Honestly, my give-a-fuck has been out of order on this. I read almost no superhero comics any more, those I do are typically reprints of old material anyway, and since I started reading comics the DCU has been rebooted about half a dozen times. So it's been hard to get too worked up by DC editorial's attempt at "modernization".
Until today.
Behold, the "updated" Harley Quinn:
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It's hard to imagine any reinterpretation missing the point worse than this.
See the relevant Comics Alliance roundtable for a "better" image of Ms. Quinn's new duds, images of many more upcoming tragic miscalculations, and discussion of same.
Well, okay, _yes_ this is just _terrible_. In fact, that whole article sort of pinpointed a lot wrong with the new reboot (thanks for making me care!).
ReplyDelete_But_, yes, someone did ever wear a corset. Zatanna.
And it probably should have stopped there.
(Reference - "Laura: This is awful. Has anyone else ever worn a corset?")