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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

Today is a bit of a cheat. I’m a huge fan of both Valkyrie and Sif, and since I couldn’t really (or didn’t) find enough cool Sif stuff to warrant her own post, I decided to combine these two awesome Norse ladies. I’ll try to alternate them until I run out of Sif! :) Enjoy!

By Meredith McClaren

Added late – cannot believe I forgot since it’s one of the BEST VALKYRIE’S I’VE EVER SEEN. LOVE!  via my own collection, and by Meredith McClaren.

By Mahmud Asrar

Though Val continues to have one of the stupid costumes around (boob torpedoes away!) this is GORGEOUS. Love the foreground too.  Via Mahmud Asrar.

By Travel Foreman

One of my all-time favorite Sif illustrations. By Travel Foreman for Marvel Comics.

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It’s Thursday…you know what that means…NEW chapters for THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING.

You can download the new chapters here: The Girl Who Would Be King Chapters 9 – 12

Or just read below.

If you want the entire story thus far, head over to THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING page and download or read directly from the site.

I grow tall.  I’m six feet when I pack my single duffel bag and walk to the front desk to sign out on the morning of my eighteenth birthday.  It’s Peg who hands me the pen to sign myself out.  She’s worked here since I was about nine and as I sign the papers she says “Goodbye Bonnie” in the funny way that people who know that you won’t or can’t answer back always say things.

“Goodbye Peg,” I say simply, handing the pen back to her politely.  Her mouth drops open like a fish.

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

In honor of July 4th for you Americans (of which I am one) I’ve chosen the totally appropriate (but actually NOT appropriate since she’s not an American…WONDER WOMAN!

Obviously there is a nearly infinite amount of great Wonder Woman art out there…so I had to limit myself. Here are some of my favorites…

By Rebel Penguin

Via DeviantArt

By Tom Bancroft (“Mary Blair Style”)

Via DeviantArt

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

BLACK CANARY! I admit Dinah’s costume isn’t my favorite from a practicality standpoint, but in the hands of the right artist, man does it sing.

By Kathryn Hudson

Via DeviantArt

By Justin Coffee

Via DeviantArt

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

And another lady that I loved (read: was obsessed with) as a young girl watching awesome cartoons – SCARLETT!

By Mashi

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

I felt in the mood to do some smart tough ladies that influenced me even before I found comics – and also, in homage to my first nephew (who I meet on Tuesday!) – Luke – I give you PRINCESS LEIA:

By Jessica Hickman

She almost has a “Buffy” look to her that I kind of adore. Via DeviantArt

By Jessica Hickman

There nothing I don’t love about this! Via DeviantArt

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

Today we’ve got another great X-Man and one that I rarely feel gets her due…though I’m excited to see Brian Wood writing her these days…STORM!

And you should know before we even begin that I am totally partial to the punk rock mohawk Storm although I think that will be quickly obvious…

By Mike Maihack

This is so great because it’s so much more than just a character sketch on a page – there’s such composition to it with her engaging her powers – the black and white is totally powerful. Via Mike Maihack – Deviant Art

By Ross Campbell

I think Ross makes a really good case here for her mohawk being kinky instead of straight. Love it. Via Deviant Art/Mooncalfe

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

Our first DC Woman is up and she’s one of my absolute favorites. It’s no surprise I suppose that I found a TON of great stuff for her:

BIG BARDA!

By Ming Doyle

Via Ming Doyle

By Phil Noto

Man! If anyone can make that silly bikin armor work, it’s Phil Noto! via Phil Noto

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In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

So today is my birthday…which made me think I should do Rogue (a favorite)…but I have SO MANY images of Rogue that that post is going to take FOREVER.

So instead you get Psylocke, who I don’t have a ton of great ones of, but the few I have are really fantastic. Plus, Psylocke always gets screwed, the art of her is always SUPER over-sexualized…so this is a nice change of pace here.

UPDATE: I had WAY more of these than I thought I did!

By Trozos

Via Trozos

By Ross Campbell

Via Mooncalfe on Deviant Art

Fun story, Ross never used to draw Psylocke, and then he and I got talking about a project we wanted to do together that we loving refer to as “Mad Max X-Men” and I told him we definitely needed Psylocke for my plan…so he drew this up. I think he likes her more now. :)

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Hey, kids! It’s Thursday, that means another installment of THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING.

You can download The Girl Who Would Be King Chapters 7 & 8.

You can download The Girl Who Would Be King Chapters 1 – 8.

Or if you want to read on the blog you can read 7 & 8 below, or hit THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING tab at the top of the page to read the entire piece on the blog.

And you’ve all checked out the Kickstarter – RIGHT?!  :)

I hit the ground and go into a crouch, my hands and feet sinking slightly into the soft ground. The feeling of being alive doesn’t leave me. In fact, as the mud seeps into my shoes and through my fingers I feel somehow deeply connected to not just the earth, but to everything. The world feels big and I feel a part of it in some important unspoken way.  I stay there for a long while, just feeling.

When I finally move again I put everything back to how it was and sneak back in the kitchen door and lock it up.  Upstairs I take off all my clothes, careful to put both my mother’s bracelet and Jenny’s locket on the sink edge, and rinse the clothes and my shoes in the sink, so that they are only wet and not dirty.  I wash my busted up hands, wincing as the water runs into the tears where the bricks cut into my knuckles.  I clean off my body and then both my bracelet and Jenny’s locket.  Looking inside of Jenny’s locket I see what was more important to her than anything.  The locket has two pictures that are by some miracle barely damaged.  They look like they could be her parents.  I think of all the things I would do if only I could have a picture of my parents and Jasper.

I look up and catch a glimpse of myself in the dark mirror.  I’m always shocked by how much I look like my mother – the same long arms and legs, broad shoulders, red hair, pale skin, and smattering of freckles.  My eyes are dark blue like hers but my mouth is a little wider and if I grow any taller I think I’ll be taller too.  I guess if I can’t have a picture it’s nice to carry her around on my face.  I just wish there was some of my father in there too.

When I go back into the sleeping room I put my clothes under the bed, hoping they’ll dry a little before morning, and the last thing I do before I crawl into bed is place Jenny’s locket in her sleeping hand, cupped perfectly, as if waiting for it.  I think I won’t be able to sleep with all the excitement of the night and worry about having to hide my damaged hands from the staff, but my body takes over and I’m asleep almost instantly.

I dream of my mother.

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