Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for February 13, 2011
February 12, 2011
February 14, 2011
Transcript:
woman: She woman, don't you hate that guys get all the good origin stories? woman: I don't know, I think mine is pretty great! Y'know that alien who was rocketed from his planet as it exploded? But when he was exposed to the earth's yellow sun, it transformed him into a giant monster! and now a hero to some and a menace to others, he protects the city as behemoth man! Woman: Okay, but what does that have to do with you origin?? Woman: I"m that guy's cousin!!
Kamino Neko almost 14 years ago
Hah. Clever, clever, Mr Dunlap.
(Tough, to be fair, Supergirl got a pretty good origin of her own - the whole exploded planet thing kind of effected her, too, and they had to explain a lot of things in light of that. She-Hulk’s is pretty lame, though.)
Coyoty Premium Member almost 14 years ago
That’s just bizarro.
zero almost 14 years ago
Hey - at least she got the good looks in the family….
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
That’s the big double-standard, jukeofurl. A male super-hero’s powers are far more likely to manifest as a physical deformity than a female’s. Scales, huge foreheads, hooves, tails, what-have-you… But a super-heroine’s “transformation” is more likely to increase her hotness than detract from it.
There are a few exceptions (She-Thing is the only one that comes to mind, but there are others), but their scarcity points out the generality of the rule.
twistedmonkey almost 14 years ago
zzzzzzzzzz
SidSnomann almost 14 years ago
KaminoNeko: It’s ‘affected’, not ‘effected’.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
Nerds and geeks tend to like their fantasy women in iconic proportions, fritz. Witness the road kill t-shirts ads.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
Grammar Man is at it again!!!
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
freeholder, it’s been posted here before, but…
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MostCommonSuperPower
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
For a worst-case scenario of a heroine with an uglifying super-power, check out Element Girl’s predicament in Neil Gaiman’s “Facade”, which is collected in the “Dream Country” collection of Sandman.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 14 years ago
The origin of Rogue’s powers is interesting. (The comic version of Rogue, not the movie version)