The reading I did during the week was the comic strip My Friend Irma. A comic written by legendary comic writer, and illustrator Stan Lee. The comic itself is based on short written stories about a woman named Irma, who goes through life living as a character with an unusual sense of ideas in the world. She can be best seen as an imbecile. Someone who's clueless about the world they live in. In many ways it's what gives Irma her personality. Almost exclusively.
While it's fascinating to see that the creator of Marvel also created a slapstick comic strip that may have been funny at the time, it seems rather dated by todays standards of comedy. Not just in the prejudice about women (Although that also has dated) but rather with the tone, and general feel of the comic as a whole. The general comedy from Irma is based on her current areas of interest, and makes it seem like she has no idea what's going on. Which can be funny at first in a well written way, but over time can get tiring, and ultimately make the reader more sick of the character in question than endure them.
Overall My Friend Irma is a comic from the time. Old yet still an interesting read if interested in the stories it tells. However it may be best used as inspiration for how to write good women in comics, and hopefully not the only one.
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