The relatively recent debut of a post-Crisis Kara Zor-El has been generating a lot of controversy and discussion for the past year.
From her build and costume to her attitude and demeanor, this current Supergirl is very different from any of her predecessors and everyone has an opinion about it.
Today’s topic centers around a young artist’s redesign of the character, with a more realistic build and a more conservative costume.
Point
Dawn at “My OTHER Comic Book Blog” is showcasing the re-design in her post, this is how to draw Supergirl:
Excerpt:
Aren’t those just exactly what Supergirl should be? She’s strong, confident and standing in a classic and powerful pose. She’s wearing a uniform instead of a stripper costume and those gloves…I love that. Gloves mean business.
Counterpoint
Not everyone agrees, however, Shelly of “Shelly’s Comic Book Shelf” posts why it doesn’t work for her.
Excerpt:
Kara is striving to carve her niche, find her identity, and a costume that mimics Superman’s so strongly negates that for me. Keep the S somewhere, keep the colors, but she needs a unique look. Like it or hate it, what she has now doesn’t make me think about Superman at all.
What do you think?
October 26th, 2006 at 5:41 am
That version just looks like Power Girl in drag.
I don’t have any problems with a scrawny Kara. Kryptonians are supposed to be superstrong because of the yellow sun thing, not their size.
October 26th, 2006 at 7:26 am
I think the girl depicted on Dawn’s blog looks a bit too old, more like she’s in her 20′s than a teenager. I believe Supergirl should look younger. But not like an object of men’s fantasies or lust – particularly not if she’s a teenager. Costume-wise, the one on Dawn’s blog is fine if a little pedestrian.
October 26th, 2006 at 11:21 am
I actually like Supergirl’s costume right now… but drawn the way Kitson does it, not Churchill
October 27th, 2006 at 4:14 am
I’m siding with Dawn: The gloves are great.
I like it better than the silly mini-skirt deal we’ve always been given. Nick’s right, there’s a strong flavor of power-girl the artists may want to get rid of and so there may need to be some tweaking. Overall though, it’s a solid design.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:53 am
The other thing I love about the design is that it’s in no way a seductive pose meant for just the male viewer. That’s a woman with a firm idea of her strength and power and she looks like she enjoys it too.
Back on my blog Melchior points out that she looks like a “field hockey/rugby player”. One those big, strong jock girls from high school who looks like she could take an opponent down. I think that’s a great idea too as teenage girls in comic books seem to come in two flavours – skinny social queens or skinny geek outsiders.
But boy, don’t you guys love the stirrup pants and wool socks Johnny added in the post after the Supergirl one? She’s big strong and very practical when it comes to costume considerations.
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