#image comics l

[superheroes-or-whatever]

The Ambassadors #5 cover by Matteo Buffagni

#Cover art #The Ambassadors #Millarworld #Matteo Buffagni #image comics l #indie comics #comics

[lesbiandardevil]

daredevil's pal

#at that point in my (their) life #begging praying etc for them to talk about the elephant in the room (years of lies) #the picture in the frame is technically a panel redraw of a polaroid foggy has somewhere in his house #i have a lot of feelings and thoughts about the whole identity reveal but this is not the time and place !!! #+ ratio + no one cares + L #anyway. #daredevil stuff #my art #daredevil #foggy nelson #franklin nelson #daredevil comics #comics #mattfoggy #thank you #image description in alt

[upon-the-snow]

this scene made me feel shrimp emotions so here

#okay this may be my second art post about scherzo in 24 hours but my excuse is I listened to bite the hand on a loop and felt emotions #But I actually drew these both a couple weeks ago lmao #scherzo #doctor who #eighth doctor #big finish #charley pollard #eight x charley #comic #tw suicide #My art #doctor who art #procreate #artists on tumblr #sorry again image res is worse on this one #Scherzoposting at 2am h e l p #edit: so their hands are not accurate to the audio #I forgot 😬

[vryfmi]

hot take but im willing to die on this hill

#lockwood and co #l&co #jonathan stroud #lockwoodandcomic #lockwood and comic #.mypost #described #image description in alt

[coeuretoiles]

Something something Rob/lox Winterkov…hmmm (technically the intention of this artwork isn’t Winterkov related but whatever lol)

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NEW NOTE:

Pls don’t make this drawing weird thanks 😭 not all my art is sus okay. Also I realized it looks like Winter King is giving Simon a mega wedgie so I gotta redraw that LOL

#my artwork #WIP #I realize a large portion of my art I post here is su/s looking but PLS- l #this is just a fun image for a comic I’m doing

[oliveroctavius]

idk if its an accurate word since it's not usually intentional, but how do you feel about the queer coding with Eel's gender? (especially in the 2018 comic)

to steal someone else's joke phrasing that puts it well:

I... have complex feelings on the 2018 solo's writing overall. I think my final thesis is: The character decisions were cool enough, but 2018 Plas misses out on some SUPER interesting possibilities by ignoring so much of original Plastic Man's lore.

I hope you sent this ask expecting an essay because you're getting one under the cut. Contains musings on the nature of comedy, "passing", and comics-typical transphobia.

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I'm going to start with gendered attraction instead of presentation—I think it explains some things.

"The noble chaste hero gets a funny horny sidekick" is an old trope. OG Plas was the neutral hero. He seems actively scared of flirtation.

IIRC his only on-panel kiss is when he lets a lady who electrocutes via kiss power catch him, in order to defeat her (PC #100).

(Including these panels just because they're gorgeously rendered.)

The JLA writes him Like That because they'd decided he was the Horny Sidekick now. This ran into creepy-guy-threatening-women territory quick. 2018 Plas being the bouncer (get it?) at a strip club feels like both a continuation and direct rebuttal to that characterization.

Is there a hard line between queer coding and comedy-driven sexuality?

Comedy often works via expectation/setup -> subversion/punchline. Gender and sexuality standards are a kind of setup. (A man would enjoy attention from a pretty woman. A man would rather not see the Riddler in a thong.) Implied asexuality or bisexuality is then a subversion, a punchline.

I'd say it's on a sliding scale. Mockery wants you to laugh, because the subversion is impossible or unnatural. Earnest representation wants you to nod, because the subversion is possible and acceptable.

Bisexual Plas is in the spirit of the original, somewhere on that sincerity scale. Did I mention an off-panel golden age kiss?

Also, Plas and Woozy lived together and slept in Bert & Ernie beds. Listen: Woozy is a whole pile of transgressions you're supposed to find funny. If you're going for bisexual Plas, why not make him like Woozy and retroactively validate some of those jokes as possible states of being? Just sayin'.

