Part of that is mindset, a certain ignorance of readers and critics of female cartoonists, in which only a handful of currently active creators are well known, but the context and history in which they work is lost, each a singleton, the same problem we’ve discussed here before regarding science fiction. The gender skewedness of this list is just a symptom of a much greater problem, that comics as a medium is much too male dominated. I’m not going to blame the poll contributors for their appalling oversights, my own collection not being very gender balanced either and at least the Hooded Utilitarian editorial team are aware of this shortcoming, having asked Shaenon Garrity to redress the balance somewhat in a separate article. ![]() The Dirty Plotte Stories, including My New York Diary, Julie Doucetįurûtsu Basaketto, Natsuki TakayaĮrnie Pook’s Comeek and the RAW Stories, Lynda BarryĪ Drunken Dream and Other Stories, Moto Hagio In total there are just eight women on the list for a total of nine entries (Alison Bechdel being the sole woman to be mentioned twice), most of which are clustered in the lower regions of the list, having gotten on with just a handful of votes: Worse, there’s no woman to be seen either, not until number 24, Fun Home, Alison Bechdel. Notice anything? Yep, for an international poll it is very much dominated by American comics even Watchmen, though created by two Brits, is very much in the American comics tradition. The Fantastic Four, Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, with Joe Sinnott, et al. MAD #1-28, Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder, Wallace Wood, Jack Davis, et al.ġ0. Little Nemo in Slumberland, Winsor McCayĩ. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, Art SpiegelmanĦ. Where the film does succeed though is in underlining the low level of humour to which the whole enterprise aspires.These are the top ten comics in the Hooded Utilitarian International Best Comics Poll:ĥ. Other attempts at humour, however, involving a lesbian taco, a Stephen Hawking inspired bubble gum and a Middle Eastern pitta bread all fail miserably. A couple of gags raise a grudging smile and there is one very good sequence where the different sausages and veg discover their fates in a suburban kitchen. For most of its running time ‘Sausage Party’ flounders without inspiration in a desperately hysterical manner. There is a certain irony to be had from the fact that the film, aimed squarely at the adult market, is more juvenile in concept and writing than ‘Finding’ Dory’ or ‘Zootopia’, both of which are intelligently written, imaginative and truly funny. Unfortunately, the execution leaves a lot to be desired and the bad taste jokes remain just that with the lack of laughs exacerbating the true offensive nature of the material, which possibly has something to offend almost everyone. ![]() A crude and politically incorrect toon about food stuffs misguidedly dreaming of a better life outside of the super market shelves. Unfortunately, the execution leaves a lot to be desired and the bad taste jokes remain just that with the On paper this must have seemed like a sure fire hit. On paper this must have seemed like a sure fire hit.
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