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coelasquid: inkcrash: Oh cool. Looks like Huntress was the Robin of Earth 2 and Power Girl was, of course, Supergirl of Earth 2. Huntress being Robin of Earth 2 is cool and all, but I have severe issues with Peej’s redesign.LONG RANT INCOMING:THE BREAKDOWN: They took away the boob window and replaced her costume with a shitty Jim Lee-worthy redesign. There’s no blue in her new costume to harken back to the old Peej costume, and the gauntlets and boots are Geiger-esque for NO REASON. The new cape isn’t iconic in any way, though the Superman-esque P is a little clever, though heavy handed and really just does not work.But let’s address the big issue nobody wants to talk about: The Boob Window. Yes, the boob window was cheesy. It was impractical and silly and silver age in every way. It was absolutely ridiculous to think a superhero would fight with her breasts inches from spilling out of her costume, yet every heroine seems to wear skimpy outfits like that. Hell, that was the POINT. Peej was a cheesecake character. I’m not saying Power Girl was just her boobs, but she was a lighthearted cheesecake character and her having big boobs was part of that. She was a pseudo-deconstruction of female superhero outfits. Her outfit was ridiculous to the Nth degree, but she treated it so Matter-of-factly in universe. She ACKNOWLEDGED it was ridiculous in Conner’s run on the character, which I think should stand as a testament as to how to write the character. Most of all, because of her ridiculous costume and her knowledge of how silly it all was, she was FUN. She could be a silly, sexy, fun character and you wouldn’t have to take any of it seriously. And this is just nitpicking, but it’s irksome she’s not Amazon-sized anymore. A lot of the fun moments of her character interactions were based on the physical comedy side of it. She was this 6-foot-something busty babe who was a ridiculous bombshell in every way who also had superpowers and she knew it, and she had fun with it. Another victim of DC’s reboot has been Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle. Pre-reboot, his series was lighthearted and followed the standard Spider-Man superhero formula. He was turning into an A-lister superhero and you had fun watching him do it. Not many DC comics characters are lighthearted like Power Girl and Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle were. They were lighthearted and not too serious. Now both are SUPER SERIOUS and are having what made them fun being taken away. They should have payed attention to Conner’s interpretation of her, because Conner really did make the Essential Power Girl. Part of her fun was she WAS a cheesecake character, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with cheesecake characters! It’s about putting them in the right context. Hell, in Conner’s run they even ACKNOWLEDGED she was total cheesecake and deconstructed that by giving her a recurring male cheesecake character. (VARTOX!) They have taken everything that was fun and unique about Peej’s character and costume and turned it into another boring superhero with a generic costume. This probably wasn’t as articulate as it could have been, but I did my best. I’ll still try the new World’s Finest ongoing because the writer did awesomely with his Huntress miniseries, but unless they take a hint from Conner-Era Peej’s character, I’m probably going to end up dropping it or only reading it for Huntress. RIP, Conner-Peej. You will be missed. I’ll be completely honest and say I’ve never read a powergirl comic so I don’t really have any authority to talk about her, but I was always under the impression the the boob window was… Part of the joke. I’m a big proponent of lady heroes in reasonable clothing, but I don’t think Powergirl was the priority in that case. Characters wearing impractical outfits in stories where that impracticality is acknowledged are funny. I know someone’s going to jump in here saying “ooh, tumblr feminists are never happy, they just want to complain”, but honestly, this doesn’t seem like DC making a move to improve the way they portray women so much as DC pushing the “NO! EVERYTHING IS VERY SERIOUS IN OUR NEW UNIVERSE! NO SILLY PEOPLE!” thing I wonder if it would be appropriate to add in my two-cents?  I mean, I am a big Power Girl fan. I am a big Huntress fan (both Huntresses, Wayne and Bertinelli).  I read a lot of old comics when I was a kid and remember a scene that defined Power Girl in my mind: Now look at the cover for The World’s Finest?  I do not see the Power Girl that we all grew up with.  That Power Girl was an independent, strong woman who did not grow up in the shadow of Superman.  She cut her own path, became her own person.  Unfortunately, this new Power Girl is going against the flow of character evolution. I would like to mention that this is in stark contrast to Robin/Huntress. I am assuming that Dick became Batman, who took Helena on as Robin, who decided to pull a Nightwing and become Huntress.  Now, why not follow the same path and form that synergy with Peej? Also, on the prior comment about her height… This: I would also bring up Wonder Woman’s height as well, but the shrinking of women (ahem… visual depowering of women) seems to be the common denominator of the New 52.
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coelasquid:

inkcrash:

