tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post4115398065433109826..comments2023-10-26T03:57:50.903-07:00Comments on Comics Fairplay: Is This Gratuitous: Shanna the She-Devil: Survival of the Fittest #3Heidi Meeleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-3149761516159489062007-10-05T15:42:00.000-07:002007-10-05T15:42:00.000-07:00I think her costume is gratuitous, but there's not...I think her costume is gratuitous, but there's nothing about this cover specifically that's gratuitous, so take that as you will.<BR/><BR/>It's pretty silly anyway.<BR/><BR/>As for the whole jungle girl fetish thing, don't overthink it. I don't think anything about it specifically is appealing so much as it's a buxom, toned woman in a skimpy outfit combined with dinosaurs and the fighting thereof. Two male fantasies for the price of one.Rocketlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996117249779299483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-68271099299798845422007-10-01T10:26:00.000-07:002007-10-01T10:26:00.000-07:00Easy... this is approaching tentacle pornEasy... this is approaching tentacle pornSwinebreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947060321484913676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-5636352552871224322007-09-30T18:18:00.000-07:002007-09-30T18:18:00.000-07:00I looked at your scan, trying to figure out what's...I looked at your scan, trying to figure out what's bugging you about it. It just looks like a geestring to me.<BR/><BR/>Gratuitous? I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I guess the premise in general is gratuitous in a sense, as pop-culture fantasy fiction tends to be.<BR/><BR/>But if you mean, is it overly sexualized, then, no, not any more than the Tarzan/Sheena trope in general. It is, however, an over-the-top & ridiculous action scene. ERB might be proud.philippos42https://www.blogger.com/profile/03017833690057882164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-56712950878216568732007-09-30T17:14:00.000-07:002007-09-30T17:14:00.000-07:00What is fascinating here is that it doesn't seem t...What is fascinating here is that it doesn't seem that the cover is being voted as gratuitous, but that the chicks with prehistoric critters angle was picked up on immediately.<BR/><BR/>After reading your feedback, it is obvious that this fascinations begins and ends with Frank Cho. :-)<BR/>JK!!<BR/><BR/>I appreciate the male response, and the excellent opinions. Thank you!Heidi Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-19462392041404515672007-09-28T23:17:00.000-07:002007-09-28T23:17:00.000-07:00Concurring with the above poster. Shanna is a trib...Concurring with the above poster. Shanna is a tribute to Sheena, and the Jungle Girl Archetype in all her many incarnations is... well, too inherently ass-kicking a male fantasy for me not to love her.<BR/><BR/>Does she <I>want</I> the T-Rex to swallow her? I think that's a leaf...<BR/><BR/>I'm borderline, but I'm voting:<BR/><BR/>NOT GRATUITOUS.<BR/><BR/>(Then again, if I had a prehistoric Vore fetish, I'm sure my hands would be shaking too hard for me to type this... But we CAN leave such specialized fetishes out of our consideration when deciding whether or not covers are gratuitous, correct?)zhinxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119544025471120091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-40940826033702611752007-09-28T06:59:00.000-07:002007-09-28T06:59:00.000-07:00Honestly? I think it's a second-hand fetish.Think...Honestly? I think it's a second-hand fetish.<BR/><BR/>Think about it; there were tons of women who had a thing for Tarzan thanks to all the Johnny Weissmuller movies and as such a lot of them developed fantasies about being taken into the woods by the manly man who kills lions with his bare hands for some jungle love.<BR/><BR/>Oh-e-oh-e-oh.<BR/><BR/>Men never really had an exact couterpart until Will Eisner created Sheena, Queen of the Jungle - who later got her own TV series back in the 50s. Sheena was played by model/actress Irish McCalla who was - in my estimation - very hot.<BR/><BR/>And so a bunch of men began fantasizing about the idea of a woman who looked model-goregous but could still help you wrestle gators and tame the wilderness.<BR/><BR/>So really - the jungle girl fantasy is nothing more than a specific sub-fetish of the male dream of finding a girl who can be one of the guys and yet still be a total knockout.<BR/><BR/>I could write a paper...Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094232300119392822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-67371151398553909082007-09-28T00:38:00.000-07:002007-09-28T00:38:00.000-07:00Fella here and Not crazy about the chicks and dino...Fella here and Not crazy about the chicks and dinos. (ok, maybe Rogue in Savage Land...I mean, c'mon, it's Rogue :) but for the most part, it doesn't do much for me.<BR/><BR/>As for this one, I can't put my finger on it, but it does seem gratuitous. Besides, if she was serious about killing the dino, she'd be jumping in head first leading with the blade, not doing a butt first cannonball into Beastie's mouth.<BR/><BR/>And oh, I hope that's a leaf...Eaglewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372974358045440796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-4880985256556095542007-09-27T18:51:00.000-07:002007-09-27T18:51:00.000-07:00"Tell me this, and be sincere. What is it about ch...<B>"Tell me this, and be sincere. What is it about chicks and prehistoric critters that seems to drive the fellas so crazy? "</B><BR/><BR/>Not this fella. I've never quite understood what the big deal was with jungle women. The body odor alone must be unbearable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com