One of the craziest humor features in all comics remains Boody Rogers' demented BABE, which sported several scenes of the titular hillbilly girl thrashing lots of opponents.
a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Thursday, December 21, 2023
PERFECT PULCHRITUDE
The artist known as Nanashi has grabbed the manga world with the high school rom-com NAGATORO, and part of his success stems from his great ability to portray the titular character in many moods:
Here she is being a little bit childish while making it clear she's blossoming into you-know-what.
And here's a more penseroso moment.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
AMAZONS AND LIZARDS
In a stand-alone tale from OUT OF THIS WORLD #1, a couple of modern day guys get stranded on an island where the humanoid inhabitants sacrifice victims to man-eating lizards. This incoherent story, drawn by Joe Kubert, proceeds so rapidly that one doesn't even know why the two guys get saved from sacrifice by a bunch of local tough girls. Maybe they just wanted some diversity in the gene pool?
Friday, December 15, 2023
TACKLING THE DUMMY
Teen doofus ERNIE was nothing special, but he had a sister, Billie, who was depicted as a forthright girl, who (in just one story) is seen working a punch-bag in their yard-- something you certainly didn't see every day in the period.
However, the closest she came to wreaking violence was when she once tackled her dummy of a brother.
ADDENDA: For reasons unknown to me, ERNIE was also known as ANDY, but his sister BILLIE stays the same, and in SCREAM #19 she's seen getting rowdy, confirming my suspicion that she was meant to give "tough girl" vibes.
ACES HIGH
From Ace Magazines's FOUR TEENERS comes Sorority Sue and her fellow girls teaching at least one guy the pleasures of BDSM. The girls end up being forbidden to play football by their teacher because she says they play too rough.
And later, a purely symbolic splash in which amorous Curly almost walks the plank thanks to his girlfriend and her two hot cousins.
WESTERN WALLOPS
Here's the Cross-Draw Kid getting his skull creased by Naughty Nita:
And the Kid's co-feature Sheriff Sal slammed around various skunks, the last looking like she's both punching the guy at the same time she pistol whips him.
Monday, December 11, 2023
Sunday, December 10, 2023
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
THIS GUY NEEDS A SHOT
So Lady Luck gives him a shot with her elbow.
(Elbow shots are really rare animals in any medium; hardly ever see 'em used except to escape being pinioned from behind.)
Sunday, December 3, 2023
AMAZONS' DELIVERY
A cool romp with the character of Midnight opposing a civilization of modern Amazons, from SMASH COMICS 76, by an unknown artist doing a passable Jack Cole imitation.
DAFFY DON'T DUCK
Daffy Dill in her more, um, portly constitution...
And in her later, slimmed-down version, from a story which includes a Southern fried vixen as well.
Friday, December 1, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Thursday, November 23, 2023
CATFIGHT AT THE SUZI X CORRAL
How did Rob Zombie manage to make a fight between two smoking babes boring? Well, it wasn't the artist's fault.