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Harley Quinn in Joker Writers Brian Azzarello Artists Lee Bermejo

Sequential Sartorial: Worst to Best Harley Quinn Outfits (DC Comics)

Harley Quinn has gone through a bit of an identity crisis throughout her years in DC. Since her animated debut, Harley has gone from the sidekick and girlfriend of Joker to her own full-on character, ranging from animated series to comics, video games, and a guest spot in the TV series Arrow–and now she’s on…

Babs and company shopping, Batgirl #36

Sequential Sartorial: Superhero Beat! Off the Rack, On the Highstreet

A lot of the recent conversations surrounding what could be considered fashion in comics has been in reference to superhero uniforms. Now, we know that everyone’s new uniforms are rad. But what’s even radder is that some of the components that make up these costumes, as well as our favourite heroes’ civilian clothes, are based…

Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai, Nakahara Aya, 2013, Shibata Michiko fashion

Sequential Sartorial + Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai: Nakahara Aya’s Please Love Useless Me

If you loved Bitch Planet for reasons that seem obvious but also, more deeply, for reasons you’re not quite sure of, I have a mission for you. I want you to go to a manga scanlation site (Mangahere, Mangafox, MangaReader…) and type “josei” in the search box. Then, follow your nose to the art you like…

teen titans, donna troy, thong, DC, 2009

Sequential Sartorial: Why Does Fashion Matter In Comics?

Costuming is important in art. Clothing is more immediately communicative than body language, and art communicates. For example, Lana Del Rey’s video for her 2012 release “National Anthem.” It’s all Jackie & JFK pastiche. Towards the very end, there’s that last ride recreated, and Jackie/Lana has on the pink suit. WRONG. She wears goldenrod. Her hat…

DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON (2006), Samurai Bullets, Marvel Comics, Writer: Justin Gray Penciller: Khari Evans Cover Artist: Khari Evans

Sequential Sartorial: The Wardrobe of Colleen Wing

Sequential Sartorial! It’s gonna be a new thing! Talking about costume design in comics: GOOD costume design. This week: Colleen Wing, 2006. First things first: does anybody want my copy of Daughters of the Dragon, trade number one (“Samurai Bullets”)? Pay the postage and it’s yours. I don’t need it in my house; it’s a…

Snotgirl, Leslie Hung & Bryan Lee O'Malley

Triangulating Looks: Fashion, Beauty, & Style in Comics

Editor’s note: Sequential Sartorial was a column about the use of personal style to express character and context in comic book narratives. It was one I felt strongly about, but wasn’t one I managed to keep up. It was too easy to go negative, and too time-intensive to find really great examples of really communicative comic…

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I’ve been doing these weekend reviews for a few weeks now, and I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Every time I write “On Monday…” I think of one of my favourite childhood books, The Tawny Scrawny Lion, written by Kathryn Jackson and illustrated by Gustav Tenggren. Little Golden Books were my everything…

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