tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post5089660047181591608..comments2024-03-28T18:17:48.380-04:00Comments on Satisfactory Comics: Mad Science the Sivana WayMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-70335057203711540782008-02-02T22:24:00.000-05:002008-02-02T22:24:00.000-05:00Mary is definitely a brunette. I think her hair co...Mary is definitely a brunette. I think her hair color got a little distorted as I tweaked the color and contrast on those interior pages.<BR/><BR/>As for whether the pose counts as cheesecake, maybe that's not quite the right term to convey the distinction I'm shooting for. Mary is showing a lot of leg (how could she not, with a miniskirt costume?), but I think the display reads as naïve rather than exploitative, if that makes sense. Even in that final panel, which is very close to a pose you might see Betty Page in, the drawing still (to me) suggests a "kid-safe" vibe rather than an erotic one. Of course, Betty and Veronica are typically "kid-safe," too...Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529618611083147320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-47665479781061984422008-02-02T19:42:00.000-05:002008-02-02T19:42:00.000-05:00Schaffenberger art! I love his stories in those S...Schaffenberger art! I love his stories in those Showcase Presents volumes of the Superman Family, because he hits a really sweet spot between semi-realistic adventure cartooning and humorous illustration. Plus, he draws Lois Lane really fetchingly, and the stories he illustrated with her tend to play to his strengths by making her more screwball-like and therefore more tolerable as Superman's gadfly.<BR/><BR/>Having mentioned his Lois, though, I feel compelled to demur somewhat on the idea that his Mary Marvel isn't posed cheesecake-fashion, though I'll grant you that he exercises restraint and even shows taste compared to a lot of today's comics artists.<BR/><BR/>And speaking of Mary Marvel...is she a brunette (cover) or a redhead (interior art, apparently)?<BR/><BR/>As for the scientific silliness: you're quite right, plausibility is largely a function of genre expectations here. And the difference between kid-friendly Shazam vs. wanna-be grown-up Flash shows that "superhero" in and of itself is at best a sketchy genre term...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.com