Monday, May 10, 2021
Spotted on Twitter: a new Blue and Gold commission by artist Dean Kotz:
Always so much fun whenever these two are together. Fun for me, that is. They don't look like they're having such a great time — even if they do look great doing whatever it is they're doing. That's one radical flared collar, Booster.
Great work, Dean.
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ithildyn posted on May. 10, 2021 at 1:22 PM
It got me thinking that one thing I like about both of of their costumes is that they got (under an artist that cares about these details) something that breaks the monotonous superhero silhouette, namely the flared collar (& handblasters) for Booster and the holster (& domed goggles, in profile) for Beetle.
Cape comics could use some more of the design philosophy of varied silhouettes going on in animated movies, or even from Team Fortress 2 - from before the game became a silly smorsgasbord of community-made cosmetics. And I'd love to see me some heroes with more of the shape of, say, the Heavy Weapons Guy (of TF2 fame). Artists who make Ted Kord a little thicker in the belly have all my love and admiration. The guy canonically has reason not to have shrink-wrapped abs. Doesn't make him any less capable, neither.
Oh well, I've meandered into the entire body shape issue in comics instead of just memorable silhouettes, and that's quite another kettle of fish. A Pandora box, even.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 10, 2021 at 7:07 PM
Golly, those are some interesting observations, Ith, that would be interesting to explore deeper than a monologuing blog allows for. I often pooh-pooh so-called "social media" because its so shallow, but maybe I've shortchanged podcasts which may have some value as a marketplace for such discussions. (Not that I'm going to start podcasting anytime soon. "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.")
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