Frank Cho's Interesting Interview...

[Tommy]

Now that we are done discussing Alex Ross... perhaps it is time to look at Frank Cho's interview at Newsarama.

No, I have no qualms about drawing men. They're actually easier to draw since I don't have to worry about making them attractive.

Some people I know happen to like attractive men.

I'm still tinkering with it. His armor's gonna look less like pretty boy Brad Pitt in Troy and more like a filthy Orc in Lord of the Rings with a dash of Frazetta's Death Dealer thrown in.

Well I guess we know Frank does not like attractive men.

Quite frankly, I didn't care for Sentry. I thought he was a big nancy boy.

Now that is just homophobic.

[The Mirrorball Man]

Now that is just homophobic.

Can you really be considered homophobic if you insult a fictional heterosexual man? Isn't that a "tree falling in the woods and no one hearing it" situation?

[Jeff F]

Is this a joke thread?

No disrespect if not, I'm just not seeing the same thing you are.

[Beast]

To be fair, Sentry does look like a big Nancy Boy. Saying so isn't really Homophobic. :D

[Jack Zodiac]

I thought it was funny, Tommy.

I wanna' see Cho write a book where he embellishes men's junk as much as he does women's knockers. Could you imagine him on Spider-Man with Pete's package bouncin' around in those tights while he swung around Manhattan?

Oh... oh man, I just ruined my pants.

[Sam T.]

First of all, Sentry is awesome! Second, whats wrong with making guys unattractive??

[Ryan Day]

Is "Nancy boy" a term for homosexuals? I thought it was just like "sissy". I guess you could quibble about how appropriate it is, but I don't think it's explicitly homophobic. Maybe its origins are, but that doesn't mean Cho's usage is.

As for the rest of it... It's Frank Cho. He makes (a good part) of his living by drawing attractive, buxom women in a genre that is marketed predominantly to an adolescent (in mind if not in body) male audience. He's doing what he's paid to do; at least he's not hiding it behind lame justifications and excuses.

[Tommy]

Second, whats wrong with making guys unattractive??

NOTHING! Except for Ms. Marvel having breasts roughly the size of Mexico. (And not dinky ass New Mexico.)

I just think if you are going to make one person look like she is hatching Ostrich eggs on her chest you should do the same for everyone. Particularly when you have a wanna be actor on your team.

[Matt Algren]

Is this a joke thread?

No disrespect if not, I'm just not seeing the same thing you are.

Yeah, I agree with you. Good, bad, or indifferent, he's generally right. One of the prerequisites for being a female superhero is big boobs and a tiny waist. Men tend to be allowed to have more physical variety.

And I think people throw around the word 'homophobic' a little too easily.

[Sam T.]

NOTHING! Except for Ms. Marvel having breasts roughly the size of Mexico. (And not dinky ass New Mexico.)

I just think if you are going to make one person look like she is hatching Ostrich eggs on her chest you should do the same for everyone. Particularly when you have a wanna be actor on your team.

Most women in comic books are suppose to be hot looking!

[Jack Zodiac]

Puckette, the Canadian midget with a cauliflower ear and a club foot?

[Sam T.]

Puckette, the Canadian midget with a cauliflower ear and a club foot?

I did say most...not all!

[Jack Zodiac]

Joanie Hex, gunslinging cowgirl with a major hairlip!

[Dreadstar]

Yeah, I agree with you. Good, bad, or indifferent, he's generally right. ...
And I think people throw around the word 'homophobic' a little too easily.

Make that three.

[glennsim]

The statement could be read as "I find it easy to draw attractive men, so I don't have to work as hard when drawing them".