Ruby Rhod is one of my favorite characters in sci-fi ever because he is Luc Besson’s vision of the hetero sex symbol of the future: a flamboyant, emotionally labile man who wears skin-tight leopard print or decks himself in roses, a man who accessorizes with big jewelry and dabbles in cosmetics. And the ladies love him. Everything about him screams “gay” according to our stereotypes, but he’s portrayed as a 100% straight sexual dynamo.
Besson is one of the few directors I’ve seen who actually recognizes that our ideas of sexuality and gender performance might have changed drastically in the future.
He also has one of the most jarring entrances in a movie. Like the entire movie screeches to a halt because he bursts onto the scene well into the second act and it’s so strange and arresting and Bruce Willis is just like “what the fuck is even going on anymore?”
It’s p. great.
Don’t use use stock images, copyrighted or otherwise, in your commissioned works unless they’re cleared for commercial use! You’re being paid to create something original for your client; don’t use other people’s hard work as a substitute for your own! Making a profit from it is stealing and legal action can be taken against you!
Gutters on Female Comic Creators
I woke up this morning to find many messages from readers telling me to check out the Gutters. Today’s comic, written by the always amazing Jill Pantozzi with art by Amy Mebberson, addresses an issue pretty near to my heart. And, of course, the comments have the usual cast of idiots.
Hey guys, I drew this :)
Script by comic journalist and all-round sweetheart Jill Pantozzi, who, in addition to fighting the good fight of defending & promoting women in comics, also cosplayed as flapper Twilight Sparkle at C2E2 :)
And I think I’ll start reading Gutters again …
Omg me!!!! I always end up naming them as my other mmo characters :)
same
(y’know, after 500 hours of tweaking all the sliders)
