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jarodrussell ([info]jarodrussell) wrote in [info]scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-19 13:11:00

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Entry tags:char: power girl/kara zor-l/karen starr, char: ultra-humanite/gerard shugel, creator: amanda conner, creator: jimmy palmiotti, creator: justin gray, in-joke: bondage, publisher: dc comics, title: power girl

Power Girl #2
Since no one else has posted anything...




The thing that I really like about this page...aside from the obvious, heh, heh, heh...are the first three panels at the bottom. I've never had a high regard for Amanda Conner's art, because I didn't think her eyes ever followed the narrative very. However, this issue, this page and the last page, where Peej's eyes are essentially her dialog, has made me take back every negative thing I've said about Conner.

I also like U-H's method for thwarting heat vision...although it's kind of out of step with the earlier demonstration of Peej using her heat vision as a force beam to knock U-H off her back. Still, the effort to detail the deathtrap here is appreciated.


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[info]kali921
2009-06-19 01:43 pm UTC (link)
I'm not feeling the art in this, particularly in the top panel, where we clearly need a "legs don't work that way" tag applied. But I agree that Peej's eyes in the bottom three panels are great.

I'd been really looking forward to this series, and sadly I'm not enjoying it as much as I'd hoped. But there are little shiny moments here and there, and you've nailed one of them.

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[info]jarodrussell
2009-06-19 02:02 pm UTC (link)
A deathtrap properly applied can make me completely unobjective when judging a comic book, but...yeah. I really hope Grey and Palmiotti step up the character quirkiness alot in coming issues, because barring this kind of scene in every other issue, I'm going to get very critical very fast.

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[info]volksjager
2009-06-19 01:47 pm UTC (link)
Woa, TMI there Ultra Humanite. With the seams in her outfit how does Pee-Gee avoid viscous camel-toe ???

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[info]jarodrussell
2009-06-19 02:03 pm UTC (link)
Probably the same way Empowered does.

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[info]volksjager
2009-06-19 02:29 pm UTC (link)
Dunno who that is .

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[info]jarodrussell
2009-06-19 02:58 pm UTC (link)
http://www.darkhorse.com/Search/empowered

And it was a joke, btw. There's a running gag about her lack of a camel toe, but they've never explained it.

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[info]just_mrasaki
2009-06-19 03:31 pm UTC (link)
there's also a running joke about the effects of her suit on any...hair down there, too. I believe 'brillo pad' was the term bandied about. :D


By the way, WTF is a "viscous camel-toe"?

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[info]foxhack
2009-06-19 03:47 pm UTC (link)
I HOPE she meant vicious.

Viscous... I don't expect that to be very comfortable.

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[info]bariman1987
2009-06-19 06:11 pm UTC (link)
"Latex over steel wool" is the phrase that sticks in my mind the most.

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[info]foxhack
2009-06-19 02:03 pm UTC (link)
Bondage ain't my thing.

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[info]jarodrussell
2009-06-19 02:05 pm UTC (link)
Duly noted. Next time I post a picture of Power Girl restrained, I'll be sure not to dedicate it in your honor. ;)

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[info]foxhack
2009-06-19 02:11 pm UTC (link)
I'm sorry if my comment seemed snarky. I just... don't like bondage, especially like this. :\

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[info]jarodrussell
2009-06-19 02:43 pm UTC (link)
If you don't mind me asking, how do you mean "like this?" I kind of thought this piece was tame.

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[info]volksjager
2009-06-19 02:46 pm UTC (link)
seconded :)

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[info]foxhack
2009-06-19 02:52 pm UTC (link)
"Villain ties up superhero and tells her just how vulnerable and / or exposed he or she really is at the moment." I dunno. It just makes me feel queasy.

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[info]foxhack
2009-06-19 02:52 pm UTC (link)
Also, I realize I shouldn't have said anything, I didn't mean to flame or anything. Blah. -_-

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To each their own.
[info]jarodrussell
2009-06-19 03:00 pm UTC (link)
You didn't bother me. I'm cool. :) I appreciate your candor.

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[info]jeyl
2009-06-19 02:47 pm UTC (link)
I like Bondage, but not in the 'willing' sense.

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[info]taggerung301
2009-06-19 02:57 pm UTC (link)
a.k.a rape?

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[info]jeyl
2009-06-19 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Well...............
....
....(Oh, boy)
.....
Let me be honest. Rape is something that I detest to quite substantially. However, I can't help but find it silly and unsexy when people willingly do bondage. That's all. .... well, not quite. Everyone has their own thing and as long as they keep to it responsively, I have zero issues about it. It's like violence. Nobody likes it, but we always get a kick out of watching it in some way other than in real life scenarios.

