Thursday 14 May 2015

Batgirl by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr


I've never been supper into comics. As a woman its not unusual to feel misrepresented or not represented at all in the comic book world but a few months ago I came across the artwork from Barbara (Babs) Tarr and everything changed. She is the illustrator behind the new improved Batgirl comics by DC. If you appreciate badass women holding their own and beautifully powerful imagery then this is something you need to check out. I found it difficult to get my hands on a physical copy of #35 so ended up downloading it through the comixology app on my iPhone. Turns out I think I prefer reading it on my phone for the convenience of being able to read it wile standing sardine style on the train. 

I've been following her on Instagram and I've become addicted to her tumblr. The work she's done with Sailor Moon its too good for words. She has an etsy store but nothing is available on it at the moment. I'm dying to get one of her prints on a tote bag or a T-shirt or something. Anything. 






Next month (June 17th) Brenden Fletcher will be collaborating with Annie Wu, who is the artist for the Hawkeye comics, to create the 2015 Black Canary. I'm looking forward to this one as well as I slowly grow my collection of kick-ass female comic book heroines. Babs Tarr has done a variant cover for this as well.



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