Grrl Power #142 – Last chance to reconsider
I thought I should preempt up any confusion and say that Sydney isn’t singing in that first panel (my wife thought she might be.) She’s basically going “Yeah, my subconscious designed that. It’s pretty rad in here.”
I put Heatwave in an orange flight suit partially out of deference to the variety of costumes you normally see in a superhero comic, but… I don’t know, I think it makes her look a little like an electrician or something. What do you guys think? Should I make it black like Peggy’s? Actually I kind of think all of the field uniforms could use a redo. I like Maxima’s green and brown leather jacket, but it looks weird for a whole military police force to be wearing them. I’d like to put them in something much more akin to proper SWAT looking gear, but all those pouches and straps. I know it doesn’t sound like a big thing, but every little piece of detail adds to the time it takes to draw each page. No idea why Liefeld is so in love with the thing. Plus I want them to look a little superheroey. I’ll have to think about that and maybe have a page where “the new uniforms are here” or something. That’s obviously not ideal to rebrand the team right after they’re unveiled, but I know Arianna is planning for them to be in the news basically nonstop after today.
I’ll mention it again since it’s two weeks away: I’ll be doing a panel at A-kon this year, panel “Humor-Based Webcomics 1 – Humor in Story” I won’t have a table in artist’s alley or anything since I have nothing to sell yet, but if enough readers show up and there and interest, maybe we can organize a group lunch or dinner.
Edit: I updated Heatwave’s flight suit and made it black. She really looked like an electrician in that orange getup.
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I like the fact that both sydney and heatwave have chokers with ‘H’ on them, lol!
There’s alot of H chokers, Halo,Heatwave, all 5 Harems
Harems looks like a H. And one half, stretched H at either side of it. You propably have to “read” the Chokers of all 5 harems in a continous row (with one half H connection the the one on the next choker).
And as Guesticus pointed out, Heatwaves looks more like HW.
It is as if they knew they had to keep the H free^^
Actually, Harem’s choker is more like –||H||– (note that the central ‘H’ has two vertical lines on either side before you get to the wraparound ‘H’)
If you look closer, Heatwave has an ‘HW’ on her choker
I laughed so hard at Sydney’s comment about the phone… Fortunately I learned a long time ago to put my coffee cup down before reading Grrl Power.
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Ok. This deserves it.
https://wtfcontent.com/img/133371900434.jpg
Just… No, Sid. No.
Err. . . no, Meph no. That wasn’t a fail, Syd pulled off a classic gag on the one person in that group that would have fallen for it. That’s a win.
a classic in what country? can i move there?
Well, it certainly wasn’t a ‘fail’ of any quality
heh. I’m Canadian. we don’t have facepalms here…here they’re facemaples
;P
Face-maple? Maple? Really?
Maybe one puck to the head too many or an overdose of pooteen.
Next thing you know you will be saying something about being to the kawarthas.
this is answered by eye-rolls and head-shakes by the locals
Facemaples hurt a lot more than facepalms. You try smacking your face into a tree (actually don’t) and see what happens. Headbutting a living log is a bad idea.
‘When my ship comes in’ my top choice holiday destination would be to go to Quebec. Not to visit any tourist locations. Just to wander around parks and shopping mauls in the hope of bumping into the funniest people in the world.
By the way, however impossible it may seem on first watching, that clip is genuine. We see what the prankees see in the shop.
Sadly the woman hosting that clip is married and, I suspect, only speaks French. But if she does get divorced, I would happily improve my French from its current basic level. Well worth trying, as she definitely has a G.S.O.H.
I too am a Canadian and all I can say to that is “WTF?”
I guess if you have had to sit through the gradual evolution of the prank TV format on your local stations, you will have been turned off from it. I know that I disliked much of the format used in the 80s in the UK. And the related companies that pre-dated Just for Laughs were on a par.