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[info]taggerung301
2009-06-19 08:11 pm UTC (link)
yeah, i getcha

sorry I kinda threw that at you, it was just the first thing that popped into my head

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[info]mullon
2009-06-19 03:15 pm UTC (link)
I'm not a fan of torture scenes myself. Or speeches where we are supposed to pity the villain somewhat.

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[info]jarodrussell
2009-06-19 03:19 pm UTC (link)
I'm with you on the torture part, which is one reason I left off the last page. Deathtraps and peril are where I draw my line.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-06-19 05:33 pm UTC (link)
Agreed, imminent (rather than actual) peril and deathtrap related bondage all the way (With the possible exception of that Perez Robin/Brother Blood scene where I was consistently and sufficiently distracted by the fact Dick was topless)

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[info]aulayan
2009-06-19 06:54 pm UTC (link)
Especially speeches that completely rewrite the villain's history.

Since the Ultra-Humanite fought the JSA back in the '40s....

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[info]bluefall
2009-06-19 09:17 pm UTC (link)
And lazy as hell, too, he's pretty much stealing Giganta's shtick point-for-point, right down to the "couldn't get the superhuman female and therefore stuck in a monkey."

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Dolores Winters
[info]jlroberson
2009-06-20 04:57 am UTC (link)
He tried putting his brain in a normal human female once. They break.

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[info]buttler
2009-06-20 08:40 pm UTC (link)
Her cousin's first recurring baddie, even.

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[info]jlroberson
2009-06-21 10:45 am UTC (link)
Technically, the first DC supervillain.

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[info]mullon
2009-06-19 03:16 pm UTC (link)
So what, he kidnapped her for her benefit?

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[info]long_silence
2009-06-19 03:33 pm UTC (link)
He wants to switch bodies.

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[info]midnightvoyager
2009-06-19 03:48 pm UTC (link)
OH HER BRAIN THANK GOD.

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[info]galateus
2009-06-19 09:09 pm UTC (link)
I KNOW RIGHT. I was trying, trying so hard to figure out what he could be talking about that would not be horrifying on at least three levels.

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[info]midnightvoyager
2009-06-19 09:14 pm UTC (link)
When your reaction to physical actual brain-swapping is "OH THANK GOD," something is possibly wrong with the situation. X_X

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[info]foxhack
2009-06-19 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Why is he so obsessed with having a female body? Jeez. Even back when he was introduced he got a female body.

Sounds like a lot of good material to work with.

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[info]bariman1987
2009-06-19 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Peej has a Kryptonian-level superpowered body, but I'm sure the boobs help too.

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[info]jeyl
2009-06-19 06:35 pm UTC (link)
Well, if this means that he'll still try and get together with the ladies in Powergirl's body, it's an acceptable loss in my book.

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[info]bluefall
2009-06-19 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Honestly, between that and the fact that I can't recall the last time Peej actually did anything that couldn't just as easily be accomplished by a monkey, albeit one with superpowers, this actually starts to sound like a really sensible trade. The Power Girl body can match itself up with an incredible intellect and a) begin behaving like somebody who could actually feasibly be in charge of a group like the JSA and b) stop pretending that it's not delighted by boob jokes, and the Peej personality can continue to punch things very forcefully and be easily angered. Everyone wins.

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[info]bariman1987
2009-06-21 12:17 am UTC (link)
So he's "sparing" her by putting her brain in his gorilla body? Ah, okay, that's what was confusing me. The whole "cutting out her brain" thing didn't seem like sparing her.

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[info]midnightvoyager
2009-06-19 03:47 pm UTC (link)
Woah, woah, woah, wait, woah.

Cut out the least used part of her body.

...

Complete with many cleavage shots.

Her chest is bare and exposed.

...

If he's planning on cutting off her boobs, I will kill myself.

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[info]taggerung301
2009-06-19 08:09 pm UTC (link)
my god, that would cripple Power Girl as a character!

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[info]tanetris
2009-06-19 08:18 pm UTC (link)
He said "least", not "most".

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[info]faile_neume
2009-06-20 12:00 am UTC (link)
FYI he's wants to swap bodies. So he's cutting out her brain.

The cleavage shots are just a normal part of a Peej book.

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[info]psychop_rex
2009-06-20 01:27 am UTC (link)
I love her exasperated look in the second bottom panel. She's like, 'up yours, Mr. Monkey.'

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[info]jlroberson
2009-06-20 04:56 am UTC (link)
Conner rules and she has a stage director's touch with her characters. they "act" well.

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[info]killermoth1
2009-06-20 05:02 am UTC (link)
Oh the lack of context when I first read this was hilarious. I thought Humanite was going to stick Peej's breasts onto his own body in a sex change procedure. Then I find out he really is going for a sex change, and I nearly blew my drink out my nose!

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[info]lurkslikefox
2009-06-21 02:45 pm UTC (link)
And all this from the same issue that brought us blood-splattered albino-gorilla-on-psychotic-lady sex.

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