Pinupgirls series#

Women in comics were initially drawn for the male-gaze because thatвЂ™s initially what their target audience was. There is a large controversy in the comicbook world about how women are viewed and sexualized. So this begs the question, why did DC bother with the pin-up trope in the first place. The design became so popular with fans that eventually DC Bombshells got its own line of comics.

Pinupgirls series#

This artwork style was later depicted on some covers of comic book series of some of the characters depicted in this poster. This art was initially put in various comic books to advertise a line of figurines called вЂњDC BombshellsвЂќ that were based on 1940s retro pin-up style artwork.

The design above depicts different women from the DC comic book universe.

The first image is a pin-up by Earl Moran and the second image is a vintage Guinness advertisement. The two images below depict what often comes to mind when we think of вЂњpin up girlsвЂќ. These photos inspired many illustrations. Popular celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable were photographed as pin-ups. Early popular artists that drew pin-up include Alberto Vargas, George Petty, and Art Frahm. The use of pin-up girls was especially popular in posters relating to war-efforts. Photos of pin-up girls were often mass-produced in many forms of media such as calendars and advertisements. The women are also shown in suggestive or revealing positions. Pin-up attire and looks have varied through out the decades, however the attire and style that comes to mind is fashion from the World War I and II era that is tight and revealing (and sometimes no clothes at all). A pin-up girl is a depiction of an extremely attractive, thin, white, young woman (ideal beauty standards at the time) whose photo was enticing enough to вЂњpin upвЂќ on a wall, also known as the bombshell stereotype. One of the most recognizable sex-symbol tropes in media is pin-up portraits. We see it in almost every genre of media, and in the United States advertising of products causes us to confront hyper-sexualization of women every day. There is no doubt about the disproportionate sexualization of women in media compared to men.