Oh cool. Looks like Huntress was the Robin of Earth 2 and Power Girl was, of course, Supergirl of Earth 2. Huntress being Robin of Earth 2 is cool and all, but I have severe issues with Peej’s redesign.

LONG RANT INCOMING:

THE BREAKDOWN: They took away the boob window and replaced her costume with a shitty Jim Lee-worthy redesign. There’s no blue in her new costume to harken back to the old Peej costume, and the gauntlets and boots are Geiger-esque for NO REASON. The new cape isn’t iconic in any way, though the Superman-esque P is a little clever, though heavy handed and really just does not work.

But let’s address the big issue nobody wants to talk about: The Boob Window.

Yes, the boob window was cheesy. It was impractical and silly and silver age in every way. It was absolutely ridiculous to think a superhero would fight with her breasts inches from spilling out of her costume, yet every heroine seems to wear skimpy outfits like that. Hell, that was the POINT. Peej was a cheesecake character.

I’m not saying Power Girl was just her boobs, but she was a lighthearted cheesecake character and her having big boobs was part of that. She was a pseudo-deconstruction of female superhero outfits. Her outfit was ridiculous to the Nth degree, but she treated it so Matter-of-factly in universe. She ACKNOWLEDGED it was ridiculous in Conner’s run on the character, which I think should stand as a testament as to how to write the character.


Most of all, because of her ridiculous costume and her knowledge of how silly it all was, she was FUN. She could be a silly, sexy, fun character and you wouldn’t have to take any of it seriously.

And this is just nitpicking, but it’s irksome she’s not Amazon-sized anymore. A lot of the fun moments of her character interactions were based on the physical comedy side of it. She was this 6-foot-something busty babe who was a ridiculous bombshell in every way who also had superpowers and she knew it, and she had fun with it.

Another victim of DC’s reboot has been Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle. Pre-reboot, his series was lighthearted and followed the standard Spider-Man superhero formula. He was turning into an A-lister superhero and you had fun watching him do it. Not many DC comics characters are lighthearted like Power Girl and Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle were. They were lighthearted and not too serious. Now both are SUPER SERIOUS and are having what made them fun being taken away. They should have payed attention to Conner’s interpretation of her, because Conner really did make the Essential Power Girl.


Part of her fun was she WAS a cheesecake character, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with cheesecake characters! It’s about putting them in the right context. Hell, in Conner’s run they even ACKNOWLEDGED she was total cheesecake and deconstructed that by giving her a recurring male cheesecake character. (VARTOX!)

They have taken everything that was fun and unique about Peej’s character and costume and turned it into another boring superhero with a generic costume.

This probably wasn’t as articulate as it could have been, but I did my best. I’ll still try the new World’s Finest ongoing because the writer did awesomely with his Huntress miniseries, but unless they take a hint from Conner-Era Peej’s character, I’m probably going to end up dropping it or only reading it for Huntress.

RIP, Conner-Peej. You will be missed.

I’ll be completely honest and say I’ve never read a powergirl comic so I don’t really have any authority to talk about her, but I was always under the impression the the boob window was… Part of the joke. I’m a big proponent of lady heroes in reasonable clothing, but I don’t think Powergirl was the priority in that case. Characters wearing impractical outfits in stories where that impracticality is acknowledged are funny.

I know someone’s going to jump in here saying “ooh, tumblr feminists are never happy, they just want to complain”, but honestly, this doesn’t seem like DC making a move to improve the way they portray women so much as DC pushing the “NO! EVERYTHING IS VERY SERIOUS IN OUR NEW UNIVERSE! NO SILLY PEOPLE!” thing

I wonder if it would be appropriate to add in my two-cents?  I mean, I am a big Power Girl fan. I am a big Huntress fan (both Huntresses, Wayne and Bertinelli).  I read a lot of old comics when I was a kid and remember a scene that defined Power Girl in my mind:

Power Girl Emblemphobia

Now look at the cover for The World’s Finest?  I do not see the Power Girl that we all grew up with.  That Power Girl was an independent, strong woman who did not grow up in the shadow of Superman.  She cut her own path, became her own person.  Unfortunately, this new Power Girl is going against the flow of character evolution.

