From: Danny Sichel Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [rec.arts.comics.misc] State of the (Superheroine) Art Date: 2 Oct 1998 16:12:46 GMT Subject: State of the (Superheroine) Art From: divalea@aol.com (DivaLea) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc Just an observation on how kids not only see everything thast passes in front of their eyes, but how clearly. On the family computer, we have a "paper doll" program known as KIss or FKiss. Once you've downloaded the player, you also download "dolls" for same. The doll is usually a figure on a colored background with sets of clothing that can be cycled through using buttons on the FKiss bar, or by clicking and dragging the clothing. (Viewer and dolls can be found at Dov Sherman's Big KISS page, Http://otakuworld.com/kiss) FKiss originated in Japan, however, people all over the world have made dolls for FKiss viewing. (The SLEAZE CASTLE folks even have one!) As you might expect, since we're longtime comics readers in this house, and I'm a pro, we, uh, read a few comics. We also have a WIZARD magazine arrive more or less every month, somehow found ourselves on the Another Universe mailing list, and buy PREVIEWS in any month I have something solicited. While neither of our tastes run to buttflossed heroines (I read NEVADA, SiP, BONE, ASTRO CITY, LEAVE IT TO CHANCE, BATMAN ADVENTURES etc.), with the above-mentioned periodicals, there's not much of a shortage of imagery of glossy rear ends. (I do try to point out how silly I think it is. Imagine me trying to explain why the bare-breasted goddess in SHEBA is okay, but a pair of oiled cheeks hanging out of "armor" is goofy. I can't WAIT to explain why I think a picture of a 14-year-old in a shirt shredded to just below her breasts is gross...) So, anyway, there's our misses not a damn thing five year old playing with the Daria paper doll. Lo! This set features Daria's usual uniform: the jacket, skirt, shirt and boots, but also has party clothes, bike leathers, a wedding dress, and golly, a getup not unlike Frank N. Further's from ROCKY HORROR. (For the two people on the planet who've not seen ROCKY, this is fishnets, a black bustier, and a g-string.) The kid gleefully mixes and matches bits for somewhere around two hours until she squeals, "Mama! Come look!" I go look. Daria is wearing a t-shirt top, the g-string, and her wedding veil has been settled upon her shoulders like a cape. "Mama! I made a SUPERHERO!" Ahem.