Should Suicide Girls be allowed at Comic Conventions?

[samurainoir]

Suicide Girls Banned From San Diego? Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors

[boynightwing]

I actually know a "Suicide Girl" she's my friends sister. We saw them wandering around Fan Expo in Toronto the last few years. I don't mind them.

[LadyZod]

Comic Cons are that last refuge in this main stream society where freaks, geeks, nerds, and individuals who feel like outcasts because of their hobbies or interests can feel at home and feel like they are not alone.

(of course everyone can be roped into one of those categories, and I do not mean them in a demeaning or insulting manner. I consider myself one or the other and sometimes all.)

Until now, comic cons have policed their own. Obviously if there are kids around, keep things G-PG. Keep adult books high on a shelf, cover naughty bits on the cover with a piece of paper, etc. And everyone got along pretty OK.

If a dealer or exhibitor was banned, it was for a reason with more substance than they looked weird or sold weird things. If you banned everyone who did so, you'd end up with a convention where the only booths were Archie and Disney Comics.

Suicide Girls are not that different. Sure, *I* don't get the appeal. But many do. Let them show. Give them the same rules as everyone else (inappropriate material out of the hands of kids), and let them be themselves.

When San Diego started heading in the mainstream direction, away from the haven of dorks and more towards the mecca of the media, I defended it saying, well there is no such thing as bad press. I figure the more folks knew, the easier it would be to be accepted as the norm. Heck, you can walk into a bookstore and buy a comic book along side a copy of Moby Dick, and no one bats an eye.

But maybe it's gone too far? It's become something else. And it's sad.

[aquatroy]

What the hell is a Suicide Girl? I've seen references to them, but don't know what they are.

[The Toyroom]

What the hell is a Suicide Girl? I've seen references to them, but don't know what they are.

I didn't know what they are either....

[Brazoo]

Suicide Girls = Alt. Porn

Not hardcore - mostly pinups. The girls have piercings and tattoos and stuff.

[Joe90]

I think that an outright ban of these girls might be a little extreme but some expectations of appropriate behaviour/dress might be a good idea.

However, a spectacle like the Bottomless Backless Kilt Scottish Sucide Girl is just wrong, on many, many levels.

[jwyblejr]

I think the last paragraph in the article sums it all up best.

[The Bat]

HELL NO the Suicide Girls shouldn't be banned!

[VintageMike]

As long as they follow certain rules they should not be banned. The "backless bottomless kilt" should not be allowed due to kids being present but them just being there shouldn't be an issue.

[gootie29]

Past Comic cons have had Pornstars there promoting whatever, compared to them the Suicide Girls are pretty benign. Comic Con has little to do with "comics" anymore as it is so I guess it doesn't really matter.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I dunno. Seems kinda weird to ban them from a convention dedicated to a medium that makes a point of working gartuitous but AND boob shots into a single pose.

Don C.

[Mikey]

Comic Con has little to do with "comics" anymore as it is so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Very true.

Probably a few years down the road the whole event will become unrecognizable.

[samurainoir]

Hmmmm....

I dunno. Seems kinda weird to ban them from a convention dedicated to a medium that makes a point of working gartuitous but AND boob shots into a single pose.

Don C.

Sadly True.

[Cmonster]

Probably a few years down the road the whole event will become unrecognizable.

It already is. SDCC is a business now. A brand. An opportunity for everyone from movie studios, to porn stars, to make money. It's the biggest attraction in San Diego by far. It generates more income in the week it runs, than Sea World does in an entire year...

SC