#Element Girl

[dirtyriver]

Danger Street #12, written by Tom King, interior art and cover by Jorge Fornés

#Comics #Danger Street #Lady Cop #Dingbats of Danger Street #Atlas #Outsiders #Starman #Warlord #Manhunter #Creeper #Metamorpho #Element Girl #Darkseid #Doctor Fate #Codename Assassin #Green Team #Tom King #Jorge Fornés

[comic-art-showcase]

Element Girl by Ramona Fradon(R.I.P.)

#ramona fradon #element girl #dc

[orionsangel86]

I’m really sorry people are being dicks in your inbox.

Curious if you have thoughts you’d like to share on Facade (the story from Dream Country). I don’t think it’s going to get adapted: the show is sticking closer to Morpheus’s story and I feel like that would be incredibly difficult to adapt well both from the perspective of Rainie’s character design as well as handling the difficult subject matter. But that was a story that got very lodged in my brain and I returned to mulling it over for years and years after I read it.

Thanks! I was very touched by the number of lovely asks I received that day following the weirdness in my inbox!

Facade is a delicate issue, that covers some very delicate topics. I have read that a lot of people view it as one of their favourite Sandman comic issues, which I guess makes sense if you relate heavily to concepts like isolation, loneliness, suicide ideation and putting on masks to hide your true identity... I'm not sure if the show will adapt it or not, but seeing as I view it as an early foreshadowing of the end of the Kindly Ones I would be interested to see if they DO adapt it. I agree that Rainie's character design will be difficult to bring into live action - but then I think the same thing about the entirety of Orpheus' arc, as well as quite a lot of A Game of You, so I doubt its impossible and they will figure out some way to do it if they truly want to.

I can't say that I personally enjoyed Facade all that much. I struggle with the topics mentioned above, and I'm very much of the view that life is always worth living and can always improve (aka the Hob Gadling outlook of life). Unless you are in constant agony all the time and have absolutely zero quality of life... but I don't want to turn this post into a debate about assisted suicide. I didn't view Rainie's situation as one that was worth dying over. She wasn't in agony, she was just lonely. She clearly didn't have a support network and even her only friend was more interested in talking about her own predicament as the pregnant mistress of a married man than to take any time to find out how Rainie was doing - partially because Rainie would not remove her masks (metaphorical and literal) to reveal just how badly she was struggling... anyone who has read through to the end of the Kindly Ones now may start to see the similarities.

There are so many themes to explore in this issue that tie into the wider themes of the overall story. She did not want the power she received, instead it was thrust upon her by an ancient god as part of some ancient battle that was already long since over. So the role she was literally created for was already redundant. Ra not realising this - because the old gods are still so set in their ways and in the Sandman universe this is partially the reason why they are slowly dying out (take characters like Pharamond for example who learned to adapt and change with the times therefore ensuring his own survival) - is just another example of how change and accepting the changing times of the world benefits everyone. Rainie was just another victim in the chaotic world of gods and monsters and powerful entities that care so little about the lives of the mortals they affect. So now she is stuck with a power she did not want or ask for, for a purpose that was over 3000 years before she was born.

I also found this issue to be the best example of how Death is not an entirely good character (as people often attempt to make her). She is completely and utterly neutral in all ways (the true neutral on the alignment chart should always go to Death imo). Whilst Death does try at first to get Rainie to see a brighter side, she doesn't exactly put in much effort, and in the end she gives her the information she needs to get what she wants, though I note that Rainie does NOT ask Ra to kill her, she asks him to make her normal again, though I think the point of it is to show that deep down her wish was just to die at that point, but I guess that's up for interpretation. Death is just that. Death. She is not the person to talk you off the ledge. She is the person who will be there for you after you jump. She saw that Rainie was in a terrible place, and she decided to be there for her whilst she made those decisions. But Death isn't really going to convince you either way. "your life is your own Rainie, so is your death."

I also note that the show used some of Death's speech in this episode in episode 6 when she is talking with Dream, so that's also worth considering when speculating on whether they will adapt Facade or not.

I think for the comic its an important issue and ties in heavily with the comic themes, but as I have often said, the show appears to be taking a different direction, and I don't think Facade fits with the more hopeful, optimistic route that they are taking. But we shall see.

