Sometimes I think comic book artists spend way too much time looking at porn...

I've been a big fan of the the Justice League of America reboot. The writing is pretty good, and the art is fantastic, kind of harking back to classic JLA complete with the Hall of Justice. Unfortunately, I occassionally run into pages like these which have me feeling like I need to be reading these in a locked closet somewhere so no one else will know I just bought something with such a gratuitous image of jugs. Talk about providing shade for small children:


Even shopping for comics has made me feel a bit like I'm browsing through a porno shop. This was a cover for an Emma Frost mini-series, which I believe was supposed to be stories about the White Queen when she was in high school and was aimed at the adolescent female crowd. Apparently, Marvel Comics and their artists are under the impression that girls are striving to be strippers and pornstars:


Even a solid title like The Mighty Avengers has resorted to rather suggestive poses straight out of Maxim magazine:


Granted, men in comic books have been depicted with god-like physiques in tight fitting uniforms meant to accentuate every curve and bulge, and it's not that I mind similar depictions of female superheros. But someone's gotta draw the line somewhere unless they're trying to say they got breast implants with bullet-proof silicone. Power Girl's uniform in the first picture basically with a cut-out for the sole purpose of showing off her cleavage and Tigra in the last picture fighting crime in a bikini? Kind of ridiculous.