Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for November 10, 2009
November 09, 2009
November 11, 2009
Transcript:
woman: As a female superhero, I not only have to be a paragon of justice...but I also have to be a role model for women! so anything I do could be interpreted as a negative female stereotype!! Captain: Whoa, don't get so hysterical, sister! Can I get you a midol or something?
Yukoneric almost 15 years ago
Just emasculate him and see how he likes it. P.S. Don’t use anesthesia; after all, he’s a macho man.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Hobbes: Is Wundra-Girl’s super-power her ability to squeeze into that Spandex leotard?
Calvin: No, they can ALL do that…
[paraphrased]
fosteraustin almost 15 years ago
I heard the rebroadcast of Phil’s interview on the Comics Cosat to Coast show, out of Calif. He was great. Funny and interesting. Well done Phil!
nerdhoof almost 15 years ago
And they do everything the male superheroes do, backwards in high heels.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago
purpledog, that line’s always seemed a bit disingenuous to me. If you watch a Fred and Ginger routine, and then watch Fred solo, you’ll see that he was capable of far more when he didn’t have to worry about someone else keeping up.
(This isn’t a statement about men vs women as dancers in general, just a recognition of just how freakin’ GOOD Astaire really was…)
DoraDingle almost 15 years ago
And female superheroes…pardon me, superheroines’ spandex fit way better that male superheroes!
mrsullenbeauty almost 15 years ago
Ha ha, you’ll notice the good Captain feels no such compunction to represent the male gender in any kind of positive light …
BananaSlug almost 12 years ago
I always hated how if female characters do anything wrong it’s somehow a negative reflection on women, whereas when male characters do something wrong it’s good writing.