Superhero Comic Books Berlatsky’s article, “The Female Thor and the Female Comic-Book Reader” (2014), argues that girls are interested in reading superhero comics as much as boys; there has been a lot of speculation whether comic books were created to entertain only the masculine audience. In order to stop the sexism that has been going around in the superhero comic book industry, Berlatsky uses the logos Aristotelian appeal to inform the comic book audience that girls have been a fan of comics since decades ago. He also managed in using the hyperbole and aphorism rhetorical strategies to show that boys see girls differently and don’t belong in this industry.
As a matter of fact, Berlatsky uses aphorism in one of the first paragraphs. Berlatsky states, “This is especially the case because superhero comics are for boys, and the superhero genre is so overwhelmingly associated with the comic’s medium that the two are often treated as one and the same.” (2). Even though he expresses himself like this, he also lets us know that the comics industry is reaching out more to women readers through titles like “Ms. Marvel”. Also, the author uses the hyperbole rhetorical strategy when stating, “Girls don’t read comics, there’s something in how their brains are wired that just doesn’t respond to the way comics …show more content…
Attack of the feminist superheroes” by Dorian Lynskey (2015), One of Marvel’s few female writers, Ann Nocenti uses the pathos Aristotelian appeal by stating, “Female characters were absolutely seen as secondary,” she says. “I can’t tell if I was just oblivious to sexism and misogyny, but I don’t remember any weird feelings. Not at all. But you would try a female character and the sales would go down. It’s a chicken-and-egg thing.” (12). What she means by that is that the mentality that they had while creating these type of characters was just to focus on male and not female because of sexism and looking at women as weaker than
As a matter of fact, Berlatsky uses aphorism in one of the first paragraphs. Berlatsky states, “This is especially the case because superhero comics are for boys, and the superhero genre is so overwhelmingly associated with the comic’s medium that the two are often treated as one and the same.” (2). Even though he expresses himself like this, he also lets us know that the comics industry is reaching out more to women readers through titles like “Ms. Marvel”. Also, the author uses the hyperbole rhetorical strategy when stating, “Girls don’t read comics, there’s something in how their brains are wired that just doesn’t respond to the way comics …show more content…
Attack of the feminist superheroes” by Dorian Lynskey (2015), One of Marvel’s few female writers, Ann Nocenti uses the pathos Aristotelian appeal by stating, “Female characters were absolutely seen as secondary,” she says. “I can’t tell if I was just oblivious to sexism and misogyny, but I don’t remember any weird feelings. Not at all. But you would try a female character and the sales would go down. It’s a chicken-and-egg thing.” (12). What she means by that is that the mentality that they had while creating these type of characters was just to focus on male and not female because of sexism and looking at women as weaker than