I would like to mention that this is in stark contrast to Robin/Huntress. I am assuming that Dick became Batman, who took Helena on as Robin, who decided to pull a Nightwing and become Huntress.  Now, why not follow the same path and form that synergy with Peej?

Also, on the prior comment about her height… This:

Batman and Power Girl

I would also bring up Wonder Woman’s height as well, but the shrinking of women (ahem… visual depowering of women) seems to be the common denominator of the New 52.

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marcusto: Hey everyone! So as you might have heard, Huntress #1 comes out this Wednesday October 5. I thought that I’d hold a contest for my Tumblr followers before the book is released. The prizes are as follows: FIRST PRIZE: The original art to the Huntress teaser poster I created for Tumblr, a signed mini print of the teaser poster, and a signed copy of Huntress #1. SECOND PRIZE: A signed mini print of the Huntress teaser poster, a signed copy of Huntress #1, and a Huntress pencil head sketch.THIRD PRIZE: A signed mini print of the Huntress teaser poster, and a signed copy of Huntress #1. HOW TO ENTER: Reblog this post! Extra good-luck karma points if you tell your friends about the book if you think they would like it, even if they don’t read comics (hey, it couldn’t hurt!) The winners will be chosen at random out of all the people who reblogged. Likes don’t count for the contest, but count in my heart :) The contest starts NOW! And will end at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, October 5. Thanks to all of you in advance for getting the word out about Huntress, and for your continued support from Red Robin to Huntress to whatever comes next. AWESOME! I will be buying it anyway. <3
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marcusto: Hey everyone! So as you might have heard, Huntress #1 comes out this Wednesday October 5. I thought that I’d hold a contest for my Tumblr followers before the book is released. The prizes are as follows: FIRST PRIZE: The original art to the Huntress teaser poster I created for Tumblr, a signed mini print of the teaser poster, and a signed copy of Huntress #1. SECOND PRIZE: A signed mini print of the Huntress teaser poster, a signed copy of Huntress #1, and a Huntress pencil head sketch.THIRD PRIZE: A signed mini print of the Huntress teaser poster, and a signed copy of Huntress #1. HOW TO ENTER: Reblog this post! Extra good-luck karma points if you tell your friends about the book if you think they would like it, even if they don’t read comics (hey, it couldn’t hurt!) The winners will be chosen at random out of all the people who reblogged. Likes don’t count for the contest, but count in my heart :) The contest starts NOW! And will end at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, October 5. Thanks to all of you in advance for getting the word out about Huntress, and for your continued support from Red Robin to Huntress to whatever comes next. AWESOME! I will be buying it anyway. <3
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marcusto:

Hey everyone! So as you might have heard, Huntress #1 comes out this Wednesday October 5. I thought that I’d hold a contest for my Tumblr followers before the book is released. The prizes are as follows:


FIRST PRIZE: The original art to the Huntress teaser poster I created for Tumblr, a signed mini print of the teaser poster, and a signed copy of Huntress #1.

SECOND PRIZE: A signed mini print of the Huntress teaser poster, a signed copy of Huntress #1, and a Huntress pencil head sketch.

THIRD PRIZE: A signed mini print of the Huntress teaser poster, and a signed copy of Huntress #1.

HOW TO ENTER: Reblog this post! Extra good-luck karma points if you tell your friends about the book if you think they would like it, even if they don’t read comics (hey, it couldn’t hurt!) The winners will be chosen at random out of all the people who reblogged. Likes don’t count for the contest, but count in my heart :)

The contest starts NOW! And will end at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, October 5.

Thanks to all of you in advance for getting the word out about Huntress, and for your continued support from Red Robin to Huntress to whatever comes next.

AWESOME! I will be buying it anyway. <3

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