For my money, the actual best Supergirl material is the Silver Age stuff, largely written by sci-fi legend Otto Binder and charmingly illustrated by Jim Mooney. It’s very silly, heightened, cartoony, dream logic, etc., in a way that modern readers eager for “grounded” “realism” from cape shit don’t always vibe with. Like, if you’re not on that wavelength, you’ll make fun of Comet the Super-Horse instead of finding him fanciful and joyous. But, the imagination and playfulness is so special. As far as modern stuff, the current series by cartoonist Sophie Campbell (with gorgeous colors by Tamra Bonvillain) is already an all-timer at just 3 issues. She’s infused her work with influences from the Silver and Bronze Age (Streaky the Super Cat!), and also from the CW show (Lena Luthor!), into the platonic ideal of a modern cape comic. Hope it gets a long runway. (Honorable mention to the 00s Superman/Batman story by Jeph Loeb and Michael Turner that reintroduced Supergirl. Loeb sucks, lol, and the late, great Turner was in some ways a bad fit, but it’s a formative comic for me that I still appreciate in certain ways. Also shout out to the 90s when Supergirl was a weird alien goo “matrix”; comics are wild.)
aside from Woman of Tomorrow i liked Mariko Tamaki's Being Super. haven't read much else but i do have Gates/Igle which i've heard is good and yes, the current run by Campbell/Bonvillain is already fantastic
I will say, if Woman of Tomorrow really does have a ton of narration like Tim said, that will drive me nuts and I might give up on it haha
It’s kind of Elseworlds? It’s more of a jump to the future that was meant to originally be the end to his run before it was cut short. I really enjoyed it, but it’s definitely one to read all at once because it’s telling 3 intertwined stories all at once and doesn’t always have clear markers on which one is happening in a given panel outside of costumes and context.
Odds a certain group of people gets all up in arms over replacing “The American Way” with “Whatever”?
It’s very “Supergirl in a Guardians movie,” lol. But, it also seems fun. I bet I’ll like it a lot (in spite of not liking the specific comic it’s working off of).
Bilquis Evely's art is so much more colorful and vibrant than this. hopefully they showed only one planet in the teaser and the rest of the movie is more diverse. i'm so sick of drab greys and browns.
idk am i overreacting? it's just a teaser, and there are some shots in it that are colorful. they nailed the tone and characterization at least. i'm excited. just not blown away.
I feel like having the first two movies in this universe be two characters with the same power set and just slapping a Guardians of the Galaxy filter over the second one may have been a mistake. That being said, I’m looking forward to this.