- Most comics do heavily rely on the use of stereotypes. This depends on the target audience of the comics.
- Stereotypes take aspects and characteristics of a group of people and exaggerate these features. For an example a "gangster " will be identified by his stereotypical appearance of being hypermasculine , wearing jewelry and baggy clothing. The stereotypes creates icons with which the type of character can be identified by. An example of this is Dilbert where the audience can immediately identify the icons that portrays an over-stressed office worker.

Yes they do rely on stereotypes:

- Most mainstream conventional comics aimed at children and a younger audience do rely heavily on stereotypes. An example for this is " Bunty"that portrays the story of a girl that relies on the dominant gender stereotype. She is stereotyped as being post feminine and and only interested in romance.

- Stereotypes are seen daily in the media. These stereotypes have changed over time. From propp's theory one of the nine characters , the damsel in distress still get rescued by the hero which isportrayed by a man. The male gaze theory is less common as there more alternative positive representations of women. Women have become independent in society and this reflected in the media. An example in Tank Girl. Tank girl is the rescuer. She is independent.

- Comics rely heavily on gender stereotypes?
Women
- 'male gaze'
- more independent
-Changing from the damsel in distress to the hero
- Women are represented as hypersexual and post feminine

Men
- hypermasculinity
- The hero from Propps theory
- Becoming the damsel in distress

No :

- However , comix that are a sub-culture do not rely on stereotypes as their target audience differ. The target audience for these comix are dominantly afficionado. The audience are more mature and sophisticated and expect more from the comic. An example for this is " The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" where the representations and stereotypes are alternative. The roles and and the characters represented the roles changes. The police are represented as bad and the hero have the charateristics of crinimals.

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