File Under: Again with the Byrning.
Let’s say that you’re John Byrne. Let’s say that you’ve made public statements equating a Hollywood starlet with a whore because she’s of Latino descent and has dyed her hair blonde in order to play Susan Richards, a character that you’re pretty darn familiar with since you wrote and drew the Fantastic Four’s adventures for quite a few years. Now, obviously, you have some strong opinions when it comes to female heroines and how you want them viewed and Miss Alba, well…damn it, she’s too stank-tastic in your myopic view to play The Invisible Woman! I mean, she’s got to be a bit of a paragon of motherhood and saintliness, right, even if she’s boffing a guy who can, frankly, put Dirk Diggler to shame with a minor bit of effort. She’s a heroine and damn it, she’s on display to the public! They shouldn’t use anyone who might have, say, starred in Sin City as a stripper or someone who doesn’t match your narrow ideas of what race looks right with which hair color because superhero comics and movies should be pure and for the kids, right?
Using this logic, then, comic book creators should be beholden to the intended audience just as much as film producers and actors, yes? So, like, if somebody pointed people to an image that you had created that featured a naked Scarlet Witch, then, like, you’d probably owe everyone an explanation or at least admit that you’re a raging hypocritical pervert with more issues that National Geographic has released since it started publication?
Start your sputtering, you fuck.
(You can click on that to see the entire NSFW image. Special thanks to Josh for pointing me here.)
