It’s very interesting to read the perspective of a person who will never read comics.
As some of you know, I run a column here on ComicsBulletin.com called “What do you REALLY know about comics?” It’s a series of interviews where I ask non-comic readers to take part in a little experiment. First, I ask them to tell me what they know about comics; what the term comic book means to them. Then I get a sense of their entertainment interests and give them books to read based off what I think would best fit their interests. After they’ve read the books I suggested, we talk again and I see if the experience has in any way changed their opinions on what they thought comics were. Fun and simple. More times that not I’ve actually managed to make new fans of comics.
Today’s story is completely different.
The culture in Graphic Design of cleaning up people past the point of reality extends into Cosplay. It’s really too bad that so much work is put into making someone look too perfect.
We feature a lot of cosplay on this site, and I believe even this exact picture once or twice, so it sort of makes me sad to discover it’s a fake.
Well, in a sense. The boobs remain the same before the retouching (shocking) but everything from arm pudge to laugh lines have been altered for the final version of the picture we’ve all seen.
It was a blast! You really should come out some time to the Mellow Mushroom in Decatur, GA on the first Monday of the month for models and beer and pizza and drawing nerds of all kinds!
