If only all of us that ever created a comic book could see it like this. Well, maybe not really. It’s a funny thought though, especially if you count in the fact that a kid wouldn’t normally think of things like adding in genitalia. The dialogue, the planning, and everything else that goes into putting a comic book together is obviously not perfect when you’re ten, but honestly when you’re that age you aren’t really thinking about anything but how awesome the comic is going to be when it’s finished.
Muscular men need to have huge, bulging muscles so that people will know they’re the strongest people around. Sidekicks generally have a lame but impressive-looking power that can awe those around them. The only downside is that the sidekicks don’t really do much except take up space sometimes. The female superheroes, and I’ll give Kimmel credit for this, are generally not as over-sexualized as they are by male artists that have passed puberty, though these days that statement might not be as true. In general people’s powers and outfits are a lot more basic when they’re drawn by kids than they might be when drawn by teenagers and adults that have experienced life just a bit more.
For one thing a lot of kids don’t think about sexuality until puberty starts coming around. There are exceptions of course but most kids will draw all of their heroes pretty much fully clothed. The female form at that age is still something that they might be confused about or not fully aware of yet, so it’s pretty natural that they don’t fixate on certain parts of the female anatomy all that much.
Then comes the villain, who is usually just as big and muscular as the main hero but is just flat out evil since they are supposed to be the exact opposite of the protagonist. How the villain appears is usually up to to the artist, but typically they’ll be menacing in some way. In Kimmel’s mind however the most bizarre characters were the superheros. One of them looked like a maroon experiment gone wrong while another look as though he just jumped off a box of Lucky Charms. But hey, he was a kid, so it’s pretty understandable.
Drawing at that age is usually an outlet for something, be it positive or negative, and it can usually produce some great results. It was amusing to see who Abrams got to play the roles of the heroes and the villains, though putting up Wanda Sykes as a talking box of bleach was kind of odd to say the least. One character that was pretty fun was Ty Burrell playing magician-styled hero. It’s funny because on the show Modern Family his character, Phil, likes to tell everyone occasionally that he is an accomplished magician.
This was a nice surprise for Kimmel and was fun to watch just to get a laugh. I’m sure when he was ten that Kimmel wouldn’t have responded to such a response all that well but at least now he can look back and enjoy with a good chuckle.
Follow Us