But the current material that comes out of their station is top quality. And, because that format is not language-dependant it is hugely popular world-wide. Selling to over 100 countries. To the extent that it is the most popular comedy program in the world (possibly in some specific category, I forget the phraseology but the gist of it is that it plays continuously at some venues such as airports, waiting rooms and the like, so gets massive airtime).
The part about potential tourist activities was meant rather ‘tongue-in-cheek’. Although Canada would genuinely be high on my list of tourist destinations.
As for the actress, I rate her up there with my favourite of the “A-list” films stars or Katie Melua.
. We can all dream.
Heh, unless you were querying the “face maples”. Which I think is just harmless fun. And ignore all my waffle. Or pour maple syrup on it, if you prefer. ;-)
yes, harmless fun, and a great desire to see people (mentally) facepalming themselves over what i said.
Mission accomplished, i’d surmise
No one else thought it was punny? Just me then? :(
Thank you Dave, for the much needed giggles. Sydney trolling Heatwave, about not answering her phone had me dying laughing. \m/
Well artistic speaking, more sparkles makes it more shiney :D
But talking about function, they are super powered people, they are gonna fight super powered villains? And headbutt/catch missiles with their faces. Heavy armoured swat gear would maybe, for many of them, be nothing else than in the way or just have no use at all ( the half indistructable part of the team anyways ) I could see Halo or the other “endowed normal” have more use of it.
And just missed the ton of replies on the page 1 ” DOH! “… but ya…
The reward for a job well done, a tougher job. Now that they got her on the team their special project of training her just got harder.
This page made me laugh out loud.
I didn’t even recognize Heatwave. Though she was just some maintenance staff or so.
Either make her kitschy flamey or stuff her in something visibly fire proof.
I think really it’s mostly the hat. I had the same problem though.
Thought it was Dabbles at first, but then noticed the choker
I do believe Dabbler has taken a liking to the Beholder’s Beauty she got from Sydney.
Hahaha! “Inside the phone” made me laugh.
And I didn’t know Heatwave was present until I saw her in the Who’s Who panel, and then I saw her collar in-comic. I personally don’t think the outfit is right for her.
Dabbler in the outfit with her normal skin= HAWTNESS
Well Dabbler just changed her “desktop skin”, but it really is her. No Sydney, you can not play Whack a Succubus (mostly because you suck at it right now).
I like Dabbler’s markings, they teh KYOOT
I don’t mind Heatwaves outfit, the only thing wrong with it I think is the ball cap. If anything that’s what makes her look like an electrician.
Isn’t that the same type of cap/hat Maxi wore in the bank?
So the question that is on my mind is how is poor Joel going to take this since Sydney did tell him the truth in a round about way. https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/163
hahhah thats going to be epic. so horrible at lying but you cant tell when she tells the truth.
Yeah, I am really hoping when the televised thing happens that joel sees it, and wanders why she never told him and remembers (oh…she did). Kind of like Jack and his mom on Transformers Prime where he told her the truth about Arcee but she didn’t believe him, and Arcee kept her cover only for a little later it all to be revealed and he says (I’ll explain later…wait…I already did).
I didn’t think it would be possible without “cartoon physics,” but in panel 1, Math’s eyes look even BIGGER now than they did on the previous page…
You could always go back to primary/secondary color spandex. but then well its better to not think about that…
Nomex. It may have already been said, but Heatwave would probably do well to have a costume she at least won’t accidentally fry.
Personally, I like the idea of uniforms, with some flex in overall appearance. They’re a military force, so it makes sense that you should at least be able to tell they go to the same tailor.
Military forces (police too) have uniforms so they can tell at a glance who’s on which side. Everyone on the same force also has more or less the same abilities and equipment; with minor variations for rank and specialists.
Superheroes not only tend to be egotistical, they are also all quite varied in capabilities. Even when they are not Just a Lot of Adventurers, individuals on the same team do need to be identified at a glance. (It also helps the readers.)
