Comments on: Power Girl Special!

By: Juisarian

Juisarian — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:11:23 +0000

This one is my favourite. The Adidas stripes are probably overdoing it a bit but the overall effect somehow just screams “Power Girl” to me.

This design works not because PG having her legs and boobs looks bad, but because it shows she doesn’t neccessarily have to have her legs and boobs out to look right.

By: Ahayweh

Ahayweh — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:23:16 +0000

Adding to the love for the second one, but I’m wondering about the colors. The main bodysuit looks a little on the grey-blue side, and it might look more like Power Girl if it were unmistakably white. Also, there might be a way to evoke the boobwindow without actually taking scissors to the costume- I was thinking you could have the middle construction line make a circle there, so it looks a bit more like Peej’s costume while keeping the gorgeous, tough, kickass feel it has.

Personally, I haven’t really got a problem with the boobwindow, because it’s **Power Girl**, who’s the kind of stubborn, confrontative, weird-sense-of-humor woman who might honestly decide she felt like wearing that. I’ll forgive a lot if it makes sense for the character- there’s no way I’ll ever believe Ma Kent sewed up a four-inch miniskirt for Kara, but I can buy that Karen Starr put on a holey bathing suit to fight crime.

(Really, the thing to do is to add a guy in an equally sexy costume. If we’ve got a problem with exploitative misogyny, and we can’t fix the exploitative, we might as well fix the misogyny- get Power Girl a ripped, buff teen sidekick in shorts and a muscle tee. With a big circle cut out over the pecs. Fair’s fair. I wasn’t following the Power Boy thing- maybe he’s got a twin brother who could come to Peej looking to be mentored?)

By: SOKO

SOKO — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:33:49 +0000

the “boob window” has become iconic. (too late to change that)
If you want to get on a soap box and protest and make statements… you may have to move on to another character to do it. Other than that, just make POWERGIRL fully aware and proud of her assets… (like some busty women are) You don’t have to have a silly explaination for her costume or make her appear ditzy and nieve about her own appearance after that.

By: Phill

Phill — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:02:06 +0000

I may be wrong, but I believe upon review of the comics in question you’ll find that Wally Wood didn’t really incrementally increase PG’s chest. It’s a good story, but I think It’s an urban legend.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:15:09 +0000

Oooo… Hydra!

By: Kevin Huxford

Kevin Huxford — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:06:48 +0000

I meant no disrespect to the design that is getting all the love. It is sharp, but not something that changes things a lot of things about the original. I guess it does drive home the point of how great a difference a few little tweaks can make.

By: mordicai

mordicai — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:00:48 +0000

Yeah, the back-&-forth on the “big boobs” thing can definitely swing into boobs-are-personality-traits, but in a visual medium, i think you can possess traits that become integral to your character. PG & her big breasts are co-joined. I don’t think for a second you have to focus there, but I think it should be a costume design factor.

Kara Thracing Powergirl, though? Could only be a good thing.

Anyhow! I mostly came here because my pitch for the next costume design bender is: Hydra. Man could those guys use a facelift!

By: Dwight Williams

Dwight Williams — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:12:21 +0000

Interesting that Kara Thrace's name should come up. That recent bit of statuary design by Adam Hughes put me somewhat in mind of Thrace's expression in the scene from the pilot mini-series for Battlestar Galactica where she rubs Col. Tigh's face in all of his losses at the card table(and elsewhere). Katee Sackhoff would, I think, make an idea voice actress for Kara(!) Zor-L(?) if a JSA Animated series were ever done.

By: Captain Infinity

Captain Infinity — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:33:39 +0000

A few minutes ago you would have had a hard time convincing me that I could like a new Power Girl costume (especially considering the hideous results of her previous redesigns) but Joel Carroll’s design is amazing! It’s PG, only better. Even without the boob window.

By: Joel Priddy

Joel Priddy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:56:09 +0000

The JSA Classified story was at least as much about her breasts as it was her origins. I think it’s a story with pretty good characterization, and most of the breast-musings worked (I think we’ll all fondly remember the Jimmy Olsen page years from now), but I got tired of the constant attempts to explain the magic Cleavage Window.

“It’s a strategic distraction!”
“It’s why I don’t need a mask!”
“It’s a symbol for my missing identity!”
“I use it to open beer bottles!”