I never realized how hated the new Supergirl was untill today. She's not, though. Not on her own merits, at any rate. Most of the complaints around are about the awful artwork and aimless story.
That even when her skirt flips, at least it's semi-"Modest" (And this is why Kara needs a new costume (http://dryponder.livejournal.com/105356.html)! But) it's not, though. It's a tease. When the skirt flutters, the readers are just *barely* denied that panty-shot, leaving it to the imagination. (Or, if they're *lucky*, that next gust of wind.) And in any case, the skirt doesn't cover any *more* than underwear would.
And Barry Kitson's version more or less works because he doesn't insist on drawing up-skirt angles all the time.
Kara remains one of my favourite characters - but I can't read her book without feeling ill. The art is appalling, and the writing is, generously, uneven. The story arc doesn't seem to be going anywhere and besides: "Don't treat me like jailbait!" "I'm not good at thinking!" Riiiight. Joe Kelly is usually a writer I enjoy, but he's making a mess of this.
Anyway I hope you didn't take my response a bad way, Im definetley not challenging your opinions, I just found your post interesting and thought I'd comment :) Not that there's anything wrong with challenging someone's opinions... ;)
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She's not, though. Not on her own merits, at any rate. Most of the complaints around are about the awful artwork and aimless story.
That even when her skirt flips, at least it's semi-"Modest"
(And this is why Kara needs a new costume (http://dryponder.livejournal.com/105356.html)! But) it's not, though. It's a tease. When the skirt flutters, the readers are just *barely* denied that panty-shot, leaving it to the imagination. (Or, if they're *lucky*, that next gust of wind.) And in any case, the skirt doesn't cover any *more* than underwear would.
And Barry Kitson's version more or less works because he doesn't insist on drawing up-skirt angles all the time.
Kara remains one of my favourite characters - but I can't read her book without feeling ill. The art is appalling, and the writing is, generously, uneven. The story arc doesn't seem to be going anywhere and besides: "Don't treat me like jailbait!" "I'm not good at thinking!" Riiiight. Joe Kelly is usually a writer I enjoy, but he's making a mess of this.
Anyway I hope you didn't take my response a bad way, Im definetley not challenging your opinions, I just found your post interesting and thought I'd comment :)
Not that there's anything wrong with challenging someone's opinions... ;)