Coda.

[odditycollector]

If you're going to read this, you might want to catch up:
Issue One.
Issue Two.
Issue Three.

There will be no issue four, but I felt sad leaving off just as the introductions were made. So many of my favourite moments were yet to come. So many of my favourite characters.

To make concluding easier, here's a taste of the further story the Legion is a part of.

(As always, if you click on a picture, it will take you to an animated gif showing changes I've made.)




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Thanks for looking! I hope you've enjoyed this project as much as I have!

Comments

[tashiro.livejournal.com]

That's it? All done? ;.;
I'm sad. :(
Excellent work though!

[brownbetty]

Man, making Kara, what, East Indian? (I mean, Kryptonian, obviously, and yet.) Sure changes the story a hell of a lot. It's huge.

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I love South Asian Supergirl, but the be-dreadlock-ed lady really won my heart!

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

This? Is AWESOME.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

"And they lived, if not always happily, then at least interestingly ever after, and had many fine adventures of the sort you like best. And the end did not come for a long while yet; it is merely time to stop telling the story."

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

I have told you my theory that the threeboot Legion is actually random weird-looking aliens dressed up as white humans because that's what they think superheroes is, yeah?

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

I am glad! *Somebody* is getting kinky hair, I vowed. *Somebody*!

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

THANKS! I am pretty pleased with most of the result!

[caia-comica.livejournal.com]

Woo, done! I've seen and commentated a lot of this already but seeing it all is absolutely AMAZING.

I do wish this was a regular ongoing title, but I don't want to condemn you to an eternity of photoshop.

[tashiro.livejournal.com]

Yay!! ;)

[estara.livejournal.com]

Totally awesome and Kara really threw me for a loop, I love her look.

[billa1.livejournal.com]

You have done a fantastic job with this project (and I have loved every single entry). I'll miss it, but I hope if I offer *puppy dog* you'll start another project llike this some day. :)

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

I do wish this was a regular ongoing title,

Me too! And hey, if a new creative team feels wants to pick it up, I would gladly follow it.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It was a happy moment, when I realized I could make my own rules re: Supergirl.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

It is possible! But I think with this one, Issue 1 was the core point... everything after was bonus. And issue 3, redone, drops anvils on the point pretty accurately.

Still. Stories I Love: recast. I will remember it for future necessity.

really, this reaction works best chronologically

[sollie7.livejournal.com]

First thought: this project is pretty cool! Looking at the comparison pages, it's amazing to see just how...pale and model-like everyone is, period. The changes to colors and faces are so natural the originals suddenly look weird. Also: stop the presses, Barry Kitson's people can now be told apart by something other than hairstyle!

(thought 1.5: man, I forgot how much of a raging dick Cos was in this version. 'I might get to do something important!' 'She's wicked annoying, we just keep her for the money.' >:|)

Second thought: FFFFFT
ATOM GIRL
I DON'T EVEN
IT'S LIKE AWESOME PUNCHED ME IN THE BRAIN
NEED SERIES NOW
NOW

Third: Did I mention how great the fact is that everyone's different, but not really a definable 'slot' ethnicity? Some characters have more Asian features, or more African ones (which makes way more sense, seeing as how Earth is a unified government and travel is presumably quite cheap ethnic divisions should be much more blurred than Threeboot is). The original art looks like it's been left out in the sun too long, in comparison.

(3.5: Cos was seriously rocking a Bruce Campbell chin in some panels. Can't say I'm sorry to see it gone.)

Four: SUPERGIRL
I
I CAN'T EVEN
You...you are amazing. *slow clap*

Re: really, this reaction works best chronologically

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

First thought: this project is pretty cool! Looking at the comparison pages, it's amazing to see just how...pale and model-like everyone is, period.
I was really tired when I found this comment, and my first reaction was no! Everyone is still pretty! Didn't you see the issue starring Nura! But then I remembered that "pale" and "model-like" were synonyms and I was sad again.

The changes to colors and faces are so natural the originals suddenly look weird.
Thanks! That is excellent validation.

Second thought: FFFFFT
ATOM GIRL
I DON'T EVEN
IT'S LIKE AWESOME PUNCHED ME IN THE BRAIN
NEED SERIES NOW
NOW
Somebody was getting kinky hair! I had to talk myself up to it, but I think it was a *success*!

Third: Did I mention how great the fact is that everyone's different, but not really a definable 'slot' ethnicity? Some characters have more Asian features, or more African ones (which makes way more sense, seeing as how Earth is a unified government and travel is presumably quite cheap ethnic divisions should be much more blurred than Threeboot is).
Some of that was totally on purpose! And some of it is that giving someone an unmistakable slot ethnicity is *hard* if commandment one of your project is to be be wary of exaggerating ethnic stereotypes... comic book faces are quite simple, and people look pretty different, and while these characters were originally unmistakably white, a lot of it is colouring and context. Man, some day I will have to ramble about *handwaves* this stuff. And also the body language!

(3.5: Cos was seriously rocking a Bruce Campbell chin in some panels. Can't say I'm sorry to see it gone.)
I had designated Cos as a truce zone with Barry Kitson's chins... but sometimes I was WEAK and I could not HELP myself.

Four: SUPERGIRL
I
I CAN'T EVEN
You...you are amazing. *slow clap*
Honestly, Kara was the most brain-twisty change for me as well. I grew up a comics reading blond(ish) girl. I have been invested in the character for a very long time.

But, stealing from Pratchett, there are no rules except the ones in my head. Supergirl can be whoever I want her to be, or all the work I did here means nothing.

Mekt

[(Anonymous)]

Couldn't you make him look -- you know -- gayer? :)

Re: Mekt

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Hey, he's already wearing a brooch. What'dja want from me!?

[(Anonymous)]

Slightly surprised to find that I don't mind African Supergirl. She also pulls off the costume better.
Totally unprepared for Dreadlocks (tries desperately not to say Shrinking Violet) Atom Girl. She looks completely different that way.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

That's kinda amusing, in that I just assumed the changes to Kara'd be the bigger deal for everyone. (And I did alter the colours of Kara's costume slightly. It was just too *teal* with her new complexion.)