Designated Sidekick

Or, content that didn’t fit anywhere else, and a reason to queue up comments since I’m away for the weekend…

• Sequential Heart! Hurrah to Rachel Edidin and Dean Trippe . Details of the awesomeness over at Sequential Tart
• Sequential Lego Batman: Catwoman ftw! (thanks to geekanerd) On the subject of Geekanerd commentary, I’m with them as to how damnably creepy the Flash’s Head in A Jar advert for those combination locks really are….
• Gotham by Gaslight Custom Figure Modifications: Much much love for the Hawkgirl and the Wonder Woman in the series. (via my steampunk lifeline, Brass Goggles, and Betty over at GWOG)
• Speaking of steampunk, and not strictly comics related - Lego Steampunk Star Wars contest - oh, my favorites in one easy to drool over format
• Snark out: It’s interesting to note in retrospect that little sly remark on the DC Universe Christmas list about the case for Steph.

Any comics I should be reading this season? Or comics blogs I should pick up on the Google reader?

I spent over $100 on a single DC comics buying spree after the case appeared. Plus, I put Robin and Batman onto Jen’s regular list (should really get my own, but she’s got the bigger regular comics order) to go with the Booster Gold and Blue Beetle. I may yet get the whole BatFranchise into the list. It’ll depend how they go in terms of building on the goodwill gained from the Steph case.

Do I think it’s over? I’m not even convinced Project Girl Wonder is over until the case is mainstream continuity (or what passes for continuity at DC). It’s a panel of hope, of optimism, of future promise and that’s the beginning. Maintaining the support for DC to encourage them to deliver on the promise is key here - walking away would be a fools gold victory.

Do I feel like gloating? Oh hell yeah. I do recall being told quite bluntly that Steph would never have a case, and should never have a case.

Batman 673 proved those people to be poor judges of the future, and even worse judges of the goal of Project Girl Wonder.

Do I think that the battle for decent gender portrayals in comic books has been won? No. There’s a long road to travel here, and there’s still much work to be done.

Batman 673 is a milestone.  It’s the first point where we can point to a mission objective (Case for Steph), and point to a real life comic book panel with the case.  It’s a result that’s tangible.

It’s worth celebrating as we step up once more to keep the momentum going. After all, we’ve had the validation that DC is willing to listen, and we’ve seen the proof, and from here, it’s a matter of continuing to move forwar.

It’s the 21st century. Anything’s possible.

DS