The cinematic Avengers are parodied and dissembled respectively in these fan art and new character posters.

With screen siren Scarlett Johansson's turn as Black Widow in the upcoming superhero epic film, The Avengers, there is certainly no doubt in her role as the sex symbol to appeal to the fan boys, Marvel Zombies or not. And that is immediately evident in an early promotional art where every members of the team roll out their best superheroic pose and Johansson's posture being of the most expectedly stereotypical sexy femme fatale.

Noticing the perceived sexist statement, artist Kevin Bolk conjured his own take on the aforementioned piece of promotional art by reimagining every single Avengers in the erotic pose of Johansson's Black Widow. Sexist discrimination or feminist notes aside, the result is hilarious.

In the artist's own words:

This is a parody of this promo art for the Avengers movie. I couldn't help but notice that in most of the ad material, the guys are all in heroic stances but Black Widow is almost always in an impractical, curved-spine "booty shot" pose. Figured I'd flip it around for my lady friends out there. Seemed only fair.

Them's some strong male characters, amirite?

And in a not-quite-related news on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel has disassembled the earlier-released banners for the film which we have deemed a good case study in Photoshop Disaster into individual character posters.

Hit the jump if you like them better individually.








Here’s the official synopsis for The Avengers:

Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”–the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble in summer 2012. In “Marvel’s The Avengers,” superheroes team up to pull the world back from the brink of disaster when an unexpected enemy threatens global security.

Directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston and Cobie Smulders. The film is currently scheduled to be released in 3D on May 4th, 2012.