FEMMES FORMIDABLES

a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES

Friday, December 23, 2016

AMAZON ART #14

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Hilariously daffy "paranoia" cover, which looks like a "battle of the sexes" conflict. Unfortunately, the girls aren...
Friday, December 9, 2016

AMAZON ART #13

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I never got round to doing much on Hillman's Valkyrie-- later revived by Eclipse Comics-- so here's her defining moment, where she h...
Monday, November 28, 2016

AMAZON ART #12

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A quick look at a couple of the more dynamic covers of 1960s WONDER WOMAN. They're far from classic, but a vast improvement over the ...
Friday, October 21, 2016

AMAZON ART #11

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Never got around to doing an entry on POWER GIRL, but this comparatively recent cover might well be her best "femme formidable...

AMAZON ART #10

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This 1969 cover to JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #75 is a deliberate misrepresentation of the events inside, where Black Canary accidentally...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

AMAZON ART #9

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As long as my last post touched on female characters who regularly abused male ones for the sake of laughs, I ought to cite one of the most ...
Monday, July 18, 2016

AMAZON ART #8

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Since today I also did a piece about the manga GIRLS BRAVO on my critique-blog THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE, I might as well show a few scenes her...
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