A couple of days ago, I asked for your help for NeatoFriend ideas. I was tickled pink that Neatoramanaut oezicomix created this super-hot NeatoFriend: Neatorella (with a ray gun suggested by Gauldar). Thanks Özi!
Jessss
I expect to see the neatoramanaut in his underwear with a 6 pack now.
Barking Bud
@eru: That’s just the seam (I notice more of a camel-toe near her ankles!!)
John Farrier
I expect to see the neatoramanaut in his underwear in a 6 pack now.
Well, if you insist, although I can’t offer a six pack. Alex, have oezicomix get his pencil ready….
Zhoen
Yup, all intelligent people are men who see women as cartoon stereotypes. Thanks a bunch.
Ptooooey.
zeezaxa
Cute, but not really the style of this site…unless she comes with a hunky man.
LisaL
Well… I like the ray gun.
Her position is very strange though. I think it’s b/c her proportions are over exaggerated that it’s making her lounging pose look off.
And the weird collar thing does make her head look like it was cut and photoshopped in.
Tiffany
Oh, I don’t mind the picture. It’s harmless.
Wait! It does look a little like my sister. Hmmm…
Tia
Tiny waist of doom necessary? Come on, can’t we female neato fans get some respect here? Ugh.
mojoesque
@Zhoen – agree.
awful. unlike. no offense to the illustrator who is quite talented, but this definitely sends the wrong message.
The Feminist Neatoramanaut
Yeah, the illustrator is awesome, but it’s kind of disgusting to find a stereotypical pin-up. The women, geek, nerd, or neither here, should be offended at this kind of fetishization.
Asho
I’m a girl, and I like this.
Being disgusted by a drawing is silly, get over yourselves. “wah wah wah…this is sexist…waaaah”
Really? It’s just a drawing, and I doubt it’s got a hidden sexist agenda.
ShuggaMagnolia
I like this too, I don’t really see what everyone is bothered by it, good job Oezicomix… 
ShuggaMagnolia
Oops… I meant to say I don’t understand why they are bothered by it, not what they are bothered by it…
Johnny Cat
Haters will hate. It’s supposed to be an awesome take on Barbarella, folks.
Maybe we should have a NeatoMuhammed contest.
Gauldar
@JC
LOL! I was comparing the same thing in my head just now. Maybe we should dress her up in a bear costume.
Jessss
“How good at drawing are you, Jessss?”
@ -bob-
Actually funny you ask that bob, I happen to be pretty good at drawing!
I have won several art prizes including a national art prize for an etching I did.
If I could for the life of me figure out how to change my profile pic, maybe I’d change it to one of my drawings.
Anyway, I wasn’t criticising the guy’s drawing ability but the concept.
Bobo
In any case, the artwork isn’t doing it for me. Her head doesn’t look like it’s attached to her body.
Gauldar
Even though, taking ideas into consideration, what about a Neato-Jones or Doc Savage type character? Same cheesy splendour with regards to “DANGER”, “EXCITMENT”, “EXPLORATION”, but just with a twist. Super deformed too, I mean, this guy needs a ridiculous six pack and a decent package!
-bob-
Just for fun, is anyone offended at this unrealistic cartoon drawing of a man? http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5251881/2/istockphot o_5251881-retro-muscleman.jpg
dncucf
Neat things about sex is neat. Using sex to sell yourself via web, TV, billboard, etc.: not so neat. There is enough of that in the world already. I also like to share some of neatorama’s links with parental units and others who might not appreciate seeing such images. Please keep your image neat.
Gauldar
@Jessss
Gravatar.com apparently. I never did bother with it though.
Michael0511
Are you starting a porn site? That’s what it seems to be hinting…
Nothing wrong with that, in fact, I want to be among the first to know if you do…
-bob-
Jessss: It would be cool to see one of your drawings, especially if it’s to do with this article. And, I promise I will not get offended!
ShuggaMagnolia
I think this is kind of funny… I really don’t see her as being that sexual actually…
I can’t believe some of you are too uptight to enjoy such a fun pic… It isn’t like she’s naked or anything either… I think she’s cute and neat…
Vonskippy
I’m horrified. The ray gun doesn’t have a trigger guard. Nothing “neat” about that, nothing neat at all I say.
