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Youngblood  197 posts
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Date Posted: 6/19/08 7:44am Subject: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes - Date Edited: 6/19/08 8:42am (4 edits total) Edited By: Youngblood


Sometimes your boss is wrong. Yup, as amazing as it sounds, Dan DiDio, architect of today's DC Universe, the man who gets up in front of a million fans at conventions across the globe, my boss, was wrong.

Here's the back story: I had asked artist extraordinaire Adam Hughes to do the illustration for a new poster, one that would showcase DC's rather formidable female heroes. Although Adam is a super talent and can draw pretty much anything, he's known as the King of Curves, the Sultan of Sex, the Guru of Gals. Simply put, he draws the best darn women in comics history. The poster was to show DC's top ten Superheroines dressed not in their familiar spandex costumes, but rather in white evening gowns. "The REAL Power of the DC Universe." Good, classy concept for a poster, huh?

I e-mail Adam the list of gals Dan wants on the poster and he immediately calls me on the phone. The list spotlights our top female characters, especially those that have new books coming out soon or are featured in major upcoming DC storylines. Adam brings up an odd omission to the list: "Um, you forgot Catwoman." No, I say, Dan hadn't actually forgotten Selina; he just felt since her monthly series was ending in a few months, maybe we should give her a rest and let her sit this one out. Adam and I agreed that the seminal DC badgirl just HAD TO be included in the shot otherwise something, or someone, would so obviously be missing. I beg and plead and try to bribe Dan, but no, he doesn't feel the public wants to see her for a while.

Adam, who has drawn the last few years' worth of Catwoman covers, and who has cultivated a great affection for the character, mumbles and grumbles and tells me how silly and just plain wrong-minded we are. He says he'll draw the poster image, but he's doing so under protest.

Over the course of the next month, I try to get Dan to bend on his "no Catwoman" decision, but to no avail. He stands firm.

When Adam sends in the finished illustration, all ten gals have been lovingly rendered, making the poster image an absolute wonder to behold. But there in the corner stands an eleventh character, dressed in black, the defiant Selina Kyle. Adam included a note with the artwork saying that he just couldn't help himself, so he added Catwoman off to the side, just in case we changed our minds at the last minute. If not, she could be easily Photoshopped out of the image. At that exact moment, Dan walks into my office, looks at the artwork and says, "Wow, Adam did a great job. I'm glad he included Catwoman, because I was having second thoughts about her not being in the group."

It's never wise to strangle your boss, but it's OK to think about it from time to time.

Mark Chiarello

Art Director


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Ok, now. We can't get enough of her. Can we have Catwoman render next pretty please? love

For those who don't read DC comics, from right to left:

Harley Quinn
Poison Ivy
Vixen (standing)
Batwoman (sitting)
Super-girl
Wonder Woman
Power-girl
Black Canary
Zatanna
Oracle (Barbara Gordon in the wheelchair)
Selina Kyle aka. Catwoman

 

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SouLeSS  164 posts
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Date Posted: 6/19/08 7:49am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
From left to right, for those who can't figure it out;

Catwoman, Barbra Gordon (wheelchair), Zantanna, Black Canary, Power Girl, Wonder Woman, Super Girl, Vixen (black chick), Apparntly people think the chick in the seat spread eagle is Lois Lane, Psn Ivy and finally Harly Quinn.

 

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Chiroptera  281 posts
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Date Posted: 6/19/08 8:27am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes - Date Edited: 6/19/08 8:32am (1 edits total) Edited By: Chiroptera
*sigh* Everyone seems to miss this. Makes me think I'm the only person that thought this character was interesting...

Hughes himself, as well as Didio have both said, the sitting woman with the dark red hair (something neither Lois, nor Huntress have) is Kate Kane, the new Batwoman. She is going to be a leading character in the new comic Justice League.

So, once again the list of characters in that picture, from left to right: Selina Kyle, Barbara Gordon(Oracle), Zatanna, Black Canary, PowerGirl, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batwoman, Vixen, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn.

 

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Youngblood  197 posts
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Date Posted: 6/19/08 8:44am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
Chiroptera posted:
Hughes himself, as well as Didio have both said, the sitting woman with the dark red hair (something neither Lois, nor Huntress have) is Kate Kane, the new Batwoman.


There edited. :P

Am a bit embarrassed now, cos she was one of the reasons I read 52. ^^

 

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dusk83  182 posts
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Date Posted: 6/19/08 9:34am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
I liked this pic!

 

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Blackua  3051 posts
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Date Posted: 6/19/08 9:41am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
This is why Adam Hughes is the best at what he does.
Now maybe he could do some promotional MKvsDC stuff?

 

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Date Posted: 6/19/08 12:41pm Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
Now that I think about it, Selina is the only one that is not looking at the camera. True outcast. <3 Cool and defiant. love

 

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Date Posted: 6/19/08 12:44pm Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
yeah, I'd love to see him draw some promo pics for the game.

 

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Date Posted: 6/19/08 12:44pm Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
I'd like to give her a hug.
But then she'd scratch me.
rawr...

 

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Date Posted: 6/19/08 12:49pm Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
Love Vixen and Catwoman. love

 

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Date Posted: 6/21/08 3:24am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
Love the fact that every dress fits the style of girl wearing it.

 

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Date Posted: 6/21/08 4:38am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
i dont follow dc so uhh, why is "batwoman" in a wheelchair?

 

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Youngblood  197 posts
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Date Posted: 6/21/08 5:21am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
Once again:

Youngblood posted:

For those who don't read DC comics, from right to left:

...
Batwoman (sitting)
...
Oracle (Barbara Gordon in the wheelchair)
...

 

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Date Posted: 6/22/08 4:42am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
Youngblood posted:
"Um, you forgot Catwoman." No, I say, Dan hadn't actually forgotten Selina; he just felt since her monthly series was ending in a few months, maybe we should give her a rest and let her sit this one out. Adam and I agreed that the seminal DC badgirl just HAD TO be included in the shot otherwise something, or someone, would so obviously be missing. I beg and plead and try to bribe Dan, but no, he doesn't feel the public wants to see her for a while.

Over the course of the next month, I try to get Dan to bend on his "no Catwoman" decision, but to no avail. He stands firm.

When Adam sends in the finished illustration, all ten gals have been lovingly rendered, making the poster image an absolute wonder to behold. But there in the corner stands an eleventh character, dressed in black, the defiant Selina Kyle.


Cool. She really deserves to be here.
And Dan DiDio is starting to annoy me. Oh and "Amazons Attack" was a horrible crossover title.

 

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Date Posted: 6/22/08 4:47am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
bwah! I love that pik.. they should do one like that but for our MK Ladies!

 

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Date Posted: 6/22/08 8:29am Subject: RE: "DC Babes" drawn by Adam Hughes
Beautiful!

The picture is really good. I would had loved to see Poison Ivy with a more sleek/straight hair though, and more crazy looking (the hair). Best female of that group imo.

It was also very nice to read the artists comments.

BTW, it would be awesome to get a "MK Babes" pic as well. I can just picture Sonya, Mileena, Sindel, Nitara, Frost, Li Mei, Kitana, etc....awesome!

 

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