So I think for the first time, City of Heroes gets mentioned at Escher Girls.
http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/post/2...city-of-heroes
The butt-and-bust shot is probably one of the most overused and nonsensical female hero poses (second to Rob Liefield's vast catalog.) One of the things I've most enjoyed about CoH has been avoiding some of the more odious tropes of comic books. Granted, Sister Psyche's costume (to say nothing of Swan's) has been pretty, well, revealing. And then there's Clamor. But there's been no frankly silly posing of female characters in the game or the art. (Or maybe there has been, and it's just not been as obvious as the new splash page?)
Why the change? Just to follow the trope? That's not really good enough; in fact it's kind of sad if that was the case. Can CoH do better with its art and characters? Take a leading role in moving the art form to something better?
I realize that, this being the Internet and all, I'll be flamed for this. I suppose that can't be helped.
(It's probably just me, but has anyone else noticed that the art has been getting kind of racier? Starting with Desdemona, on through the new Penelope Yin, The Most Powerful Psychic In The World, whose father probably does not know she's running around dressed like that.)
