NicholasPrime

June 12, 2011 11:27 pm On Newsarama, there is an article, "The Supergirl Shorts Story: Talking to Jamal Igle". This article was posted after artist Jamal Igle started drawing shorts underneath Supergirl's skirt. The article includes many points that I believe supports the idea of putting pants on Supergirl.

In addition, as pointed out in a previous post, it really only involves changing the color of her legs, so it shouldn't be a big deal to anyone wishing she was naked if her thighs are red. Just imagine that all the colors are fleshtone, the costume is already tight enough.

I think the point to having Supergirl wear pants is to make it more appropriate for all ages. Regardless of what teen-to-adult males want to see, parents (and Uncle Toshimoko) who want to share comics with their children should be able to be confident sharing those comics. My 4 year old daughter loves Supergirl in the comics we've seen with her, but I don't want her looking at a comic with a role model who wears things I don't want her to wear. When she's 16-ish, if she wants to go read Witchblade, then fine, by then I'll be confident that she can handle that kind of content, but I cannot express in words how pleased I was when Wonder Woman finally put on some pants again for the first time in 40 years.

Any concerns I have are not reflective of any personal problem I have or any puratinacal beliefs I might have either. As long as the big publishers fail to produce comics that are appropriate for ALL AGES, there market will continue to be limited to an adult male comic reading population that continues to shrink as time goes on.