That's the typical conflict between liberals and left wings in politics. The conflict between freedom and "good". In this case freedom of artistic expression on one side, and anti-sexualism of women (unisex) on other side.
>> "In this case freedom of artistic expression on one side, and anti-sexualism of women (unisex) on other side."
To be clear I would never advocate against artistic freedom. The problem is with the big comic book companies. They should make the decision that they aren't going to sexualise women in comics for no good reason anymore. The artists who truly enjoy making that work can continue to do so at another company, through self-publishing etc.
It kind of sounds like you're arguing against artistic freedom within big companies, though. As in, weird little shops can do "sexy" publications. However, once a company is "big" it "should make the decision that they aren't going to sexualise women in comics for no good reason"?
But why should this depend on the size of the company? Either companies should be able to sell a product (it is acceptable to the community, culture, standards, etc), or else they should not.
What? It's not the right to be popular. It's the right to artistic freedom, including sexualized comic books, regardless of whether or not you're popular.
And if you read the next comment up in the thread I wrote that I would never advocate against artistic freedom. I'm saying the major companies should look at the situation, realise it's not right and stop publishing highly sexualised comics. That doesn't mean the people that really want to draw those can't. They can continued find another publisher, or self publish.
Otherwise, I'd like to have Justin Beiber locked up in jail tomorrow. along with every other insipid pop artist and creators of other things I don't like.
It's okay not to like things, its not okay to force people to stop doing things you don't like or keep those things from being popular because you have value differences. You're effectively using the same argument of people against same sex marriage. "This thing offends me and hurts my feelings/values, so others should be stopped from doing it." I like how the attempt at being progressive has come full circle to one of intolerance.
Sounds like an American problem to me. There's plenty of sexualization in works by authors with left-wing inclinations - though usually not so gratuitous like those comics.
A good on-topic example is the comics series Louis La Guigne, which had sexualization (like this cover[1]) but a heavy left-wing slant (the protagonist, among other things, is involved in the resistances against the fascist and nazi regimes in Europe).