//oh, and most of you are the dumbest prudes I’ve ever seen. Get over yourselves, it’s a freaking cartoon.//
Xinavera
Oh get over yourselves, people. Appreciate it for what it is and let’s leave the subtexts out of it.
Roo
Yeah, well if I have to look at this every time I stop in…well, I just won’t stop in.
Thanks but no thanks.
felixthecat
Her head is pretty hot, all right, and so are her breastesses, but those legs! One leg appears to be several inches longer than the other.
WarriorArmadillo
Umm….she is pretty but basically just something to look at. Can we add a book (perhaps War And Peace) or maybe draw her building a particle accelerator, just to remind everyone that women can be, in fact, intelligent?
David
@Johnny Cat
“Maybe we should have a NeatoMuhammed contest.”
I laughed so hard, I spit the trisket I was eating right into my computer monitor. Thanks dood.
Vero2033
great art work oezicomix! (maybe people wouldnt be so offended if her facial features were more cartoonish and less life-like)
Speaking of tiny waists of doom! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LojvELeEuQc/SquOhU0ys2I/AAAAAAAAAP4/2WS_lpfK yok/s400/judy-jetson-cartoon.jpg
P.S. You all really need to lighten up!
muckseen
Well, I’m a girl and I like it- aside from the collar thingie which makes her look like she has no neck. The rest is awesomesauce!
pyrit
The neck-thingie obviously protects Neatorella from NeatoNosferatu.
She’s got a ray gun, but she’s not steam punk.
Shouldn’t the “r” be capitalized?
NeatoSteamPunk! There’s an idea!
Idil
I’m sorry, I was just really pissed off at seeing all these sluts on ads and everything around my city, then when I turn on the TV, and my computer, and even pick up my cereal box to have breakfast…
I like neatorama because it takes my mind off feeling like a worthless piece of ****….
and stumble upon this.
GREAT.
[oh and yeah my comment does require wives obviously, but I remember some of you saying "my wife" or "my kids" or things like that]
I know I’m being crazy, but seeing girls like this hurts me a lot. Please don’t make fun, it really does. I wish I could look somewhere and not be upset by this.
Idil
It’s easy to make fun of this when you’re a guy, you don’t get swamped by this imagery you feel like you have to compete with all the time. And I realize not every girl is as uptight like me on this, but I know many who are, and the reason is that it just hurts so deeply.
MadMolecule
Since no one’s answered -bob-’s question, I’m reposting it because I’m genuinely curious about the answers. -bob- wrote:
“Just for fun, is anyone offended at this unrealistic cartoon drawing of a man? http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5251881/2/istockphot o_5251881-retro-muscleman.jpg “
ted
Is her head detached? My first thought was that she was advertising for Alex’s new porn site.
She reminds me of the cartoon at the beginning of I Dream of Jeannie. Although I laugh at the “unrealistic portrayal of women” and all of the Neatorama teenage girl readers who will now become anorexic in order to look like her, I find it an odd choice.
But hey, it’s a woman, unlike your usual male mascots.
Gauldar
@Idil
I wish I could be sympathetic, but the way you carelessly throw around the derogator term “slut” towards a generalized group of women, it makes it difficult. What disappoints me further, is that you would rather just point your finger and say “Shame on you”, instead of offering helpful input on how to improve on the artwork. Cartoons are meant to be over embelishments of reality, and I honestly don’t get what you are taking so seriously. Nobody is hurting you with this image, you are the only one hurting yourself.
Joe
I clicked on the comments section just so I could see what I knew would be a bunch of weeping and moaning about this cartoon.
I’ll address the question of a male version. I don’t think anybody would be offended if we had a male space guy with the typical bulging muscles, square jaw, thick head of hair, big bulge in his tights, etc. I’m pretty sure that nobody would be demanding that he be holding a book or working out a math equation.
Some people here seem to think that men are not bombarded with these kinds of images. Well, we are. I don’t like going to the beach and being the skinny neato-nerd artist while tanned guys with dense forelocks of hair, tanned skin and rippling muscles strut around, but that’s life. I’m not going to go on a crying jag because I went to the movies and saw Batman or Superman, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, etc.
