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[Volcane]

How is being chubby realistic?

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Post the second page, you leave us hanging about the villains

Here

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[Raguel]

What a shit concept.

 

[Not]

All Star Superman really did the best job of convincing you why people don't realize Clark Kent is Superman.

Especially issue 2. Lois doesn't even believe him when he reveals his identity to her since Superman had gone to all this trouble to hide it, like using Clark Kent robots.

 

[LordRaptor]

Do they use the bathroom? Is that a concept in comics?

CANON

 

[LoveCake]

Toned and muscular people don't exist in real life?

Yes ok some of this may or may not be down to steroids, and also having muscles like this doesn't necessarily mean you are very/super strong either but you can look like any of these, I would think that these images are supposed to be "This Is What Superheroes Would Look Like With The Average Persons Body".

 

[Skux]

I didn't know people who worked out to build muscle and lose body fat weren't realistic people.

 

[H.Protagonist]

Somebody cared so much that they lovingly added underarm cellulite to Harley. Say what you like about the experiment (balderdash!), but that's dedication!

 

[LinkAndEpona]

I hate this whole notion that being fit and in shape is somehow unobtainable for most people.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

These are white women right lol

That BP slander

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Oh man I had that book! How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way or something. Good times.

I still have mine

 

[VanWinkle]

This is so dumb. I was expecting to see normal, fit and well-built people with superhero costumes on with no padding. I thought, cool. But just making them overweight? Why? A superhero, for the most part, would be VERY fit. You'd have to be.

 

[BriGuy]

It's one thing to scale back on 12-pac abs and muscles with muscles of their own, but being reasonably fit still falls within the realm of realistic. They just made these guys chunkers.

 

[ebullientprism]

So..... just fat superheroes? LMAO.

 

[rtcn63]

I hate this whole notion that being fit and in shape is somehow unobtainable for most people.

It's both unobtainable and that pursuing fitness for anything but elite strongmen competitions and/or to fight bears in the woods as you live off nature makes you a piece of shit.

Somehow. Because you can't train your body and your mind and take care of finances at the same time.

 

[Raguel]

I actually laughed out loud at some of these. As if an active person will have a body like what they are depicting.

 

[Nokagi]

Fat Panther.

 

[Not]

With the first Harley drawing I thought they were going to be way more subtle in the execution. Pretty disappointing.

 

[Maximus.]

More like this parody artist doesn't know what fit people look like. Superheroes have crazy bodies, but realistic versions wouldn't look like that. We get the real shit in the live action movies!

 

[Theonik]

There's a difference between sculpted, average weight, overweight, and obese ffs. For several of those they went straight to obese.

I think this is the point though. They are a pressure group that in part wants to push for acceptance of obesity. "Fat people are people too" and all that.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Fat Supes looks like he flying towards a Baconator with his name on it

 

[a916]

Not mah supes.

I appreciate the thought behind it... but shouldn't people be aiming to be healthy? Especially with the way obesity is now?

Why is Panther so much fatter than Superman?

Because Superman >>>>> Black Panther.

 

[ebullientprism]

I think this is the point though. They are a pressure group that in part wants to push for acceptance of obesity. "Fat people are people too" and all that.

They are. They arent healthy people though. Anyone pushing that idea around is dangerous.

 

[NullPointer]

Oh man I had that book! How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way or something. Good times.

That book was my bible in my teenage years.

 

[Escape Goat]

I found a pic of Superman fighting the xmen sonehow.

 

[Kinyou]

I've been to this corner of devart. Now HuffPo is normalizing it. May the gods help us all

The Spiderman pic definitely evokes some of that "pregnant male character" fetish

 

[igordennis]

I hate this whole notion that being fit and in shape is somehow unobtainable for most people.

.

 

[Warm Machine]

Oh man I had that book! How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way or something. Good times.

Indeed. Great book and pretty much taught me how to draw.

 

[Sinfamy]

God I hate these bullshit articles.
I look a lot better then those "realistic" versions and I go to the gym maybe once a week and eat relatively okay.
I lost nearly 50lbs just by not being a lazy sack of shit.
I'm not letting the bottom of the barrel of our society dictate what is and isn't realistic.

 

[Slayven]

I found a pic of Superman fighting the xmen sonehow.

 

[Angelus Errare]

That article is a terrible take. It basically insinuates that "realistic bodies" means fat.

 

[JimmyF]

Err...no this is what they would look like if we go by the average American. Realistic bodies "Normal" would be less muscle tone and no six pack, but nowhere near obese.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

I guess athletic or fit people aren't normal?

Yea, this is dumb.

Was kinda on board with Harley and Cyborg, but everyone else is just a very uncreative expansion of their cheeks and waist.

Like for Spiderman, that doesn't even make sense for him. If they wanted to make a more 'realistic' portrayal of him, they would have just toned down his muscle, and make him look more gangly.

Really boring "interpretations" all around.

 

[King Gilga]

"realistic"

 

[Palette Swap]

More body types variety should be a good thing. Making everyone overweight isn't achieving that.
That's a really stupid take.

 

[LordRaptor]

Was kinda on board with Harley and Cyborg, but everyone else is just a very uncreative expansion of their cheeks and waist.

the Cyborg one is the most nonsensical, because its not a dude in a suit, its a dude with robotic replacement for most of his limbs and internal organs

 

[Thelonelykoopa]

What are they talking about Realistic Superman looks like this.

 

[Theonik]

They are. They arent healthy people though. Anyone pushing that idea around is dangerous.

Well it's a complicated topic. Not every less than fit person is unhealthy but either notion can have negative effects on health. Consider an obese kid who comes to believe there is something wrong with them. Or someone becoming bulimic. There is no single answer here.

We do need to combat obesity though, but also need to combat mental health problems, our current approach has been ineffective for both.

 

[Big Green Anus]

I love the Black Panther picture, lol

 

[cromofo]

Superheroes, realism?

They're Superheroes! Not the average Joe.


This is some dumb shit. And no, realistic doesn't mean out of shape/fat. Realistic can be muscular as well.

 

[DocSeuss]

Why is Panther so much fatter than Superman?

He looks like a powerlifter to me. The only one of these heroes who looks remotely athletic. They just changed his sport.

 

[Cameron122]

Why am I, a disabled 24 year old American, more fit than Superman?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Why dont they put the movie versions side to side? Theyre real people.

 

[McLovin]

Its totally realistic for people who are very physical and active(fighting crime every day) to be overweight.

 

[n00bsauce87]

But what about the other size of the spectrum? No lolis? Skinny and/flat chested women?

 

[KDR_11k]

Superheroes tend to have idealized proportions in more than just muscle. E.g. they are commonly 7 or more heads tall (heroic proportions used for Greek statues, for example) vs. the 6-6.5 a normal human has.

 

[Omadahl]

Spider-Man would look like a twink.

It's funny because I used to frequent a gay bar in college where twinks danced in red speedos. My friend called them the spidermen because they would hang from poles. As an aside, being a young single straight guy at this place got me a lot of free drinks. I can't pull that off anymore... damn dad bod.

 

[Azoor]

Being fit is not fictional...

 

[cromofo]

Here to save the planet.

 

[crisdecuba]

This makes no sense.