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		Five hundred internet parodies later, DC changes the cover to Catwoman Zero (uproxx.com)		186
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Oldiron_79		2012-09-10 06:25:13 PM

Alright, Julie Newmar vs Lee Meriwether vs Ertha Kitt vs Michelle Pfeifer vs Halle Berry vs Anne Hathaway fark,marry, kill list x2 Go

abhorrent1		2012-09-10 06:28:05 PM

So this is what you basement dwellers care about?

Need_MindBleach		2012-09-10 06:28:26 PM

The problem with the first picture is that the proportions just look bizarre, not the T&A thing. Like her chest and ass have a second function as an airbag.

Random Bastage		2012-09-10 06:28:46 PM

I was comparing asses; I don't know what the fark you other people were talking about. I like the one on the left.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-09-10 06:29:36 PM

lostcat: I looked at the before and after images, not realizing that's what they were.

I guess the world of comics is too subtle for a non-comic person to GAF.

There's some subtle changes to the spine curvature and the positioning of her legs. Also she's showing less cleavage, which is unfortunate.

It won't satisfy their critics, but nothing really will. Might sell some extra issues, though.

/the best part is that the most vocal people in the webcomics world whose remarks and memes about this cover circulated the most have art skills and a practical grasp of how human anatomy in translates to comic art that is, at best, rudimentary

LoneWolf343		2012-09-10 06:30:38 PM

ConConHead: Oh my god. A fictional character actually taking a real-world pose? Gasp!

You're kidding, right? It's still the same ridiculous pose as before, but from a slightly different angle.

/if it wasn't for the oversized ass in the first one (and the thong, WTF?) I would have said it was a matter of perspective warping.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-09-10 06:30:40 PM

Oldiron_79: Anne Hathaway

I gotta say that Anne Hathaway's Catwoman is now my favorite non-animated depiction. They got so much of her correct in that movie.

ChimpMitten		2012-09-10 06:30:51 PM

I prefer the original. The butt is too big for the perspective that she is coming in at, but I like big butts. Zippers are for regulating body temperature, and she was obviously getting warm from jumping around, so I have no issues with that.

The R. Crumb parody the artist did of his own work was awesome, but it needed a skinny batman getting a piggyback ride.

WizardofToast		2012-09-10 06:32:04 PM

The costume on the left looks like her arsecheeks are being spread open from her own costume. That must be uncomfortable as hell. The new one is moderately much better despite the typical "Boobies and butt must be both showing to the reader" gig some comic artists do.

gerrymander		2012-09-10 06:33:48 PM

No Such Agency: Bonanza Jellybean:
Along with an unsourced shoutout to Hark! A Vagrant

There's a modest link underneath. HaV is great, for sure. Her book is totally worth actually buying.

Only if she paid a letterer. For a comic so dependent upon written words for humor, the persistent unconcern with legibility makes HaV a must-miss, as far as I'm concerned. It's like she's got some weird passive-aggressive anger issues she wants to take out on her readers: "I have written greatness, and you'll go blind trying to read it!"

LoneWolf343		2012-09-10 06:35:11 PM

Stratohead: Oh_Enough_Already: ZOMG! A female character sexually portrayed to appeal to the medium's almost exclusively male fan base!

Next thing you know they'll start doing this in porno.

what farking decade do you live in? Women/Girls now make up almost half of Fandom in general... close to 65-70% in Anime/Manga. This is a mainstream comic, not a porno, and frankly the medium and the fans deserve better.

You're both wrong. I would say closer to 20%, 30% if I am feeling generous.

Banned on the Run		2012-09-10 06:35:19 PM

Oldiron_79: Alright, Julie Newmar vs Lee Meriwether vs Ertha Kitt vs Michelle Pfeifer vs Halle Berry vs Anne Hathaway fark,marry, kill list x2 Go

Fark, fark, fark, fark, fark, aaannnnd fark

Max Awesome		2012-09-10 06:36:23 PM

Max Awesome		2012-09-10 06:39:27 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-09-10 06:40:09 PM

gerrymander: No Such Agency: Bonanza Jellybean:
Along with an unsourced shoutout to Hark! A Vagrant

There's a modest link underneath. HaV is great, for sure. Her book is totally worth actually buying.

Only if she paid a letterer. For a comic so dependent upon written words for humor, the persistent unconcern with legibility makes HaV a must-miss, as far as I'm concerned. It's like she's got some weird passive-aggressive anger issues she wants to take out on her readers: "I have written greatness, and you'll go blind trying to read it!"

I love her history and literature strips. When she wanders off into her social justice wankery she loses me, but, then again, I suppose I am probably not the intended audience segment for those.

LoneWolf343: Stratohead: Oh_Enough_Already: ZOMG! A female character sexually portrayed to appeal to the medium's almost exclusively male fan base!

Next thing you know they'll start doing this in porno.

what farking decade do you live in? Women/Girls now make up almost half of Fandom in general... close to 65-70% in Anime/Manga. This is a mainstream comic, not a porno, and frankly the medium and the fans deserve better.

