Shankie's House of Guns & Spandex

So, from Justice League of America 80-Page Giant #1 that's come out so recently, I was delighted to find not only time-travel hijinks with our heroes, but... Steel and Wonder Woman ending up in the most fabulous of time and space locales; a pirate ship back in the day. Like something straight out of my fic, Diana is a pirate captain aiding the downtrodden and accidentally winding up chained up in the hold happens. It starts with an angry John Irons in irons and yes, that made me laugh, because I'm silly.



The art has some iffy moments, but we can only get to those if we continue...

( Onward! )

Now I'm real curious as to who that guy is. Why did he float off on wreckage? Did Diana's running straight for a fight with Starro get all her other crewmembers killed? Why isn't this addressed? Gah.

Uh, yeah, so, definitely not the best art or story going on in this issue, but it's relevant to my interests, so there you go.

I'd like to show you something, a panel from the just-out Cry For Justice mini-series that has art I have to admit to mostly liking; nice colours, a little bit of sketchyness, some great details. One detail in particular is of interest.

Can you guess?



Yes, that would be Diana's crotch.

Is she headed towards a frontal wedgie? Are those black pubes? If so, does this mean she trims? Or are those shadows and she shaves... or maybe has no pubes at all? Also, is it just me, or are her hips thrust forward to highlight the possible answer to these questions?

It all kinda reminds me of this incident with one of the swimming instructors when I went to Girl Scout camp...

So, another Crisis tie-in book. Because I'm that much of a masochist. I'm nic-fitting, so this may come off as a little bitchy in places. Heh.

DC Crisis Aftermath: The Four Horsemen is pretty much an excuse for the Big Three to fight zombies and snark at each other. Except they spent so much time on the snark and terrible plot that they're totally blowing the zombie potential. Well, at least so far. It's a 6-issue mini, ongoing, and I don't really care what happens next. But I'm sure I'll read it, anyway.



They're talking about cannibalism, but feel free to interpret as you will, because they're pretty much an old married couple throughout the whole thing. Also? Mister Terrific and Bats snark at each other in a similar fashion over the com-links. And Snapper Carr is a spy.

The Horsemen are Apokoliptian versions of the fun stuff from Revelations and that's really all there is to them.

( I don't know the words to Kumbayah, so count me out. )

Have you drowned in cliche` yet? No, still alive?

Well, that's a damned miracle. God.