Right, right. Gender. I'm guessing you're thinking of is the parallel drawn between Plas and the explicitly trans kiddo Pado Swakatoon. Seeing the Suave Prince of Pine Street boldly claim such a seemingly silly identity makes Eel decide to embrace Plastic Man.

So I'm disappointed that they dropped something that could make the trans parallel explicit: OG Plastic Man wasn't just Eel in shades. He created a new, permanent face and body for himself both as an expression of identity and a protective measure. Being "outed"--even though he has not physically been Eel for years at that point--nearly loses him friends, his job, and his freedom.

All 2018 Eel is really considering changing is his moral compass. With little else at stake, the parallel feels weaker.

The pressure to "pass" is an (unintentional) theme written all over pre-DCverse Plastic Man. Explicitly related to gender, even: the meanspirited man-in-dress jokes were rarely targeted at Plas even though his job included missions in girlmode.

If a joke is the gap between expectation/reality, "passing" is meeting enough expectations to close that gap. Plas fits the mold enough to dodge most of the 1940s otherwise rampant transmisogyny.

But passing as female is dangerous, too. When Plas takes a woman's place, he's usually trying to act as a lightning rod to a threat targeting her. That's another reason I love the "bouncer for a strip club" thing. They could push his identification with the dancers even further. Skimpy costume, dubiously legal night job, talented physical performer whose intelligence is often underestimated and whose secondary identity puts them at risk for violence...

It's odd. The 2018 series only has Plas take on other forms partially, momentarily, and usually just as a punchline. Passing as other people or innocuous objects to go places unaccosted is usually an entire pillar of his shtick.

When people "clock" him, they tend to shout something like "That's not a table! It's Plastic Man!" But if he's shaped like a table, and acting as a table, it would be just as accurate to say "Plastic Man is a table now" until he resumes his "normal" form. He can be one thing today and another thing tomorrow and all of those things for real.

Your ask uses the word "queer". That word shows up in the oldest comics in its original meaning: out-of-the-ordinary. Those who self-identify as "genderqueer" often do so because they'd rather not define themselves in relation to male or female-ness. "Passing" only has meaning if your goal is to be seen as one of the Expected Categories. What if you're something entirely unexpected?

(At this point I'm just kind of adding vaguely relevant panels to break up my wall of text. Thank you, 70s Plas.)

2018 Plas does briefly turn into Wonder Woman. I don't really know why he does this? Did he want to get tackled? Either way, he talks like Plas Doing A Parody--this isn't really a form he's trying to own.

Later he turns into Harley Quinn, mostly. The artist later apologized for adding serious crotch bulge to how she normally draws Harley. Which could be based, but the "transgression" lasts for just one absurdist sexed-up panel.

Plastic Man is the character it makes least sense to trot out the "men can only ever parody female-ness" jokes on. He doesn't even have toes—what's inside this man's Speedo is a state of perpetual quantum uncertainty.

I love Pado Swakatoon being included in the 2018 comic. But Pado's transition, rejecting identity A, preferring identity B, probably isn't the best lens for reading Eel. Transition doesn't have to be a straight line to a fixed destination; it's slipperier than that.

I'd argue "being Plastic Man" isn't a goal identity; he's just a conveniently safe default for someone who can be anyone. He's more defined his ability and enjoyment of change: the joy of self-determination without boundaries. The joy of being able to change one's mind at any time for any trivial reason. Because it can be helpful, because it can be fun, and because it can be him, all of it.

#plastic man #anon #didn't finish adding image ids. will go back and complete that later #eel o'brian #hey. why does the 2018 one keep calling attention to the fact that eel has a dick actually. #maybe women writing comics can take a little L for that

[spawn-universe]

NEW SPAWN COSTUME from the upcoming NEW SPAWN TITLE ‘Rat City’.