The compromise is usually to have uniforms colour-coded for convenience. Another way is through prominent insignia emblems. The collars are too easily covered or missed to work for this; it needs more visibility. Though, of course, without masked hoods. having distinctive non-military hair styles helps.
Conclusion: Don’t change a thing. Just make sure hats don’t hide distinctive features.
Sydney: (thinking) No way that should have worked! That was way too easy. Okay, who’s next? Hmm, the giant or the teleporters? Bwa-ha-ha-ha!
Please, somebody, let Sydney know about the prank moratorium at Archon.
Please, somebody, DON’T let Sydney know about the prank moratorium at Archon.
Umm, who would be phoning Heatwave right before the media blitz? Isn’t that her boyfriend beside Hiro in panel 8 (or is that Achilles?)
Absolutely loving The General in the last 2 panels :D He’s basically saying, “Whelp, you said she would be your Special Project. She’s all yours Ladies.” (as in, she’s not his problem anymore)
She probably has a gaggle of female friends that she goes on spa trips and do industrial strength shoe shopping with.
Would that be shopping for industrial shoes or industrial shopping for shoes? Or maybe a little bit of both?
=OP
No, shopping for industrial strength shoes (she wears out her shoes worse than Banner does :P)
I was thinking of a “Carrie Bradshaw” grade shopping.
“SITC” Carrie Bradshaw? Or “Carrie Diaries” Carrie Bradshaw?
I will happily admit I am not familiar with the nuances between the two versions.
Heh heh, me neither, only saw the opening of the “Diaries” once because happened to be awake at that time of a Saturday afternoon (yes, over here they decided to put “The Carrie Diaries” on at around 3 or 4pm on a Saturday O_o)
Maxi’s look in the last panel is totally her thinking “If you weren’t technically my boss, you would be eating that hand, so please, stop touching me!”
I thought it was her thinking, “What have I gotten myself into?”
Yeah, there is a little of that as well :D
Actually I think it would have any of the first part in it because that’s (I’m assuming here) what he would do to a male coworker of lower rank so she would be happy about be treated equally. Though most feminists these days are actually out to get more rights than the common man (as in older than child human male) the original feminists and a newer group of feminist believed in equal rights for men and women, so depending on what kind of feminist she is she would be neutral or triumphant about that pat.
Maxi is out to remove all male/female inequalities, she also doesn’t like being touched (by anyone in general, or the General in particular :P)
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Sorry, that joke was too obvious to pass up, meant “or men in paricular”
Just so you know, if you’re going to have Maxima in a military uniform she wouldn’t have a standard neck tie on, being a female. She would have a neck tab, which basically equates to having this thin black line show underneath the collar. Ends up looking like this: https://cdn.marlowwhite.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/9/6/96-161.jpg
Max gets really bent out of shape when she’s told she must or cannot do something because she’s a woman. When Archon was being put together one of her conditions for leading the team was having a hand in designing all the rules and guidelines for the group, and as a result, women may wear a tab or a necktie. Female officers may also wear a proper officer’s hat, and not just that thing that looks like a Robin Hood cap had sex with a Bowler. Really if Max had her way there would probably be nothing that distinguishes a woman’s uniform from a man’s other than the general cut, but Arianna and Faulk were on that board too.
Zactely, there won’t be true intergration of females into the military until they remove the sexist (and outdated) ‘clothing rules’
Apart from that, it’d look mighty silly on her. Especially with Arianna habitually wearing a tie.
Apropos ties, though, back in my frat days (organised a little different in yurp, mind you) the girls wore something I know as “choker” but is entirely different from what you call a choker here. AKA foulard, except searching for images of that also gives entirely wrong results. Something like this, while seen as dandyish for men it also serves as a suitable tie replacement for women, with slightly different meaning. Aight, ramblin’, forget this. Anyhow, go with the ties, eet ees seempler.
Apropos swat uniforms, Dave, well, no. Both because the stuff with all the side pockets is a statement that supers oughtn’t need to make, as well as that it rather fails as a dress uniform. You know, the stuff you wear for formal occasions, like, oh, this one.
