the girls, instead of just the boys.
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ursonate · Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 133 Location: Austin, TX

But they do exist!

Just look at comics from Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly and countless other independent comics and graphic novels. 'Course the problem is, they're independent...

I guess ultimately, I don't care if the hero is male of female. It just does give me a little inner smile when a woman kicks ass (especially if it's not expected).