Written by Erica Schultz

Art by Ze Carlos

#image comics #todd mcfarlane #ze carlos #erica schultz #rat city #spawn #l

[aseplant]

Final Conversation

When the people you meet leave you nothing but revenge.

Pages 1-4

Pages 5-7

#the ember knight #comic #my art #nagyunn #zius #hehe i love cyclic stories #having said that if zius canonically died i think id riot #i was gonna put them all tgt cuz they look nicer when you scroll but 10 image limit... L #anyway first comic complete hope you enjoyed :) #aseplant art

[doomed-jester]

More Spawn doodles!

This is what I do instead of paying attention in class lmao. Sorry for the quality of the photos

#i spent like #an hour on each of them #maybe less #it was a two hour lecture so that's just an estimate l #spawn #todd mcfarlane #al Simmons #violator #the violator #clown #the clown #fanart #fan art #image comics

[branmer]

lol @ the ai people spinning that comic book thing as a win when actually the ruling was that only the text and arrangement could be copyrighted, because those were the work of a human, whereas the images cannot be copyrighted because they're generated by midjourney lol, but of course they are lying and trying to pass it off as ai art being copyrightable when that is not the case at all

they are such losers. god

#like i cannot stress enough this is a massive L for them #it is beautiful #once again i wish all ai prompters a very please die #someone should take the images from that comic and sell them as merch without the prompters permission just to fuck with them #like throw them up on redbubble or something #no one would buy them ofc because they're shit #but that's not the point

[gessshoku]

Honey Comb comic very exciting💃✨ three whole pages sounds like a lot of work tho so make sure you’re taking breaks and stretching!

But also- what’s rendering- like shadows?

(Timmy the tiny clown?)

I have been taking breaks! Thank you for your concern! <3

Rendering is the final stage of coloring! Like adding shadows, lighting and special effects whatever that may be, overall just spicing up your drawing! (At least that’s how I understand it)

#Timmyyyyy #Timmy beloved! #gess box of cookies #there’s more than three pages #i normally just let my comics flow #no clear image or idea before creating it #i have Point A and I do whatever is best to put to get to Point B and so on #it is almost done tho! i Can f e e l it #seems smooth enough

[superheroes-or-whatever]

The Ambassadors #5 by Mark Millar Matteo Buffagni

#The Ambassadors #Millarworld #Matteo Buffagni #image comics l #indie comics #comics #Comic books

[princesscedar]

Extra birthday gift, they bought me an OTGW shirt!!!! Pottsfield babey!!!!!! Also a TOH shirt :D

#the fact that i adore otgw and never bought myself merch lmao-- #wait i bought one of the comics #wearable merch though is a different question #sentext #I looked so cute in it yesterday too bad i fear my image being public online l

[luckylazylurker]

Sometimes I see the expressions Tap uses in her art and it tugs at my heart in ways I don't fully understand.

How powerful and profound must an image created by a single pair of hands be to redefine the very definition of love, grief, heartbreak, hope?

I feel like I can only dream of doing something like that - I strive to create something with even a fraction of that level of feeling just so I can hand it back to her and say "thank you so much."

#aka: L has been looking through the L.O.V.E. comic again and found that one image #the one of Leo smiling down at Casey at the end of it all just before realizing he's died #and the impact it has on me when I see it feels like a realization every damn time #“oh. that is love. it is joy and pain and care and relief and-” #and I just. *beats fist on table*

[gildedoak]

Sweet Tea: the staple of nearly every Southern household.

I think this is about to be a WHOLE DANG THING. I blame this brainworm on @notherpuppet and her Bread Pudding comic. Got me all nostalgic for foods from when I was a kid at my grandparents' house.

We all know Al loves jambalaya, so I'm focusing on some other dishes!

SOUTHERN COMFORT FOOD SERIES Chicken and Waffles Peach Cobbler Hushpuppies Crab Boil Fried Catfish Shrimp and Grits (debating on this one, b/c it came out in the '50's?) Biscuits and Gravy Cornbread Gumbo

Medium: Copic markers, gel pens, colored pencil

Image Description below the cut!