That similarly means that Heatwave probably ought to wear the same as everyone else or be supplied with a damn good reason not to. While “supers” have a habit of wearing exceedingly silly things, skintight catsuits with a leg missing or something, with clashing colours to boot, all different for each and every one of them yet still managing to call what they’re wearing a “uniform”, that really is nothing but silly. In actuallity the point is to, you know, wear stuff that makes them look uniform, like they were in a team or something.
So riddle me this: Since this is a formal occasion, and the formal uniforms are blue, why isn’t everyone in blue?
Since I’m rambling anyway, another question: Why is Math classed as a civillian? Not being subject to military discipline gotta give the lawyers headaches. Of course, Maxima likely won’t care a bit about that, but it’s something the bureaucrats will keep niggling at until resolved. So there has to at least be a plausible reason to let them get away with it in the first place.
Bah. I thought I’d properly closed that tag, apparently not. :/
I fixed it. :)
And thanks for that.
If you ever have too much time on your hands, a preview function might be useful.
I have a dev server that I’m experimenting on, and I was about ready to launch a few updates to the page including an edit button, but then the dev server went kablooie. I’ll get back into it after A-kon.
Math and Dabbler are both civilians, like Daniel Jackson was in SG-1. Basically they didn’t want to join the military hierarchy (and at the time no one trusted Dabbler) but their skills still make them invaluable so the team worked with them.
And if you recall Daniel Jackson wore uniforms without rank.
That’s true. I can see Math in a military jacket… not sure about Dabbler.
Isn’t that a ‘cravat’?
Heatwave is wearing that same as everyone else (those not in the military like Hiro or an actual ‘civilian uniform’ like Math or a business suit like the guy standing behind Sydney in the first panel {hmmm, he had been listed in the WW, but got changed out for Zephan :(}), just in her own colours
Possibly. I’d found the term but what wikipedia depicted didn’t match my recollection. Then again it differs quite a lot just where you are what the terms mean.
Looks like Heatwave is in the military, but it is a bit of a jumble, yes. Which was sort-of the point: Why is that?
I’m just saying, if she’s a Colonel, she’s expected to wear the proper uniform, which is not what she’s wearing here. So from this, I’m seeing that she’s not actually in the military. I’m sure she would be upset if someone mistook her for a man because she was wearing a man’s uniform, even if she is a feminist.
She got her rank while she was in the military, now that she is in basically the Private Sector, she can make whatever damn changes she wants
The significant bit that you are missing is that Maxima’s former air force rank is irrelevant. She is now an officer in Archon. It is an entire new branch of the military. Not a unit within one of the existing arms of the hierarchy. So the dress rules of that organisation apply, not the former one.
Military and civilian etiquette allows, for example, a retired major to insist on being called by the courtesy title of “major” rather than “mister”. Similarly Maxima, under the regulations of her new outfit, has the option of wearing her old air force uniform, in formal circumstances. However she is not required to follow Air Force regulations on how to wear it. Instead she uses Archon dress code.
Of course, top brass in the Air Force might rankle at such liberties, when they see the broadcast. But the key part is even if they do object Maxima is not in their chain of command any more. And we can assume that General Faulk has made sure his back is covered against potential political fallout. At his pay level, politics is as big a part of the job as the operational matters.
Possibly she is still technically Air Force, but ‘on loan’ to Archon, but regardless, the rules of her current chain of command trump the former.
I tried to make her uniform match a Colonel’s pretty close with the exception of the tie. I never could find a guide that talks about what all the stuff is they have to wear and what all the ribbons mean, so I had to fake it a little. Unless something is egregiously out of place, I’ll just chock it up to the Archon uniforms being a little different, since each branch has their own little quirks.
Actually, you may find some of the necessary reading/illustrated material at your local library. The American military will occasionally release non-critical documentation to the library for general public absorption. Ask the librarian.
