mattfractionblog:

funny how murph anderson on infantino made infantino look like kubert.

ahh, carmine. one of the good dead ones.

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princehamlette:

bittersilver:

Webcomic artist gives superheroines “fully dressed redesigns”.

Supergirl may be a woman of steel, but is a red, blue, and gold cheerleader uniform really the most practical outfit for fighting crime? While many superhero costumes can be a little beyond the pale (Ben Affleck’s red pleather catsuit in Daredevil comes to mind), their female counterparts are almost always worse.

Superheroine costumes can be a major point of contention for comics fans. Wonder Woman’s red bustier and star-spangled short-shorts are iconic, but do all female superheroes need to wear a swimsuit and heels when battling the forces of darkness? NBC’s failed Wonder Woman pilot tried to redesign her suit with pants rather than a skirt or shorts, but the end result was something that looked more like a Halloween costume.

From Rule 63 (genderbent) Wonder Man to 1950s retro art to present-day street fashion, Wonder Woman has been reinterpreted by many fan artists and cosplayers over the years. The latest version comes from webcomic artist Michael Lee Lunsford, who has now drawn an entire series of what he describes as “fully dressed redesigns of superheroines.” [READ MORE]

ugh these are all awful

As a costume designer, I must say these are awful, tacky, and look like they fell into the bargain bin at a Salvation Army. There are pieces of each that I like but combined with other pieces and the entire outfit, they look awful. It almost looks like the “”“designer”“” had about 50 ideas for outfits sketched and tried to combine them all.

It is too all over the place, too many conflicting elements and nothing is cohesive as an outfit. It is funny how they call the failed Wonder Woman pilot a Halloween costume yet these look like really REALLY bad LARP-ers who rushed the morning of to put together something and quite obviously failed.

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Webcomic artist gives superheroines “fully dressed redesigns”.

Supergirl may be a woman of steel, but is a red, blue, and gold cheerleader uniform really the most practical outfit for fighting crime? While many superhero costumes can be a little beyond the pale (Ben Affleck’s red pleather catsuit in Daredevil comes to mind), their female counterparts are almost always worse.

Superheroine costumes can be a major point of contention for comics fans. Wonder Woman’s red bustier and star-spangled short-shorts are iconic, but do all female superheroes need to wear a swimsuit and heels when battling the forces of darkness? NBC’s failed Wonder Woman pilot tried to redesign her suit with pants rather than a skirt or shorts, but the end result was something that looked more like a Halloween costume.

From Rule 63 (genderbent) Wonder Man to 1950s retro art to present-day street fashion, Wonder Woman has been reinterpreted by many fan artists and cosplayers over the years. The latest version comes from webcomic artist Michael Lee Lunsford, who has now drawn an entire series of what he describes as “fully dressed redesigns of superheroines.” [READ MORE]

Following Battle Scars (yes, another comic I read because Coulson was in it, shut up), we know that “this” Nick Fury is the illegitemate son of “original” Nick Fury. Apparently some Marvel fans are butthurt about the Fury switcheroo, but I’m tempted to attribute that to boring old racism — particularly since I remember people complaining about this exact same “problem” two years ago. The thing is, Marvel canon is already so chaotic that updating Nick Fury from David Hasselhoff to Samuel L Jackson almost makes things seem less complicated. Secret Avengers is aimed pretty solidly at fans who were introduced to the characters via the Avengers franchise, so why bother reintroducing 1980s white Nick Fury when we already know the other guy from like four different movies? — Secret Avengers #1, at Hello, Tailor.

As someone who has quite happily been using fanfic to cut through the Gordian Knot of Marvel comics canon for years, I found Secret Avengers #1 very easy to understand because it basically is Avengers fanfic. Clint and Natasha are bros, a reasonably Clark Gregg-looking Coulson shows up, and the story focuses on the mysterious Budapest incident Joss Whedon namedropped in last year’s Avengers movie. There’s even an explanation as to why Clint and Natasha might remember the incident in different ways, but that doesn’t necessarily mean this comic locks in perfectly with movie canon. — Secret Avengers #1, at Hello, Tailor.

timetravelandrocketpoweredapes:

Superhero Media Crossovers by Butcher Billy

kevstown:

Artist Appreciation: Phil Noto’s Hank Pym’s Photo Archive. 

This is one of my favorite projects by an artist. Not only is each of his works beautifully detailed, but Noto also seems to turn these fictional superheroes into real life people. I love the use of actual dates in order to show us a glimpse into the real lives of these characters. I feel like I would see this “photographs” in old issues of TIME Magazine or something. Fantastic.

Previous Phil Noto posts: Havok and Polaris, Betsy Braddock (1983), and Winter Storm (1978).

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