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SUPERGIRL WEEK Meets MORRISON MONDAYS! — Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock, is out this week, so we’ve gathered up the 13th Dimension crew to bring you our first-ever SUPERGIRL WEEK! Click here for more high-flying features! — By BILL MORRISON In 1970, DC Comics’ editors felt that Supergirl was badly in need of a costume update, so rather than rely on their middle-aged artists to come up with a hip new look, they invited their young readers to send in ideas for a modern super-suit for the Maid of Might. The response was overwhelming, and editors decided on a hybrid costume based on sketches by two of their readers, Louise Ann Kelly and Jean Bray. This outfit, featuring a miniskirt, modern gold belt, and thigh-high red boots, made its debut in an Adventure Comics #398 back-up feature pencilled by Mike Sekowsky. But other fan designs were just too good to leave languishing in a flat file, and subsequent issues saw Kara Zor-El’s wardrobe expand with a rotating array of groovy new threads. Why, there were easily enough far-out fashions to fill a book of paper dolls — say, now there’s an idea! Here’s my pitch for a Supergirl paper dolls book, and if DC doesn’t bite, I’m taking the idea to Marvel for a book of Janet Van Dyne’s way-out Wasp costumes! (By the way, our pal Jim Beard ranks the TOP 13 SUPERGIRL OUTFITS over here!) — — Want more SUPERGIRL WEEK? Click here! Want more MORRISON MONDAYS? Come back next week! Want a commission? See below! — MORE — WHO DREW ROGER RABBIT: Me, I’m Happy to Say. Click here. — THE MANY MOODS OF DONALD — Just in Time for DONALD DUCK DAY. Click here. — Eisner winner BILL MORRISON has been working in comics and publishing since 1993 when he co-founded Bongo Entertainment with Matt Groening, Cindy Vance and Steve Vance. At Bongo, and later as Executive Editor of Mad Magazine, he parodied the comics images he loved as a kid every chance he got. Not much has changed. Bill is on Instagram (@atomicbattery) and Facebook (Bill Morrison/Atomic Battery Studios), and regularly takes commissions and sells published art through 4C...
MORRISON MONDAYS! By BILL MORRISON If you saw Warren Beatty’s colorful Dick Tracy movie on the big screen when it was in theaters 26 years ago, you also saw Roger Rabbit’s second animated short, “Rollercoaster Rabbit,” which preceded it (that is, if you weren’t still in line for popcorn). Both films premiered together on June 15, 1990. I was already a huge fan of the rabbit and his voluptuous girlfriend, Jessica, when the assignment to draw and paint his latest poster fell to me, and my geek-o-meter was off the charts. Disney had a lot of simoleons invested in Dick Tracy, and they weren’t exactly skimping on the advertising budget for Roger’s latest flick either. I did two full illustrations for “Rollercoaster Rabbit,” though I don’t recall why the first one was rejected after the tight pencil drawing was approved to go to final paint. But I will concede that my drawing is much better on the final poster. By the way, the second painting also included the rollercoaster tracks disappearing down into the clouds, but the art director decided to put the focus on Roger, Jessica, and Baby Herman with a vignette. “Rollercoaster Rabbit” is a cartoon thrill ride that you’re not likely to see up on the silver screen again any time soon, but you can watch it on YouTube or if you have the 25th anniversary Blu-ray edition of the original 1988 feature film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit that was issued last year. It’s included in the extras, along with the other two shorts starring Roger and Baby Herman, “Tummy Trouble,” and “Trail Mix-Up.” — Want more MORRISON MONDAYS? Come back next week! Want a commission? See below! — MORE — THE MANY MOODS OF DONALD — Just in Time for DONALD DUCK DAY. Click here. — THE SIMPSONS’ YELLOW ALBUM: When I Ripped Off THE BEATLES — Then Got Ripped Off to the Tune of $14.8 MILLION. Click here. — Eisner winner BILL MORRISON has been working in comics and publishing since 1993 when he co-founded Bongo Entertainment with Matt Groening, Cindy Vance and Steve Vance. At Bongo, and later as Executive Editor of Mad Magazine, he parodied the comics images he loved as a kid every chance he got. Not much has changed. Bill is on Instagram (@atomicbattery) and Facebook (Bill Morrison/Atomic Battery Studios), and regularly takes commissions and...
MORRISON MONDAYS and the greatest of them all…
MORRISON MONDAYS meets TOYHEM!