A useful site for you, DaveB:
https://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r670_1.pdf
Yes, technically that’s useful, but I don’t know that I have the time to read a very tedious 335 page PDF on the subject. :P I’ll save it for reference but I don’t know how much use I’ll be able to get out of it.
I think Maxima might be one of Hephaestus’ golden girls.
i thot maxima might just be one of the top brass
but i definitely see your point
Ohhh, I didn’t even realise that was Heatwave! The hat definitely makes her look like a regular, background character.
That’s why she has the choker
I just wonder why you didn’t draw Math pitching a tent in panel 1
Because his trousers have been custom made to not allow the pole to be pitched :P
A lot of people are probably going to ask this: but what is Heatwave’s ringtone?
Also, is the reason why Heatwave is in that uniform because she is in a different unit than Pegs? Already know that Math isn’t in any sort of ‘uniform’ because he was never in the military
You could do it Ultimate X-Men style where their uniforms are basically the same, but with character specific variations. That might help the characters be more readily identifiable even if their faces /hair are/is covered. :)
Then who was phone?!
Heh heh, wouldn’t it be funny if it turned out to be her mother reminding her to wear clean underwear, specially after the last time… :D
Suggestion writing wise if you decide to change them. Could always had Arianna decide to allow the public to suggest and vote on new uniforms for them to make them seem more “friendly” and less traditionally military and allow the public to form a better bond as well as introducing the lovely marketing concept of variant outfits.
If Arianna did that, I think Maxima would come unglued.
I’m pretty sure one 8 of the top 10 suggestions would look very, um, TRADITIONAL, in the superhero sense. No imagination needed, just retint the ladies clothes in skintones to see what the superhero would look like naked.
Yup, don’t ask the public for fashion style tips for Supers, not unless you want to see the females in what amounts to be worse than nothing
Not a bad idea. Come up with several designs, and let the public think they have sway over the choice.
Just add the designs you want, then rig the vote. Yes, I see where you’re coming from.
I just came back to vote again, and that first panel, with Syd basking in the appreciation for her sexy vision of Dabby, keeps catching my eye. Her vision of Omni Gal was pretty sexy too, now that I think about it. So, does she know what guys think is hot from listening to them in the comic shop, or does she have a natural talent for more than one kind of hotness?
Poor Brook. I hope she’s learned to take this sort of thing in stride. Rather than, I don’t know, maybe losing her temper and setting Syd’s hair on fire? ;)
Umm, remember what she did less than a few hours ago with Harem?
Sydney grew up around comics and comic conventions and Heavy Metal magazines and everything else you’d associate with that scene, so her opinion of what constitutes “sexy” is skewed heavily in that regard.
If your thinking about uniforms, I think you should base part of each design on functional capability with the character’s power and physique. For example, Halo/Sydney isn’t very athletic, so nothing bulky and heavy like bullet proof vests and enourmous heavy coats (although I like how she looks in the coat on her bio pic, for non-action occations). Maxima wouldn’t have to worry about stuff like that, since she would probably be no more agile wearing a standerd comic hero jumpsuit as she would wearing and aircraft carrier. Her suit’s functional capibility would be based more on how it might restrict her use of powers like her hami-kami-HA-purple beam thingy. Heatwave’s suit should obviosly be non-combustible, and made of something that wouldn’t melt of hit by lightning.
Dabbler just can’t give a crap, so she probably goes in to action wearing whatever she wants (which likely won’t be more than she usually wears.) Math, as a martial artist, should be as agile as possible. So nothing on his uniform should be able to get caught or be easily grabbed by an opponent. I would also have spikes on his shoes- not for kicking people, but for grip on unusual surfaces. A little traction goes a long way in moves like roundhouse kicks. (Speaking from experience, there ARE times when a martial artist needs to be able to piviot on their feet, especially in any sort of kick for that extra “backup mass,” so spikes should probably be only on the heal with a normal rubber sole for the ball of the foot. Details are fun!)