#the sandman #sandman meta #sandman comic spoilers #the sandman comics #element girl #death of the endless #suicide for ts #suicide mention #asks #The sandman facade

[doctorslippery]

#teen titans #bumblebee #speedy #lilith #element girl #supergirl #golden eagle #airwave #guardian #kid flash #robin #wonder girl #aqualad

[voidsuckers]

the most relatable panel in sandman so far

#the sandman #sandman comics #element girl

[panzerdrako]

THE SANDMAN

Dream Country

Façade

#the sandman #vertigo comics #death of the endless #dream country #facade #comic #neil gaiman #element girl

[gen-is-gone]

I got to 'Facade' (The Death of Element Girl) in my reread today, and I keep getting stuck on how despite the fact that it's one of my favorite issues, it's probably for the best that it's almost certainly not gonna make it into the show. Like, it's such *good* comics craft; the lineart and the paneling and *especially* the colors are so well chosen, and it's so fucking heartbreaking, and in so many ways it's a shame we won't see it onscreen (given Death's speech about locking the universe behind her was transposed into 'The Sound of Her Wings', I think we can be fairly confident they're going to leave it out assuming there is a season two) but also, it's the kind of precious to me that means I don't necessarily want to see it raked over the coals by the larger public consciousness. If you want this tender, bleak, awful story about one woman's life-ending despair, you have to earn it. You have to be willing to care about the comics as transcendent art in their own right, and be willing to accept them at their darkest and cruelest. Because yeah, I think the message that Death is willing to assist a catastrophically depressed young woman kill herself instead of trying to talk her down is a very 90s kind of cynical, and doesn't age particularly well and isn't the message "we" (fandom, society, various outgroups likely to care about Sandman, you name it) need these days, but 'Facade' is an incredible piece of tragic writing nevertheless. And honestly, one can easily see the larger narrative parallels and imagine Death remembering her choice to help Rainie kill herself rather than talk her down when the only choice she has left at the end of 'The Kindly Ones' is to help her brother kill himself because she's too late to talk him down. It hurts. It's the kind of bleak that honestly doesn't mesh well with the parts of the show that have changed (and yes, there is something to that, that *change*, isn't there?) in adaptation. 'Facade' goes hand in hand with '24 Hours', and clashes particularly discordant with the somewhat defanged (imo) '24/7'. I don't think the modern show only audience would particularly enjoy it, and part of me is glad that I don't have to defend something I care about as art and story so much in a cultural moment where people are seriously suggesting that tragedy is unnecessary to great storytelling. I appreciate it a lot, I guess, and while I'm sad it won't make it to the big screen, it means the story gets to stand alone, and be only what it is. Every difference in story between the original issues is a deliberate adaptation choice, and the choice not to portray 'Facade' is in itself, adaptation as much as any other choice. But it's good, and well-crafted, and worth reading for all it is also devastating, and I do recommend it.

'Facade' is issue #20 of The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman, penciled by Colleen Doran, inked by Malcolm Jones III, colored (phenomenally) by Steve Oliff, and lettered by Todd Klein. Element Girl was created by Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon.

#the sandman #sandman comics #neil gaiman #element girl #megan whines into the empty abyss of cyberspace

[earhartsease]

ay me, I'd forgotten how distressing and relatable the Urania Blackwell story in Sandman is

#sandman #element girl

[jayevrd]

do you guys think he has enough belts yet

#trigun #vash the stampede #trigun maximum #trimax #trigun stampede #trigun vash #vash fanart #vash #idk how to tag anything girl help #trigun fanart #fanart #art #my art #jayevrd #graphic design is my passion #also ik alot of his design elements r flipped i drew him mostly yhe other way but decided i wanted to be able to see his gay earring #his fucking prosthetic is on the wrong side . pretend its not OKAY. OKAY PLEASE #also the fit is insp by stunt harness +those belt pants thst everyones circulating saying its vashcore (i agree)

[twinstxrs]

so much happened in this whole episode but i’m still on fig infiltrating ruben’s dream, making it look like the place where his friend was murdered, and then disguising herself as kipperlilly & repeatedly saying different variants of “somebody needs to take the fall for this, and it’s not going to be me. it’s going to be you.” while adaine as the elven oracle shows up next to her. can you imagine waking up from that, the idea of a horrible truth being pinned on you by your friend to save her own skin while the personification of fate and destiny stands there, almost as a promise that this is GOING to happen to you. we don’t even know if this kid is guilty. my god.

