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espanolbot (espanolbot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-14 22:20:00

Entry tags:

char: batgirl/cassandra cain, char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon, medium: webcomic, title: casstoons

Casstoon regarding Barbara possibly returning to the Batgirl role

By me

On a similar subject, Newsarama are currently running a poll asking who people would like the next Batgirl to be. Currently Cass is in the lead with nearly 400 votes more votes than Barbara, with Steph only a few dozen votes behind her.

Which I think is kind of neat. ^^
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/040913-Batgirl-Poll.html

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	scottyquick 2009-04-14 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-04-14 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	It was kind of a joke about making the new character evil just so they could bring back the old one, even if they're incapable of actually coming back without an illogical rewrite. In Barbara's case it's curing herself of paralysis, in Ted's case it would be recovering from being shot in the head and then incinerated in one of Checkmate's furnaces. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taggerung301 2009-04-14 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	lol, it was a good joke your drawing of evil jamie is quite good (Reply to this) (Parent)

ebailey140
2009-04-15 04:34 am UTC (link)

Jaime has a huge advantage that Cass doesn't: Exposure outside of the comics. That cartoon is why, even though his series was cancelled, he's getting a backup solo strip, pronto. If the cartoon goes on for a while, Jaime, not Ted, will be who is primarily identified as Blue Beetle, if he isn't, already.

Think of how many people watched BtAS and it's spin-offs vs how many read Cass's series. Look at who's getting books or backup strips, this June: Harley, Jaime, Renee... Yep, Cass isn't as well known as Renee Montoya, let alone Barbara Gordon. It's the characters that have either crossed over into other media, like Jaime, or originated there, like Harley and Renee, that are getting pushed.

They really needed to have Cass as Batgirl in that Batman cartoon with the different designs and voices from a few years back. Even though it wasn't as good as the earlier one, it would have gotten Cass some much needed exposure. As it is, when you say "Batgirl", most think of this cute redhead.

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	jarodrussell 2009-04-14 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	I'm assuming the last panel is a "Knightfall" or "Knightquest" reference to when Azrael was wearing the cowl. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	scottyquick 2009-04-14 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Ah! I somehow missed that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jarodrussell 2009-04-14 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	Well...if you were only 10 when you started using Google to get into comics...I can kind of see why. feels very old (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	scottyquick 2009-04-14 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	Not to get into comics, silly, to cultivate my nerdishness. Many hours were ~~wasted~~ spent arguing over what was the best Yu-Gi-Oh deck and how awesome Harry Potter is (SUPER AWESOME OR MEGA AWESOME?) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-04-14 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Heh. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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