As someone mentioned, it’s a cartoon – a caricature of an idealized female form.
Lighten up.
Mitch
I like the color scheme and I like that she doesn’t have gigantic spherical anime type breasts. If you refine the idea you should give her a little bigger waist.
Some people are always going to be offended by an image of a sexy woman but don’t worry too much about offending easily offended people.
Dave Hall
She looks fine to me. Maybe she could use a dog or cat companion in a similar space get-up.
Jessss
@ MadMolecule
“Since no one’s answered -bob-’s question, I’m reposting it because I’m genuinely curious about the answers. -bob- wrote:
‘Just for fun, is anyone offended at this unrealistic cartoon drawing of a man?’”
I might be if he had a bulging groin the same way this girl has bulging breasts (okay so maybe they’re not Anime big, but they’re pretty big!), and if he was spreading his legs the same way this girl is spreading hers.
Jessss
Don’t pretend like it’s a problem that doesn’t exist. Have a look at the Chive’s top pics this week and tell me what you see:
http://thechive.com/2010/06/05/best-photos-of-the-week-45-photos-7/
Gauldar
@Jessss
Nothing neat about them. They look quite boring if you ask me.
Disappointed
Oh dear.
When I saw the post requesting a new Neato-person, I noticed that there were no female characters. “What Neatorama needs,” I rhought to myself, “is some totally stereotypical ‘sexy-girl’ thing.”
I thought I was joking.
Idil
@ Gaulder
I’m sorry. I wasn’t saying any of this to just give a criticism out of thin air, like some people just want to give criticisms for everything. The reason why I take it so seriously is because I have a boyfriend who had been completely into this culture that we live in that resulted in the cartoon, and is struggling getting out of it, even though he wants to. It’s something that hurts me a lot, to the point that I can barely enjoy my own youth anymore, and if it were something I could just “not take seriously” I would do it. Honestly I would. I wish I could just not care. But this culture ruins many people. And this artwork just supports it. I’m just upset that I had to run into it on neatorama, where I usually go to get away from all this.
Gauldar
@Idil
Ok, fair enough. This issue involves someone you are close to, but brings for personal distress issues. The problem is, is censorship really the answer? Do we direct our eyes away from that which hurts us, or do we ask the question “Why is this preventing me from living my life normaly”? If this is causing that much personal pain, I recomend psychotherapy to help ease yourself and come to terms with that which is taking away your youth. If you don’t come to terms with it, you won’t have a youth or adulthood left to hold onto. That will haunt you forever, and not just on Neatorama.
Gauldar
Yeah, wanted to add that censorship and accommodationism do not solve problems, they just keep problems from being solved. Give some input on what you would like to see, instead of what you don’t want to see.
Barking Bud
Don’t pretend like it’s a problem that doesn’t exist. Have a look at the Chive’s top pics this week and tell me what you see:
http://thechive.com/2010/06/05/best-photos-of-the-week-45-photos-7/
This debunks your theory alltogether. In the images you can see that there are A LOT of beautiful (and surely smart too) women in real life. So the cartoon is a mere depiction thereof.
Jessss
@Gauldar
Sure censorship doesn’t solve the problem, but neither does actively promoting this sort of image.
@Idil
I think it’s fairly rational to feel the way you do in your situation. It sounds to me like your boyfriend rather than you may need some psychological counseling. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a highly successful means of changing one’s thought processes, or in your boyfriend’s case, perhaps his expectations of the reality of what women really look like.
I don’t want to pretend that I know enough about your situation to offer you advice, so think of it more as me making a suggestion, and you can heed it or ignore it.
P.S. I still think Neatorama could use some female characters, maybe just tone it down a little.
Jessss
@ bud
“This debunks your theory alltogether. In the images you can see that there are A LOT of beautiful (and surely smart too) women in real life. So the cartoon is a mere depiction thereof.”
Sometimes it is hard to tell on the net, but I think I can safely assume you’re joking.
Yes, clearly those women provide a representative sample of the female population at large.
Barking Bud
Why errrr Sure I was joking *shifty eyes* ha ha ha.
(Humour is our natural depressant, yet not depressing)
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