gender representation

Females

What is shown here?

• Boobs
• Legs
• Reds
• Yellows
• Sexy
• Skin tight clothing- revealing
• High heels- impractical but makes the character look more feminine as heels make your legs look longer and bum bigger.

Women are represented in graphic novels and films as sexual objects. They are always saved by the male characters or they help men. They are rarely the centre of attention more just side stories. Women are generally portrayed as weak and vulnerable, there are a few exceptions to this rule for example Lara Croft. For my film I will try to go against the female stereotypes as much as possible without making a character too alien to what the commerical audience is used to. 

Men

Men are shown in comic books as:

• Masculine
• Strong
• Dominant
• Main characters- therefore a lot more important
• Womanisers

Black characters:


Black characters rarely appear in old comics but when they do they are portrayed as:

• Poor
• Rebels/naughty
• Thieves
• Plain
• Criminal
• Really muscular or skeletal
• Aggressive

This stereotype is slowly dwindling, there has been a slight increase in Black characters with positive stereotypes for example: Falcon.


The Falcon is the first superhero of African descent not to have the word "black" as part of his superhero name. Although The Falcon first appeared in  Captain America #117 (September 1969) he hadn't really been seen in the public so the black culture didn't really have any superheroes to look up to until he appeared in the 2012 'Shawowland' storyline after which he becomes an operative in the new incarnation of the Heroes for hire team in the book of the same name. He later appears in the 2012 Avengers vs. X-men.