Sometimes I want to burn the comic industry to the ground

There recently has been controversy on the internet about the portrayal of women in the new DCU. Like here. I haven't read either of the issues in question, but assuming the description given of them is accurate, I agree completely with this author. (disclaimer: I am a straight white male)

Comics can do so much better than masturbatory wish fulfillment. As a medium combining pictures and word, studies have shown that information can be understood better than either pictures or words separately. That's why Will Eisner created sequential art army manuals.

Comics also have no budget limitations. We can enjoy stories of cyborg ninja pirates fighting alien spaces whales in the 12th zombie dimension without having to wait for 3 years of production and pay for 3D glasses. The medium is limitless. Think about that. Limitless. Any story can be told.

Comics should be the pre-eminent entertainment medium. But it isn't. Why? Because so much of the industry is caught up in making fan base wish fulfillment. So much of it is caught up making, for lack of a better word, shit.

It's like the industry is dominated by 12 year olds who just discovered breasts and market their products to clones of themselves. This crap has to stop. It's misogynistic, immoral and just plain gross. We can do so much better, and the medium can do better. Comics should be soaring through the sky, not wallowing in a fetid sexual gutter.