Friday, June 10, 2005
Superheroine challenge
Recently an interesting discussion has opened up on the Christian Comics e-list. The question was how should we as Christian artists portray our female characters. Don't be too hard on us, lol, comics have been portraying heroines in spandex at least since the sixties, but is this really an excuse for the body of Christ, the children of the ultimate creator. I think not. The following is the challenge born out of the discussion. If the cartoon doesn't open paste the link into your browser. It will be worth your time.
This is an issue that we face. Sadly, I think, to some degree our scantilly clad heroines are just a matter of the very attitude that drives us nuts in our churches. "That's the way we've always done it before. I want to challenge us to do better so I came up with an idea for a new challenge. Dum de duh dum dum dum
The A.M.O.K./Weird World of Weiss Superheroine Challenge.
The concept is simple, create a new heroine (read never been done before) whose costume is one in which you would let your daughter leave the house. One that you'd let your girlfriend wear to a party. For the ladies on the list, one you would wear in front of your dad or better yet your pastor. You get the idea. Cross modesty and cool, functional and fashionable. What do you win? All serious entries will be posted on the A.M.O.K. site for the sole purpose of encouraging the body to create characters that glorify God. The deadline is July 10. All right, Who's in?
Recently an interesting discussion has opened up on the Christian Comics e-list. The question was how should we as Christian artists portray our female characters. Don't be too hard on us, lol, comics have been portraying heroines in spandex at least since the sixties, but is this really an excuse for the body of Christ, the children of the ultimate creator. I think not. The following is the challenge born out of the discussion. If the cartoon doesn't open paste the link into your browser. It will be worth your time.
This is an issue that we face. Sadly, I think, to some degree our scantilly clad heroines are just a matter of the very attitude that drives us nuts in our churches. "That's the way we've always done it before. I want to challenge us to do better so I came up with an idea for a new challenge. Dum de duh dum dum dum
The A.M.O.K./Weird World of Weiss Superheroine Challenge.
The concept is simple, create a new heroine (read never been done before) whose costume is one in which you would let your daughter leave the house. One that you'd let your girlfriend wear to a party. For the ladies on the list, one you would wear in front of your dad or better yet your pastor. You get the idea. Cross modesty and cool, functional and fashionable. What do you win? All serious entries will be posted on the A.M.O.K. site for the sole purpose of encouraging the body to create characters that glorify God. The deadline is July 10. All right, Who's in?
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