Yeeeeeeah that thread is FUN. xD
Recently when I cosplayed a video game character at a local con, I noticed trying to stick out my ass like she does while slightly tilting to kinda look over my shoulder at the camera (the pose is viewed from behind) nearly broke my back lol

But hey. Who doesn't love ass & boobs ON THE SAME TIME?
So what if some fictional characters fall apart! :D

I think the point is more that women get treated as objects for male consumption a lot more often. And artists that continue to portray women that way is striping the character of their personhood. There's absolutely nothing wrong with sexy females, and female characters who want to show off their bodies. But the lack of variety, and bone breaking physics is way over the top. XD

Literally this comment.

I'll add though, there's a time and place to be sexy, during a fight is not one of them.

That's a good point! Focusing on the character's sexiness during a fight, can really strip the character of their power.

Driven to insane sillyness in ecchi anime where larger tits seem to imply greater strength. :p
OH JAPAN!

Eh, i wouldn't call them mistakes myself, unless they didn't intend on doing it.

Sometimes I ask for things on purpose lol.

I really like this tumblr, since it highlights some of the issues I posted in my comment above.

As a female, feminist, that just got her degree in comics from SCAD, I've argued about those kinds of poses a lot with classmates.

Depending on style, pose, action, I don't mind if the anatomy gets scewed a little. But like you said, there's a time and place for sexy posing, and during combat isn't one of them.
When I try to draw something action-oriented, I'm always thinking "does this make sense? Does the angles of the chest and hips work together?", while professional artists try to bring out the sexy poses as much as possible to up the sex-appeal of their work ;C

Very nice, also points out on how a body should actually move and flow, no one likes bendy straw spines lol. Nice find.

On the other hand, plenty of the redraws they make on that side end up looking incredibly stale and lacking dynamic. :p

The secret here is not how to draw perfectly, the secret lies in selling what you draw. I still don't know how Rob Liefeld managed to get the title 'Comic Artist`. He not only manages to mangle women's bodies, but men's as well and his stories... well, I've seen better.

In contrast, the same can be said about Tim Balent, but I found his 'Tarot' Comics (what I read) at least funny, especially stuff like snow flakes to cover nipples ot the situations the male main character gets into. Or why does a witch (one who doesn't have a strong nudity taboo) standing nude before a female dragon have to cover her breasts (but not her crotch, which was not visible in the picture)? Hilarous.

Selling what you draw reminds me of a saying, somewhat.. something along the line of "Doesn't matter how much talent and insight you have. You'll never get anywhere with those if you haven't got a big mouth to sell yourself with."
Or a line from a comicbook here in Belgium, where a character also wanted to be an artist (mangled the sentence to make sense without the image): "I know I've got a hidden talent, but so far I've been better at the hiding than the talent."

It's impossible for me to go professional with my work purely because I lack the drive, courage and will for networking and getting my name out there. I assume Rob Liefeld was very confident in his work, despite ripping off ideas from other talented artists and IP's :p

You are probably right about Liefeld.

About everything else... Let's say I understand. I know I can write (or will after some practice) better stuff than what some what is on sale at the moment. I am slowly getting over my inner self-critic and begin to write. As I am without a job for a while now, becoming a writer is actually a better prospect for me at the moment than the chance of finding a job.

Aside from this, I found this one very inspireing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikAb.....layer_embedded
He is in the writing business for about 30 years, so he kows a bit what he is talking about.

I love that tumblr

this will help me a lot with a comic I am doing, which has a mostly female cast so hopefully I can avoid making these mistakes.

I'm surprised it was almost two pages before I found a Catwoman. I looked through some seemingly random Batman comics recently and Catwoman is continually finding ways into huge, minimally informative frames where she is in an exploitative pose. Maybe those were all used up early on.