I was totally geeking out! Female superheroes AND vampires...I was so excited, you could have spread me on a comic book cracker. DC's recent "Terror in the Third Dimension: Batgirl and Supergirl and Dracula" (#14; November 2010) had everything but the pop culture-kitchen sink, well, ALMOST everything....
Two blonde, buxom, mid-riff bearing hotties talk about the college party scene, parents, and oh yeah, dealing with their superhero secret identities on their way to an innocent evening at the movies featuring...that's right! You guessed it--classic Dracula...in 3D. A nerdy-scientist is involved, some kind of experimental device that brings images into 3D-life gone awry, and of course, chaos always ensues.
All three writers/illustrators are male and did a pretty good job of following every performative stereotype to a perfect "T"...or is it a perfect "10"? Anyway....
Yawn. Really, boys, you are not your only audience. Play out your girl-on-girl fantasies elsewhere. Let's see some real heroing coming from realistic women. The comic book wasn't even worth the three bucks I paid.
On the Housel-scale, this comic is a pathetic 2/10. Give us something with more substance, in the same vein as the newest "Dark Wolverine." Women have higher tolerances for pain, are more resourceful, and live longer...believe me, boys, we "delicate flowers" can handle whatever it is you think you can dish out.
My other suggestion: Hire a woman to write your female heroes, DC. Loved the inclusion of Dracula though! Better luck next issue....
Two blonde, buxom, mid-riff bearing hotties talk about the college party scene, parents, and oh yeah, dealing with their superhero secret identities on their way to an innocent evening at the movies featuring...that's right! You guessed it--classic Dracula...in 3D. A nerdy-scientist is involved, some kind of experimental device that brings images into 3D-life gone awry, and of course, chaos always ensues.
All three writers/illustrators are male and did a pretty good job of following every performative stereotype to a perfect "T"...or is it a perfect "10"? Anyway....
Yawn. Really, boys, you are not your only audience. Play out your girl-on-girl fantasies elsewhere. Let's see some real heroing coming from realistic women. The comic book wasn't even worth the three bucks I paid.
On the Housel-scale, this comic is a pathetic 2/10. Give us something with more substance, in the same vein as the newest "Dark Wolverine." Women have higher tolerances for pain, are more resourceful, and live longer...believe me, boys, we "delicate flowers" can handle whatever it is you think you can dish out.
My other suggestion: Hire a woman to write your female heroes, DC. Loved the inclusion of Dracula though! Better luck next issue....
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