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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by orca: [QB] Jill, I don't think I've laughed that hard in a while. I love those comic ideas you have, and I hope you can make them a reality. You might see if your public library has a scanner (sometimes they do) and then you could scan in your drawings and set up a free blog to post your work. There are a lot of free blogs like that, with artists who post their own comic strips. Some of them even gain a lot of popularity. Places like Wordpress or Blogspot are free, though I don't know if they are available in the UK or not. Very great point about the appearances of supers/heroes! It's really interesting when you think about people like Spiderman, who were scrawny and (by mainstream appearance standards) average looking until they got the super powers and then suddenly they transformed into that ideal. And Clark Kent looked kinda dorky (according to mainstream beauty standards; according to mine, he'd be pretty sexy) until he stepped into his spandex suit and voila! suddenly he's Fabio with short black hair. While on the one hand the stories give this hope that those without certain privileges and with less power (let's not forget that the majority of the supers/heroes were of low-income, were bullied in school, and/or were orphans) can rise up, gain power, and fight for good, on the other hand they are gaining that power by conforming to society's standards of appearance and beauty. (As for supers/heroes looking androgynous, I guess that's where Ziggy Stardust comes in. ;) ...and my David Bowie obsession just became apparent.) [/QB][/QUOTE]

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