Comic Books Have So Many "-isms"

As I was looking for examples for this weeks blog, I found the article entitled “ The Greatest Black Women In Superhero Comics (Who Aren’t Storm).”  The word black struck me as part of the racism example, but the article was written by an African-American.  So I don’t know if that counts, but it struck me as interesting.  Maybe if a white person wrote the article it would be considered negative, but since an African-American wrote it’s okay. 

As an example of sexism I found this article about how Spider-Woman is drawn on the cover of the first issue.  The name of the article is “Check Out Spider-Woman #1, Starring Spider-Woman’s Ass.”  The article is about how Spider-Woman is drawn.  The picture in the article is of Spider-Woman with her butt in the air in an unnatural position.  The article was written by a man.

An example of ageism I found was an article called “What If Law & Order’s Detective Munch Partnered Up With A Superhero?”.  The Perry Mason picture has some agism.  Just because Detective Munch is old doesn’t mean he likes Perry Mason.

An example of heterosexism is an article called “ DC’s Explanation Of Why Batwoman Can’t Get Married Is Nonsense.”  The article is about DC’s decision to not let the new Batwoman (who is gay) get married to her fiancee.

As a bonus article about sexism in comic books please read the article “10 Stupid Arguments People Use To Defend Comic Book Sexism.”  It talks about the difference in how male characters are drawn compared to female characters.  It has some funny pictures showing male characters drawn like female characters.