You're both wrong. I would say closer to 20%, 30% if I am feeling generous.

How old are you? Because I can very definitively say (from my own experiences at anime cons and from those of my friends and acquaintances who actually work in that industry) is that the fandom is at least 50/50 these days.

Now, there's a ton more vocal male otaku out there, and the fujis are much less vocal outside of their particular fandom sites, but in terms of actual fans who show up? At *least* 50/50, and producing yaoi-centric merch? Gold mine.

Meanwhile, yuri barely moves

(mostly because yuri is super boring for some reason)

WizardofToast		2012-09-10 06:40:32 PM

Max Awesome: [i42.photobucket.com image 850x637]

Not appealing enough. They need to try to show both their rears and their nipples to the camera.

FirstNationalBastard		2012-09-10 06:43:10 PM

Max Awesome: [i42.photobucket.com image 389x600]

Hey, it's the latest Geoff Johns creation.

/Not really. Geoff Johns doesn't create new things, just makes them like they were in 1971.

Oldiron_79		2012-09-10 06:43:42 PM

Banned on the Run: Oldiron_79: Alright, Julie Newmar vs Lee Meriwether vs Ertha Kitt vs Michelle Pfeifer vs Halle Berry vs Anne Hathaway fark,marry, kill list x2 Go

Fark, fark, fark, fark, fark, aaannnnd fark

Well If I got unlimited of each I suppose so, but the idea of FMK is you have a limited number of each

Torchsong		2012-09-10 06:51:06 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats:
Meanwhile, yuri barely moves

(mostly because yuri is super boring for some reason)

You've noticed that, too? I mean, all the elements are there that it should be totally awesome (to a particular demographic I will deny being part of in any court of law ;) ), but what little I've seen of it is a total snooze-fest.

PonceAlyosha		2012-09-10 06:52:34 PM

FirstNationalBastard: Max Awesome: [i42.photobucket.com image 389x600]

Hey, it's the latest Geoff Johns creation.

/Not really. Geoff Johns doesn't create new things, just makes them like they were in 1971.

Actually the new GL is pretty cool. I am, however, pretty sure he has never spoken to a woman.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-09-10 06:56:32 PM

Torchsong: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats:
Meanwhile, yuri barely moves

(mostly because yuri is super boring for some reason)

You've noticed that, too? I mean, all the elements are there that it should be totally awesome (to a particular demographic I will deny being part of in any court of law ;) ), but what little I've seen of it is a total snooze-fest.

It's just not appealing to an American audience (which isn't unusual, what is popular with the original Japanese audience is in no way indicative of what will "hit" with a Japanese audience) for whatever reason.

Then again, yaoi *tends* not to be popular with female anime fans once they're in their 20s and actually have had a real relationship or two with a man (or woman), assuming they don't leave the fandom altogether.

For a while there Cons were running "Real Gay Sex vs Yaoi Gay Sex" late-hour panels, which amused me.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-09-10 06:57:07 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: what is popular with the original Japanese audience is in no way indicative of what will "hit" with an American audience

FTFM

CygnusDarius		2012-09-10 07:11:16 PM

Cyno01: CygnusDarius: [cdn.uproxx.com image 650x499]

There needs to be a Brazzers logo in there.

[i3.kym-cdn.com image 500x375]

Lol that's gold.

likefunbutnot		2012-09-10 07:13:03 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: Then again, yaoi *tends* not to be popular with female anime fans once they're in their 20s and actually have had a real relationship or two with a man (or woman),

1. Almost every nerd chick I know approves of at least the concept of yaoi. A good Farkette friend of mine even claims that she's the direct inspiration for the Penny Arcade comic about it.

2. Also, almost every nerd chick I know is at least kind of bent. As in "not straight." That may be endemic to women of a certain age, but nerd girls, besides being down with gentle boy-boy loving, all seem to appreciate a good pair of boobies and some tribadism.

3. Nerds in general are pretty tolerant of "otherness." Which is really one of the coolest things about nerds in general. I think there's something about the mindset that encourages a wider range of sexual interests.

3a. Not that I've ever had any of that work in my favor...

Random Bastage		2012-09-10 07:13:34 PM

I was going to say something that I THOUGHT was funny... but there is too much catwoman here. ...........I'll be in my bunk.

The_Cisco_Kid		2012-09-10 07:13:45 PM

When the hell did Anne Hathaway play the role? Was that some kind of spinoff movie trying to atone for the Halle Berry take?

texdent		2012-09-10 07:17:13 PM

PonceAlyosha: FirstNationalBastard: Max Awesome: [i42.photobucket.com image 389x600]

Hey, it's the latest Geoff Johns creation.

/Not really. Geoff Johns doesn't create new things, just makes them like they were in 1971.

Actually the new GL is pretty cool. I am, however, pretty sure he has never spoken to a woman.

Yes, but Hal and Sinestro are dead....again.

tillerman35		2012-09-10 07:19:35 PM

Sorry, but the ONLY cat woman I approve of is C'Mel.

