Starfire, I could literally, not figuratively, write a book about her, and not even talk about what happened to the character in the Cartoon shows, or in the comics since the original series ended, actually I’m pretty ignorant about what happened to the character since the original series ended, but the original version of the character remains my favorite of all time, with her massive 80’s hair, hourglass figure, big round eyes, and endless optimism, despite years of slavery behind her, she continued to give people the benefit of the doubt, to remain curious as a child, and cheerful. Her people, a race of proud fierce warriors, have no body shaming issues, it’s a clothing optional planet where people give love freely, and everyone wears purple all the time, what could be better?
At the peak of the series initial commercial success in the early 1980’s, the New Teen Titans was not only DC’s best selling book, it was outselling X-men, it was the best selling comic on the American market and an international success as well, and Starfire was the most popular character, one journalist at the time called wrote: “…Nymph, stoic, and warrior, laced into one being, a wild sexuality, gentle innocence, and Samurai toughness, which all combine into one of the most quick-thinking authentically optimistic and well received characters in contemporary literature”.
That really happened. I recently found an old email where I was talking about that with Marv Wolfman the co-creator of the New Teen Titans. I couldn’t remember what magazine it was in, although I’m sure i have it somewhere, I asked him if he remembered, he said he remembered the quote but not the magazine and asked me to let him know when I dug it up, which I can’t recall if I ever did actually. d: Anyway, Koriand'r is awesome! she takes no guff! she knows she’s hot and thinks that’s great and all, but she’d be pretty boring if that’s all she was. She also comes from outer space, where you run into beings from all kinds of planets with different standards of beauty and knows not everyone is everyone else’s cup of tea and therefore that whole concept is only relative and has no inherent value. I’m thrilled that she has always been a positive role model for women and girls, and boys, and men, I really hope DC gets it’s act together, from what I can tell they’re doing much better in a lot of ways in terms of not just catering to older men who want cheesecake all the time, and trying to appeal to younger female readers who want superheroines who can pass the Bechdel test, wear practical clothing for kicking butt in, like the new Batgirl, the world will change for the better, I have optimism, I learned it from Starfire when I was a teenage boy.
Thank you so much @wonkeaux for this beautiful submission.
DC is getting their act together, and making more of the female heroes have practical outfits and better armor. I hope that many writers, working for DC and otherwise will make more inspirational female heroes!
thanks for asking for my opinion, glad I wrote this. maybe I should write a book!
Starfire # 0 cover in full airbrush colour. censored version, but still a bit naughty. kind of hard to censor something so inherently naughty. the story hasn’t much to do with the cover.it really is an existentialist story about the nature of reality. If you are starting here, don’t start here if you haven’t read my previous comic, which starts here: https://wonkeaux.tumblr.com/post/156560000597/at-last-in-colour-20-years-in-the-making-the
last page of Teen Titans 54/55, sniff. I should have made that hulk lookin dude blue, because it’s not really the hulk obviously, but then Kori is also way out of character here, it’s a joke.
Teen Titans 54 page 20! last story page but not the last page of the comic, 2 pin up pages follow, then a parody of the old Charles Atlas ads that used to run in comics, starring Starfire as babe o’ the beach! it’s funny. let this be a lesson to fans everywhere. you own the characters, do what you want with them, but don’t be surprised if they have their own ideas. hey look it’s Nightwing, in his powder blue Elvis collar. that outfit struck fear into the hearts of criminals, a cowardly and superstitious, also fashion conscious lot. yep. they were afraid to fight a man brave enough to go out in that outfit. the great thing about drawing Death is once you’re done drawing her, you’re also done colouring her! :D
Teen Titans 54 page 19 censored version. probably never thought you’d see the brain and Monsieur Mallah in a bikini contest did you? I know the anatomy is terrible in panel 2, I was swiping he who should not be named (Jaskaa) and it was important to use those 2 panels as reference. now I can see what I would have had to do to make it believeable, but back then I wasn’t able I guess.
thats better. this picture. apparently I’m the first person to post that photo on tumblr, it has 30,000+ notes on it. all I see now are notes about it. driving me insane. if I delete my original post will I stop seeing notifications? I can never see if anyone liked anything else I posted, possibly every again.
[Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers] Writer: Tim Sheridan Artist: Tom Derenick Colours: Peter Pantazis, Matt Herms Letters: Rob Leigh
Reviewed By: Derek McNeil
Summary Teen Titans Academy #15: Final issue! In the shadow of the new Titans Tower, the students and faculty decide whether the school is the right place for…
