Dear Wizard,
Well, here's my contribution to the mail responding to Jennifer Wolf's letter in Wizard #29. I say, "Hats off to you, Jennifer." She said lots that needed to be said...basically, "Lighten up out there, women." While I agree that the women portrayed in comics are often abnormally "top heavy," as a woman I would rather be portrayed as overly sexy than end up looking like "Robin with long hair and lipstick." Furthermore, I can't count the number of times I personally have pointed out that the men in comics aren't portrayed in a "normal" way either. Comics are a medium of fantasy and entertainment.
Jennifer Wolf asked if some of the female letter writers are so offended, how indeed do they face today's world? Advertising, TV, movies, our society in general uses male and female sexuality to sell and to entertain. I don't necessarily agree with this approach, but it is life! And I don't find it all (the ads, etcetera) offensive. One more thing. I sometimes look at a man and think "Wow, what a hunk!" But I don't say it out loud and I don't stare and I sure don't touch. Perhaps the fact that many men do make audible remarks or sounds, stare, and some even make unwanted sexual advances, is what makes many of these women so sensitive to the drawings of females in comics.
As a woman working in comics, I do find that our own art sometimes goes overboard in the area of "glamour," and I occasionally insist on a change. Bat as the president of a company with on all-female team of superheroines, I worry more about the overall focus of our books. While I'm not always personally thrilled with every panel that prints, in general I'm very pleased with our product. I'm pleased that although our female characters can be called "babes," they cannot be called "bimbos." I'm pleased that they are strong and independent and that the stories have at least some moments of humor in each issue. And while male characters do not appear all that often, when they do, they support the female characters!
Rebekah Black
President, AC Comics
Longwood, FL
I grabbed a whole bunch of stuff from my Dad's house, a lot of what remains of my old TLK collection. I also found a photo album I'd filled with newspaper clippings, ads, stickers, special offers and anything my grubby 12 year old hands could get ahold of. It was pretty cool going through it (I'll share in another post if interested!).
Anyway, I remember there was a Lion King comic strip running in the newspaper in December 1994. I only managed to get three strips. There may have been more, but that's all that survived. This is in Ohio, in the USA btw. I don't know if this was internationally published.
I can't seem to find the origins of this? It looks like a special Christmas themed comic judging by the fact it's December when this is running and Scar is trying to wipe out a festival. Anyone have any clue about this comic and if they've seen anyone scan the rest of it? I might have to go dig them up in newspapers at the Library or something (at least i have dates lol. Good childhood me for writing that down!)
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