Site Update: Image Gallery Policy Added
I’ve redesigned the image gallery to match the look of the rest of the site, and in the process I added a brief blurb that attempts to describe the content policy that I have always had for the gallery. My co-admin and I are pretty picky about what kind of images we put up (referring specifically to the fanart section), because like it now says: the gallery is intended to be a safe space for female fans. There are enough galleries out there for guys who just have to see strong women reduced to sex objects for their pleasure. This gallery is for everyone to enjoy. So not everything makes the cut, and not just the blatantly out-of-character porny stuff.
The gallery policy is not just about exclusion, however. It’s also about including fan works that might get shot down in the average (male-dominated) comics fansite for being ‘girly’ or otherwise non-heteronormative (NSFW, but totally in line for DC or Marvel covers, I think ;-).
But it sure is a fine and subjective line sometimes, trying to decide whether an image is likely to read as exploitive to others. Firstly because we all bring our own experience and therefore can have different responses, and secondly because Supergirl’s costume officially consists of about two-thirds less material than Superman’s and is designed around exposure. It’s no surprise that some fan artists draw Supergirl in a way that they would find absolutely humiliating and offensive if done to Superman. The bar is set so low to begin with. Supergirl’s always had a costume that clearly distinguishes her from Superman in a gendered way. It’s problematic. But we’re fans, we know that, we still think she rocks. So while you won’t much stuff by, say, Ed Benes (maybe one?), you will find a lot of really cool, cute, fun, heroic, and all around awesome images that I hope bring much joy.
Now if I could only pack all that into a 2-3 line blurb :-)
Hee. The first version of this post I saw promised no Adam Hughes. Me: “…Oooops?” ;p
PS, I’ve got a SG comic I’m 99.5% sure you haven’t seen. Want some scans?
Heh, you saw that? It was a revision that was up for like a day. Then I checked the gallery and realized I was thinking of someone else entirely (and I don’t know who). What’s up now is the line I originally had in place (about Ed Benes).
Email me! If it’s Silver or Bronze Age it’s totally possible (so many guest appearances!)
Hmm. Turner maybe?
And now I *cannot find* the issue. It’s hilarious – a JLU-style corporate tie-in about energy. My favourite bit is Kara annoying the hell out of everyone on the Watchtower because they have, eg, plugged things in wrong. They are all smiling and “Thank you for telling me, Supergirl!” But if there had been thought bubbles added they would have been full of the merits of Kryptonite. You could tell. (And then Krypto randomly lands in some family’s kitchen and starts barking at IIRC their stove. And the kid is like, Doggie! And the mom is like, Yes, honey, doggie, very good, but how about we leave the nice superpowered alien creature to do… whatever it wants and GTFO of the building instead? AND THUS THE DAY IS SAVED.)
Nope, wasn’t Turner’s starving waifs, more cheesecake (which could be any number of guys).
I MUST SEE THAT COMIC.
Laaaaand? (Although I am also unsure that ‘guess the artist! Hint: cheesecake’ is a game promising a quick solution.)
I AM SORRY OKAY. THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR MOVING SO MUCH.
PS. You have an IM account?
I saw a Land cover in a store this weekend – couldn’t remember his name, just instinctively pointed to it and blurted “Pornface!” to my BF. Perhaps a bit loudly…
“I AM SORRY OKAY. THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR MOVING SO MUCH.”
I lost a good chunk of my kitchenware last move, and do not know how. But at least it wasn’t something important like comics *phew*
I have a Windows Messenger account (do not like the Facebook). Will email.