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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 423747" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!I see your point Dragongirl, and I agree that there shouldn't be a double standard. Personally, I don't understand what the males complained about the Dragon cover for. I have them all, and I didn't give it a second thought. I happen to like Conan, and nudity in general--whether male or female--doesn't happen to bother me in the slightest.I do however, appreciate it being tastefully done with appropriate subject matter, as opposed to just plastering it all about with no ryme or reason. You mentioned "non-conan male" as being half-clothed. I'm wondering--what would supposedly make that artwork offensive, while a drawing of Conan wouldn't be?Nudity--whether male or female--is a long-standing part of the sword & sorcery tradition, and I think some people may be too sensitive about the matter. Just my opinion--and maybe I'm oblivious, or just not sensitive enough--but it just doesn't seem to be that big of a deal to me. I have a hard time imagining why someone--anyone--would want to put that much thought and energy into the silly artwork that some magazine or game company does for its books or magazines. Then again, maybe I'm jaded. I have seen far worse, and I haven't seen much in this format that would even register on my radar as anywhere near offensive, let alone cause me to give any thought to it and become emotional to worry about it--let alone actually take the time to write a magazine about some cover. I've been reading Dragon since--oh, I don't know--issue 21 I think or something, and it's just a cover. One among hundreds. It just seems like a lot of energy being put into something that seems more like making a mountain out of a mole hill. I have a job, school, family, and far too many important things that demand my attention to worry so much about how clothed a fictional character is or isn't on this month's Dragon magazine. You know? It would be cool if the publishers make the artwork relevant to the text and all that, but sometimes it won't be. That just seems to be the way it is. I don't really understand why people would actually get all worked up over something like a Dragon magazine cover. I didn't know there were that many males that were bothered by the Dragon magazine cover, especially enough to write a letter of complaint. Gee whiz!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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