Indubitably		2012-09-10 07:20:23 PM

*rawr*

Max Awesome		2012-09-10 07:20:33 PM

The_Cisco_Kid: When the hell did Anne Hathaway play the role? Was that some kind of spinoff movie trying to atone for the Halle Berry take?

i42.photobucket.com

Acharne		2012-09-10 07:36:57 PM

The_Cisco_Kid: When the hell did Anne Hathaway play the role? Was that some kind of spinoff movie trying to atone for the Halle Berry take?

media.tumblr.com

maxheck		2012-09-10 07:38:04 PM

tillerman35:

Sorry, but the ONLY cat woman I approve of is C'Mel.

Oh, sure... AFTER she saved your butt on the way back from the Abba-Dingo.

Max Awesome		2012-09-10 07:38:05 PM

Ok here's a bit of chest and butt together:

i42.photobucket.com

Still superior to the original Catwoman-cover monstrosity. Probably because the artist - Joe Philips - appears to have used an actual human being for reference instead of a woman-cat-jellyfish hybrid-thing.

chaosweaver		2012-09-10 07:43:29 PM

Max Awesome		2012-09-10 07:45:22 PM

Kate Beaton's Sexy Batman is my favourite Batman:

i42.photobucket.com

chaosweaver		2012-09-10 07:47:02 PM

The_Cisco_Kid: When the hell did Anne Hathaway play the role? Was that some kind of spinoff movie trying to atone for the Halle Berry take?

And it seems someone forgot to leave his basement this year.

gunther_bumpass		2012-09-10 07:51:07 PM

Stratohead:
what farking decade do you live in? Women/Girls now make up almost half of Fandom in general...

But only 1/16th the weight.

rocky_howard		2012-09-10 07:51:33 PM

DC bailed on a perfectly fine cover. Granted, the new cover is just as good, but it's the principle of it all.

I love how the Hark a Vagrant gal, Kate Beaton, can draw comics with nudity and blatant sexual acts.

But a cover with Catwoman's costume a bit unzipped and she goes "OMG SEXISM EXPLOITATION!!"

TheoParke		2012-09-10 07:56:42 PM

Tax Boy		2012-09-10 08:08:38 PM

No Such Agency		2012-09-10 08:19:30 PM

TheoParke:
[i261.photobucket.com image 502x878]

The Hulk looks like he's about to rip off a deadly Hulk-powered burrito fart.

Indubitably		2012-09-10 08:28:47 PM

TheoParke: [i261.photobucket.com image 502x878]

Girl's butt in pose, please.

For the straights?

;)

Indubitably		2012-09-10 08:29:34 PM

Indubitably: TheoParke: [i261.photobucket.com image 502x878]

Girl's butt in pose, please.

For the straights?

;)

Sorry, in Hulk-pose, please/

Max Awesome		2012-09-10 08:29:45 PM

Omahawg		2012-09-10 08:30:10 PM

arasmin		2012-09-10 08:31:18 PM

No Such Agency: TheoParke:
[i261.photobucket.com image 502x878]

The Hulk looks like he's about to rip off a deadly Hulk-powered burrito fart.

Actually I was left thinking more along this line:

ULTRA NSFW
ULTRA NSFW
No linkee - if you go there don't blame me

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6c0lfl8wf1rwgk4eo1_400.jpg

ULTRA NSFW
ULTRA NSFW

ProfessorOhki		2012-09-10 08:33:12 PM

TheoParke: [i261.photobucket.com image 502x878]

Let's be honest here for a second: Hawkeye's pose in the original is pretty much a LOOK AT MY JUNK shot. Besides, they don't need to show Cap'n ass in the promo art. They had the entire film for that.

flamingboar		2012-09-10 08:33:30 PM

Max Awesome: Ok here's a bit of chest and butt together:

Still superior to the original Catwoman-cover monstrosity. Probably because the artist - Joe Philips - appears to have used an actual human being for reference instead of a woman-cat-jellyfish hybrid-thing.

Ermergerd Gambit! *fanboi squeel*

No Such Agency		2012-09-10 08:34:46 PM

arasmin: No Such Agency: TheoParke:
[i261.photobucket.com image 502x878]

The Hulk looks like he's about to rip off a deadly Hulk-powered burrito fart.

Actually I was left thinking more along this line:

ULTRA NSFW
ULTRA NSFW
No linkee - if you go there don't blame me

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6c0lfl8wf1rwgk4eo1_400.jpg

ULTRA NSFW
ULTRA NSFW

akamrsx.files.wordpress.com

Skirl Hutsenreiter		2012-09-10 08:39:31 PM

TheOriginalEd: Eh, you say sexist parody, I say foreshortening
[i.imgur.com image 112x149]
Would you say that person is 90% legs because thats all you can see? no, but the author of this article would. Honestly the redone image isnt any better.. Catwoman's just rotated a few degrees.

Foreshortening in no way explains why a body part in the background is the dominating feature. I don't want to imagine how big that ass would have to be for that picture to make sense.

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