What began Saturday as an illustration swapping the poses of the two heroes on the cover of Hawkeye & Black Widow #17 turned into a challenge Sunday when Nimona creator Noelle Stevenson suggested that the way to "fix every Strong Female Character pose in superhero comics" is to "replace the character with Hawkeye doing the same thing." Now The Hawkeye Initiative is a bona fide online movement, with a blog showcasing countless takes on the Avengers' ever-popular archer striking the poses, and occasionally wearing the adapted costumes, of various superheroines.
The results are always fun and funny, occasionally alarming, and frequently very, very sexy ...
(hoursago, the piece that started it all)