Remember that GIF you saw once of a wrestler destroying his opponent simply with the power of his own penis? This GIF: Well, that wrestler’s starring in his own comic… as the Chiodo Comics’ funding Kickstarter makes it into the black. At time of writing there are no stretch goals announced, but with the campaign closing in the…
Manipulation of Manhood: Julia Gfrorer’s Comic Book Misandry
Content warning: penises, breasts, rape of men. EDIT, October 2016: this article is an analysis of Gfrorer’s work as a commentary on phallocentric patriarchy. Cis masculinity is consciously centred in the readings of these narratives. I never really managed to think of a penis as a vulnerable thing until I caught the first fifteen minutes…