9/3/2014 7:17:32 AM by
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(Edited: 9/3/2014 7:17:51 AM)
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Milo Manara’s butt-centric variant cover for Spider-Woman #1 was revealed just two weeks ago, and has since inspired an impressive amount of mockery and criticism online (And even at least one youtube video... see below).
The art depicts Spider-Woman in what can pretty much be described as an anatomically unlikely pose, which many people found either insanfe or offensive. It didn’t help that the pose was very similar to an illustration from Manara’s erotic comic book, Click! (side by side shown below)
A lot of time and energy has already been spent on debating the artistic merit of the infamous Spider-Woman butt picture, Too much time if anyone was to ask me, but now it’s time for the world of science and 3D to weigh in.
Following an attempt from some real human women who tried to replicate Spider-Woman’s pose (YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE) redditor dinoignacio has actually made a 3D model of her body, which was posted to Imgur.
These images certainly shed new light on the issue. Instead of being an overly sexualized depiction of Spider-Woman, it’s now clear that this variant cover was intended for a horror comic. This isn’t a case of unrealistic beauty standards—it’s a picture of something that crawled straight out of my nightmares.
Having seen this, Manara’s unapologetic response to the many fan complaints makes a little more sense.
“I have to acknowledge,” he explained, “that what I think is a beautiful picture, nice, attractive, seductive—for others it is disturbing.”
Well, I guess he was right about that last part.
Photo via Imgur