DON'T MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE

NO ONE ROCKS A GIGANTIC HAIR BARRETT LIKE MARVEL COMICS' VERY OWN INHUMAN PRINCESS, CRYSTAL. MAKING HER 4-COLOR DEBUT IN FANTASTIC FOUR COMICS #45 IN 1965, CRYSTAL IS A SWEET YOUNG GIRL FROM THE HIDDEN CITY OF ATTILAN, A METROPOLIS FILLED WITH SUPER-POWERED FREAKS AND WEIRDOS! CRYSTAL IS ABLE TO CONTROL THE FOUR ELEMENTS: FIRE, WATER, AIR AND EARTH. THAT ABILITY MAKES HER FIT RIGHT IN WITH HER BUDDIES THE FANTASTIC FOUR.

HERE I'VE DONE A RE-DESIGN OF HER COSTUME. I'VE CHANGED HER COLOR SCHEME FROM YELLOW AND BLACK TO BROWNS AND ORANGES, EARTH TONES, TO SHOW HER TIES TO NATURE. I ALSO ADDED THE CIRCLES MOTIFS AS A SORT OF 'CIRCLE OF LIFE' REPRESENTATION. PLUS I JUST LIKED THE WAY IT ALL LOOKED!

NOW IF ONLY PROJECTROOFTOP.COM WOULD PUT IT UP ON THEIR SITE I'D BE A HAPPY MAN!!!

LUAU-wow-woW-WOW

NOW I ASK YOU, WHERE CAN'T YOU WHERE THIS ADORABLY UNDERSTATED RAFFIA TIKI THEMED DRESS BY FAB FRENCH DESIGNER J.C. de CASTELBAJAC? TO THE SUPERMARKET? PICKING UP THE KIDS FROM SCHOOL? A QUIET NIGHT IN? OR POSSIBLY SOME WILD TRANNY GO-GO BACK YARD BAR-B-Q? THE POSSIBILITIES ARE SIMPLY ENDLESS!!!

DEVIL'S IN THA' DETAILS

DOESN'T THIS RED-DEVIL VIXEN CLAD IN A RED LEATHER FETISH THIERRY MUGLER SUIT LOOK LIKE SHE'S UP TO NO GOOD? I'M SURE SHE HAD A HAND IN THE RECENT AND VERY SUDDEN CRASH OF MY ALWAYS DEPENDABLE iMAC. THAT FIEND!!! NOT TO WORRY FOLKS, ALL MY WORK WAS BACKED UP AND MAC SUPPLIED ME WITH A BRAND SPANKIN' NEW HARD DRIVE. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE FINE FOLKS AT APPLE PREFORMED AN EXORCISM ON MY COMPUTER! (just go with it, it suits the devil motif, OK!)

UNDER WRAPS

I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN: I MISS THE DAYS WHEN WOMEN USED TO WEAR HATS!!! USED TO BE THAT A STYLISH WOMEN WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD OUT IN PUBLIC WITH OUT A STYLISH CHAPEAU (LIKE THE COURREGES CREATION SHOWN HERE). NOW WE'RE LUCKY IF A YOUNG LADY EVEN WASHES HER HAIR ONCE A WEEK! WAIT . . . AM I VENTURING INTO OLD-MAN-RANT TERRITORY? UGH! UM, LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE PRETTY PICTURE AND FORGET I SAID ANYTHING!

BACK TALK

CHICA #3 IN MY SERIES OF DC COMICS GIRLS IN FULL, GLORIOUS COLOR: ZATANNA, MISTRESS OF MAGIC!!! ZATANNA ZATARRA (WHATTA NAME!) HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE FEMALE SUPER-HERO SO I HAD TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT INTO MY DC LADIES SERIES ASAP.

ZATANNA IS A FEMALE STAGE MAGICIAN AND FREEDOM FIGHTER WHO WEARS A TOP HAT, FISHNETS, HIGH HEELS AND A TAIL COAT TO FIGHT CRIME. ZEE'S MAGICAL POWERS WORK BY SPEAKING HER SPELLS BACKWARDS. ANYTHING SHE CAN SAY BACKWARDS, SHE CAN MAKE HAPPEN (EXCEPT RAISE THE DEAD, THAT'S A MAGICAL NO NO!). WHO THINKS THIS STUFF UP?

SO, AS ZATANNA WOULD SAY "EPOH UOY EKIL TI!!!"

PLATINUM ON BLACK

PRESENTING, THE HARDEST LADY IS DC COMICS, PLATINUM!!! I FINALLY MANAGED TO MAKE THE 2nd IN MY FULL COLOR 'WOMEN OF DC COMICS' SERIES. THE 1st, BLACK CANARY, CAN BE FOUND HERE ---> (http://bryanhollingsworth.blogspot.com/2010/04/siren-song.html).

NOW, I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN A READER OF THE 'METAL MEN' COMIC (OF WHICH PLATINUM IS THE SOLE FEMALE MEMBER) BUT I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE IDEA AND VISUAL OF A TEAM OF SUPER POWERED ROBOTS, EACH NAMED AFTER AND MADE OUT OF A DIFFERENT METAL ALLOY. PLATINUM IS UPBEAT AND PERKY AND A HOPELESS ROMANTIC. I GUESS IF SHE EVER FINDS A MAN WILLING TO MARRY HER SHE CAN BE HER OWN WEDDING BAND!!!

FIGHT CLUB

I DID THIS PIECE SO LONG AGO AND WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT I NEVER POSTED IT ON MY SITE! *!!GASP!!* WELL, WHILE I GET OVER THAT, TAKE A GANDER AT THIS FIERCE LADY. BALENCIAGA'S S/S '08 COLLECTION GETS A GLADIATOR TOUCH FROM YOURS TRULY. I EVEN SCANNED A SWATCH OF THE FLORAL PRINT FABRIC USED FOR THE COLLECTION AND LAYERED IT AS A BACKGROUND FOR THE CLOTHING! HOW'S THAT FOR INGENUITY?