I joke that superhero comics are my midlife crisis. I turned 35 and all of a sudden I was consumed with the urge to surround myself with TPBs and have opinions on the characterization of heroes only, like, five people have ever heard of. I blame Kelly Sue DeConnick for being an awesome writer and a redhead (I can't resist a redehad, y'all).
But I still love fashion and frippery, so here are my interests combined:
Solid Supernova Pendant (Free People, $39.95 from $58) Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel, has the best costume in comics right now. I'm not even going to add "in my opinion." I am stating this as fact. Get a little bit of her badass-ness with this necklace. (Also: Lord, has she come a long way from that first outfit, which I look at and immediately think "vagina wedgie.") (Also also: read her book. She is the best.)
V Neck Dress (Shopbop, $529 from $880) Serving up Emma Frost realness. (Ed. Note: Finding a SFW Emma image? Very, very difficult.) But she's my favorite even with the cheesecake costume, and this is why:
Me too, Emma. Me too.
Alchemia Bullet Bracelet (Shopbop, $117 from $195) In the comics, Black Widow has bracelets that fire something called the "widow's bite." IDK what that is. I don't think it's important. What is important is: What the fuck is going on with her legs in this picture? Uh, anyway, this bracelet is made of bullets.
Just the Way You Star Skirt (ModCloth, $61.99 from $87.99) You will never convince me that this isn't Wonder Woman's go-to date-and-or-BBQ skirt.
Red Haute American Summer Dress (ModCloth, $90.99 from $129.99) If you want to date Captain America.
So I totally don't know anything about these comic heroes except for whatever has been in the big-screen movies. (I know: they're probably really dumbed down for people who haven't read the comics.)
ReplyDeleteBut I was reading the stuff on the Captain Marvel page, and I wondered: Do you think it's easier to get into comics if you grew up Catholic? Because this bit "Returning to Earth some years later, Carol exhausted her cosmic energies to save the sun. Her powers severely depleted, she spent months recuperating at Avengers Mansion. Now known as Warbird, she eventually rejoined the team" only seemed the teeniest bit weird to me.
They're not dumbed down so much as streamlined--I imagine Carol's backstory will be much less, um, bugfuck crazy if she ever makes it into the movieverse.
DeleteYou might be onto something with the Catholic connection. Impossible feats, convoluted histories, the need to take things on faith. I can see it.