Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for November 10, 2009

Just emasculate him and see how he likes it. P.S. Don’t use anesthesia; after all, he’s a macho man.

Hobbes: Is Wundra-Girl’s super-power her ability to squeeze into that Spandex leotard?

Calvin: No, they can ALL do that…

[paraphrased]

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!

And they do everything the male superheroes do, backwards in high heels.

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…)

And female superheroes…pardon me, superheroines’ spandex fit way better that male superheroes!

Ha ha, you’ll notice the good Captain feels no such compunction to represent the male gender in any kind of positive light …

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.