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: a 6-panel Radioapple comic

Panel 1: Lucifer crouches by the kitchen counter, watching Alastor serve up a glass of amber liquid out of a large glass beverage dispenser. Lucifer: Whatcha makin'? Alastor: It's sweet tea.

Panel 2: Lucifer frowns, standing up straighter. L: But you don't like sweets. (aside: Sus...) A: (offers Lucifer the glass) Correct. This is for the hotel lobby. Taste test this for me?

Panel 3: Lucifer downs the whole glass in one go without hesitating. "Bottoms up!" reads the background with little cartoon stars.

Panel 4: Lucifer freezes, his brain buffering. A: Does it need more sugar?

Panel 5: Lucifer looks up at him, serious as can be, with little pink bubbles and golden Satanic-cross sparkles floating around him. L: Marry me. A: (recoils, hissing) NO.

Panel 6: End! (there's a small sketch of a full glass of sweet tea with a straw.)

END DESCRIPTION]

#my art #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #radioapple #appleradio #morningradio #duckiedeer #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel lucifer #lucifer morningstar #southern comfort food #lucifer x alastor #Southern sweet tea #traditional art #hazbin hotel comic #comic art

[youtwitinmyface]

YOUNGBLOOD #78

Written by Rob Liefeld and Ryan L. Schrodt Drawn by Jon Malin Published by Image Comics Picking up from the aftermath of the previous issue, most of the members of the current Youngblood team have been defeated by Lord Chapel, aided by Chapel Jr. and longtime Youngblood member Troll, both of whom appear to be possessed by the forces that lead to Lord Chapel’s resurrection. Badrock and Chapel Jr.’s partner in the Secret Service, Agent Davis, call in a bunch of former Youngblood members, and non-members, to form a new team to take on Lord Chapel. A who’s who of Extreme Studios characters appear. Task, Psilence, Seoul, Link, Masada, Col. Bravo, Psi-Fire, Rubble, Battlestone, Suprema, Big Brother, Twilight, Johnny Panic, Combat, Brahma, Doc Rocket, Wylder, Sentinel (wife of the original), Dutch and Maximage are asked to join Badrock, Vogue, and Die Hard to take on Lord Chapel, whom we see return to New York, to the same street where he first killed himself in his confrontation with Spawn (which we see in flashback) in order to go to Hell and become a demon lord, along with Troll and Chapel Jr., and begin his plan to unleash Hell on Earth.

And thus we end with another cliffhanger which would never be resolved as this latest relaunch of Youngblood comes to a close, and no further issues were published. It’s a shame as I believe this story had more potential, at least in terms of retaining the longtime fans, than the initial 6 issues written by John J. McLaughlin. But I guess this course correction was simply too late, the attention had already been lost. In hindsight, I also think it’s clear that McLaughlin just was not the right person to relaunch this series. His lack of history in reading Youngblood, not to mention his lack of experience in writing comic books, as talented as he may be at writing films, was apparent early on. I see from an early interview that Scott Lobdell was originally tapped for this series, I’ve liked much of his work, so I can’t help but wonder how he would have handled this book. I see Liefeld brought in Ryan L. Schrodt to script this issue, I’m not familiar with his work, but he may have taken over scripting of this series if it had continued and we could have gotten a satisfying series, or at least a decent conclusion to this arc.

And as I’ve stated since the beginning, I’m just not a fan of Jon Malin’s artwork at all. The only good thing I can say is that he got most of the issues finished on time (other than a 3-month gap between #74 and #75). But I just never warmed up to his art. And thus series can be summed up as wasted potential.

Youngblood (2012 5th Series Image)

#image comics #youngblood #youngblood ongoing series #rob liefeld #jon malin #ryan l. schrodt #superheroes #comic books #comic book review #J.R. LeMar reviews comic books