HALP?

Sorry to pose this question here, but I remember a few years ago (?) reading some wank (probably related to scans_daily, but I can't find what I'm looking for in the archive there, either) regarding a few sections from a Marvel drawing guide - in particular I remember a page where the artist in question (who may have been Michael Turner, but I'm not certain) warned aspiring artists that "too much" of a good thing really is too much, accompanied by a drawing of a fat-and-saggy Scarlet Witch.

This particularly offensive warning is something I had hoped to discuss in a paper I'm writing for an upcoming academic conference, but I can't for the life of me find it or any mention of the book it could come from.

~~Oh wise lounge-pals, can you show me it (or really, anything similar)?~~

Whoops. Nevermind, I just found it by sheer dumb luck and now I feel like an idiot. Though if you have any similar whatsits to share by all means do, while mocking me.

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	ladybirdsleeps 2008-02-09 03:58 am UTC (link)
	Is this what you're thinking of? I don't have the wank post bookmarked, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be too hard to find knowing the date. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	comixology 2008-02-09 04:00 am UTC (link)
	That's precisely what I'm thinking of. Thanks. ♥ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2008-02-09 04:59 am UTC (link)
	My God, that's... (see icon) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	comixology 2008-02-09 05:09 am UTC (link)
	It's a little ridiculous, yes. And by "a little" I mean "extraordinarily". (Reply to this)(Parent)

	puipui 2008-02-09 06:04 am UTC (link)
	Every time I see that post, it still makes me want to shiv someone, I swear. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tehrin 2008-02-09 08:03 am UTC (link)
	Every time I see that post, I laugh/cry and wish I had a flask of Snapps in my desk, then go through them and point out all their anatomical flaws. You don't have to be an artist to know women do not walk on their toes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	puipui 2008-02-09 09:05 am UTC (link)
	I don't know what you're talking about, Rin. I wear ballet shoes everywhere, it makes me look more feminine. Don't you? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lady7jane 2008-02-09 01:29 pm UTC (link)
	The awesome thing about that post is that outraged fanboys are still bitching in the comments. It's like they're really and truly afraid someone's going to take away their sexy comic ladies. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ereshkigal 2008-02-09 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	blinkblinks at the link To be a proper superhero in today's comic books a man has to be an eunuch? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smashingstars 2008-02-09 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	That was a great thread, but I confess that the fanboys using "just don't read the comics" as some kind of valid argument threw me. It was so stupid I was unable to form coherent thoughts for a while. (Reply to this)(Thread)

brennalarose
2008-02-11 12:27 am UTC (link)

EXACTLY!

Oh, I long for the days when Starfire was a chubby teen, Etta Candy ate her head off and that future, clearly far-off time where a woman who isn't shaped like two peaches on a popsicle stick is breaking heads in the comics.

Failing that, I say we make comic book hero costumes and picket some comic book headquarters!

...Or maybe just read Wonder Woman until I calm down.

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