http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2006/lesbian-comics-character-drives-press-bats/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Wed, 23 May 2012 10:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4350 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2006/lesbian-comics-character-drives-press-bats/comment-page-1/#comment-108224 whataslacker Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:47:45 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=849#comment-108224 Shame DC has backed out of doing anything else with this character. At least they did not kill her off like most mainstream venues do. Shame DC has backed out of doing anything else with this character. At least they did not kill her off like most mainstream venues do.

]]> http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2006/lesbian-comics-character-drives-press-bats/comment-page-1/#comment-373 » Batwoman debut in DC’s 52 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:21:32 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=849#comment-373 [...] You may recall back in May I was discussing the global media attention focussed on DC’s 52 series. More specifically the amount of attention being directed at the new Batwoman character, which, of course, had nothing to do with the fact she was a very fit woman in tight clothing who happened to be a lesbian as well. Oh, hold on, yes it did! The imminent week 11 issue of 52 (unusually for a US publisher, it is a weekly publication - not unusual in UK terms of course) will feature her arrival. I’m not going to go back into pontificating about gender expression in comics and popular culture (you can read the previous post for that) but I will offer this image of 52’s Batwoman, purely in the spirit of gender studies and not simply for your visual titillation. Really. [...] [...] You may recall back in May I was discussing the global media attention focussed on DC’s 52 series. More specifically the amount of attention being directed at the new Batwoman character, which, of course, had nothing to do with the fact she was a very fit woman in tight clothing who happened to be a lesbian as well. Oh, hold on, yes it did! The imminent week 11 issue of 52 (unusually for a US publisher, it is a weekly publication – not unusual in UK terms of course) will feature her arrival. I’m not going to go back into pontificating about gender expression in comics and popular culture (you can read the previous post for that) but I will offer this image of 52’s Batwoman, purely in the spirit of gender studies and not simply for your visual titillation. Really. [...]

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