Shreya Arora, la artista que lucha contra el sexismo en los cómics

Shreya Arora, estudiante del Instituto Nacional de Diseño de Ahmedabad, modificó cinco portadas de cómics para evidenciar la sexualización de los cuerpos en estos dibujos. Ella leyó estos cómics de niña, pero explicó que nunca se percató de la hipersexualización de las poses de las mujeres.

En ambos casos, masculinos y femeninos, los cuerpos son resaltados en atributos físicos, pero según Arora, las portadas de ciertos cómics son exageradas e incluso no reflejan los poderes de la propia heroína, algo que jamás se haría con los superheroés.

Comic cover #4 This one doesn’t even need a description. It writes itself. Swipe for the original cover by John Byrne #Marvelcomics #marvel #illustration #spiderman #shehulk

Una publicación compartida por Shreya Arora (@arorashreyav) el 28 de Jun de 2018 a las 7:00 PDT

 

Cover #3: Original: She Hulk #40 by John Byrne The cover was prelude to a story where the first 8 pages the book are She Hulk jumping rope naked. (You can not make this stuff up) It is later revealed that she was wearing a skimpy bikini which is hidden by the artist’s blur lines. Any illustrator with even a minimal amount of training knows that body language is a huge part of what you portray. In the original cover, She Hulk is clearly humiliated, scared, and unwilling. None of these things should ever be sexualized. And Marvel’s cover does exactly that. Moral of the story: Marvel will do literally anything to make a sale (To straight men, that is) #dsgnfbrc #comics #illustration #hulk #shehulk #marvel #HGart #inspiroindia #womenwithpencils

Una publicación compartida por Shreya Arora (@arorashreyav) el 12 de Jun de 2018 a las 5:51 PDT

 

If Superman dressed, posed to accentuate his chest *and* butt, and smiled prettily mid-flight like Wonder Woman apparently does. Original cover: Sensation Comics by DC, Wonder Woman #4. Cover art by Adam Hughes. #comics #illustration #dccomics #dc #superman #wonderwoman #dsgnfbrc #hgart

Una publicación compartida por Shreya Arora (@arorashreyav) el 30 de May de 2018 a las 5:05 PDT

 

Because sexual objectification is never a problem until it happens to a man. Preview to a new series in the works! Swipe to see the original cover, Spiderwoman variant #1 designed for Marvel Comics by Milo Manara in 2014 #marvel #comics #ironman #spiderwoman #illustration #dsgnfbrc

Una publicación compartida por Shreya Arora (@arorashreyav) el 17 de May de 2018 a las 8:25 PDT

 

Comic cover #5 Clearly, being a superheroine means immense pressure. Even your cat expects you to pose sexily while you show her something. With great power, comes no accountability? Swipe for the original cover: DC Batman Adventures #10, by Kelsey Shannon #DCwyd? #dccomics #illustration #batman #catwoman

Una publicación compartida por Shreya Arora (@arorashreyav) el 28 de Jun de 2018 a las 7:07 PDT

 

Además es una feminista que además creó su propia portada de cómic para expresar la situación actual.

Comic cover #6 Seemed like an appropriate note to end this series on. Original cover is from a series called Outrage! by Frank Cho, one of Marvel’s longtime artists. With his series, he made fun of ‘butthurt’ feminists. I can’t help but wonder why more people aren’t butthurt here. Why aren’t you mad that while a boy is told he can be anything he wants to be, girls are being told that even a as a superheroine, their best case scenario is being sexy?

Una publicación compartida por Shreya Arora (@arorashreyav) el 28 de Jun de 2018 a las 7:15 PDT

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