#fantasy high #dimension 20 #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high junior year #fig faeth #ruben hopclap #lucy frostblade #the rat grinders #adaine abernant #kipperlilly copperkettle #watching fig terrorize him like girl!!! we don’t even know if he’s guilty!!!! #this might just be for me but i do not think 5 teenagers willingly brutally killed their friend idk #like there just has to be some other element to it and i am very scared to find out what that was #what if they were put in a position where they felt there was/there was no other choice… like oh my god #my comedy brain is having fun but my ‘this is a teenager’ brain is in such deep distress all the time this season #the rat grinders i trust brennan to not make u cartoonishly evil so i am holding u as gently as i can in my confused shaky hands #also with the devil’s nectar i’ve been wondering why they all seem so well-adjusted & now i’m curious if they’ve been intentionally- #changing their memories in a way so that either the trauma is lesser or they think they aren’t guilty. idk #but it seems like from how gertie was talking she was making it more recently so the well adjustedness from early jy doesn’t quite add up #they could have another source maybe??? idk i’m just low stakes 4 a.m. spitballing here #there’s also the strong possibility that they’re aware of what happened but they weren’t the ones who killed lucy. idk who knows #the way you could probably devil’s nectar yourself into believing it wasn’t your fault someone died… CRAZY IMPLICATIONS!!! CRAZY IDEA!!! #anyways the bad kids & the rat grinders don’t ever have to like each other but i do wonder if at least some of those kids deserve a chance

[murgoten]

🔥☃️⚡️💨🌊

#my art #monster girl #elemental

[shadowwingtronix]

"Yesterday's" Comic> Scooby-Doo Team-Up #49

BW's "Yesterday's" Comic> Scooby-Doo Team-Up #49

“The sign says ‘no hitchikers’.” “I know. I’m the sign.” Scooby-Doo Team-Up #49 DC Comics (September, 2019; as featured in the trade “It’s Scooby Time”) “Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes” WRITER: Sholly Fisch ARTIST: Dario Brizuela COLORIST: Franco Riesco LETTERER: Saida Temofonte EDITOR: Kristy Quinn (more…)

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#DC Comics #DC Universe #Element Girl #Hanna-Barbera #Java #Metamorpho #Sapphire Stagg #Scooby-Doo #Simon Stagg

[iska48s]

Light

#promised rgu drawing #fan art #artists on tumblr #digital art #fanart #revolutionary girl utena #utenanthy #shoujo kakumei utena #rgu #sku #utena tenjou #anthy himemiya #i'm sorry i'm kinda obssesed with them #i love drawing these two #sorry if some elements look weird i'm kinda trying few things at the moment #anyway have a nice day #as always :]

[journey-to-the-attic]

the rest of the cast got their new song covers, so i wanted to try putting the others in a band :>

i did want to make it look a bit like an album cover but i have no idea how those are designed so eh?? i also couldn't think of any band or album/song names so. if anyone has any ideas...

#art #obey me #obey me raphael #jtta ik #obey me mephistopheles #obey me thirteen #from left to right they are: lead singer/rhythm guitar - drummer - lead guitar - bass #tbh any of them could've taken any role but bassist girl thirteen spoke to me and raph canonically sings well so that felt like it fit #i did consider ik as lead but she'd absolutely shred on the drums. she has so much pent-up rage to let out... #in context this is for a music festival diavolo's putting on but it'd be a fun au as well #i like to think thirteen is the overwhelming favourite of all the fangirls #also in terms of band name... #i was thinking something based on the fact that there's one of each species (human/demon/angel/reaper) but what word can i use for that #jo has suggested something involving the numbers 3 and 4 for 3 realms and 4 members #3.4HZ Harmony was the best we could come up but it feels like there should be a sorta other-world element to it #then again if it's an au then i guess they'd all be humans anyway #ah whatever #life and work related obligations have been growing so naturally i've been starting a bunch of creative endeavours to try to get away from #is this a long term good thing for future career prospects? probably not. but i'd rather be happy

[ponku-po]

sunset shimmer: element of empathy RAGE

#mlp #mlp:fim #my little pony #fim #mlp g4 #mlp art #sunset shimmer #eqg #equestria girls #love her <3 #animated #element of empathy #you are now thinking about sunset shimmer #the most horse to ever human

[wyrmswears]

its only been a day since the new episodes dropped and im already making a libber centric au out of it

anyway, heres some doodles of if libber was in super-hell all these years and thats why we never see her

#my allegiance to the lightning elemental masters will be the end of me #libber gordon #ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago kai #sometimes i feel guilty for making so much content only abt my favourite characters but tbh thats what fandoms abt bb!! #plus libber needs more content anyway #im doing everyone a favour by being acoustic abt her #kai smith #ninjago libber #dragons rising s2 #ninjago spoilers #ninjago dragons rising spoilers #dragons rising spoilers #ninjago au #wyrm draws #also an excuse to draw out my kai design!! i need to draw him and nya side by side because my goal for their designs is for them to look #like theyre actually related. which im sure is easier to do when youre drawing them as people instead of lego #kai jiang #bonzle isnt in this enough for me to tag her sorry girl #libber superhell au