She Has No Head !: The Sexualization Of Comic Characters

Artistic illustrations from comic creators are witnessed by a multitude of literature and artistic enthusiasts. Aforementioned, almost half of the said enthusiasts are actually women. Having women perceived by a large number of comic book readers as something that is ideally given the utmost respect, down to a mere superficial physically attraction once laid eyes upon, is something to be dealt about. In order to eradicate such a perception, to expel the double standard imposed upon genders through the sex - shaming nature of media and the continuous negative notion given to the sexualization of comic characters, it is a must that comic creators are able to attain sovereign in terms of sexually – vamping female comic characters (Wheeler, 2014). The double standard notion between men and women and the sexualization that …show more content…
These graphic novels appeal to the readers and are well recognized for the creative outputs their comic writers and artists develop. With that, these people just deserve to be provided with the liberty they desire in bringing their characters into existence. Artists playing with their characters’ sexuality and imagery in the concocted world of superheroes and heroines in these graphic novels are merely suitable. In compliance with the article “She Has No Head! – No, It’s Not Equal”, idealization does not correlate to the sexualization of comic heroines (Thompson, 2012). The forms female comic characters have in graphic novels are usually based on their roots in porn and models and this brings about the idealization of these women. Others just see it as an attack due to the fact that when the idealization goes out of hand, the appearance of these comic heroines becomes even more overly sexualized. Nonetheless, that does not entail that idealizing something portrays that one is sexualizing