Achilles-unless I’m getting some characters confused- is pretty much invincible, so his suit won’t need to be protective. However, due to the circumstances that invincible people often end up in, the suit should probably be pretty durable (and non-flammable) if he doesn’t want to be left with nothing but his birthday suit.
I’m sure you get the idea by now. If you like, I’m more than willing to give my opinion on future characters, but you can manage on your own. Hope you take this into consideration.
I was thinking along the lines of having a 2-3 standard suits depending on what their function on the team was, and removing parts that aren’t needed if powers take their place. Sydney’s not bulletproof, so she’d get a vest. Dabbler doesn’t need the standard throat mic choker because she has cybernetics in her head that let her tap into their coms, etc.
A near indestructible utility belt with a couple of spare light-weight jump suits would not be a bad idea. For those times when the situation got a little rough on the combat uniform.
Heatwave’s outfit looks like a kind of maintenance uniform but in her orange color.
Sydney is dangerously contagions in her maniacal responses. And fudging around with the others.
I think allowing them to design individual uniforms to fit their abilities and personalities within an “uniform” scheme makes sense. Something like, must choose from this set of colors, must have these insignia, etc.
Art upgrade? Is it too late to mention the art upgrade that’s been occurring over the last few strips? More confident and fluid poses? Anyone? It looks great, Dave!
Thanks! One of the benefits of drawing the time.
Math is thinking “Jinkies!”, and trying to Force Push his erection back down. I LOL’d.
Look at Maxima _clench_ when the General touches her. Can you see how empty her eyes got, all of a sudden? She’s NOT EVEN THERE, because if she was, she’d be ripping his arm off and feeding it to him. She has literally taken her brain out of gear, disconnected it entirely from her physical body, to avoid causing him greivous harm. He is in her bubble of Personal Space!
Interesting, albeit natural enough, how we all project our own interpretations on expressions. I seem to be in a minority here, regarding Maxima’s thoughts, but my take went along the lines of:
2nd to last panel – “I guess that is just harmless fun, but it may cause team friction in due course. I need to keep that connection with Sydney going, so I can try to get her to tone that down.”
Last panel – *mental sigh* “He is right, she is my responsibility now. And for the foreseeable future! What have I gotten myself into?”
You’re right, everyone interprets expressions a little differently which is part of the fun. Personally when I was drawing it, I was thinking of a “Way to back me up Syd.” look.
Honestly I thought she was just a random janitor/employee when I first saw HeatWave… but then again I’m not the most observant of people XP
I swear every time I read a comic with maxima, I forget she has pointed ears.
and wow Sydney/halo has a very good poker face I sense great dark side of the trickster in this one.
It comes from being committed to the bit to the point that it’s no longer a bit.
Dave, I think that for a low-detail military/swat look you could take a look at the armor design you see in the Ghost in the Shell anime or the Appleseed CGI movies, very light on the pouches and straps but still looks military.
Its going to need some tweaks to de-jap it, but i think its a good starting point
this is what i mean:
https://www.artswallpapers.com/Anime/Ghost-in-the-Shell-Wallpapers/images/Ghost%20in%20the%20Shell%20Wallpaper%2010.jpg
i really like it from the waist up, male and female, altho i think they couldve put proper pants on them lol, an external codpiece is never acceptable XD
I always loved Shirow’s designs.
Aww :( Secret anime club members only stuff.
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Probably going to be the only one, but please don’t change the uniforms (specificaly HeatWave), it’s the exact same style as Pegs/Sydney’s, just brown/red instead of grey/black (and the hat is the same as the one Maxi wore in the bank just a different colour)
Everyone seems to be going: “there needs to be a single uniform, but they can be individualised to match that Supers’ colour scheme”. Totally missing the part where you have already done that with Heatwave. If her colours make her look like a janitor, that’s great! She could infiltrate and no-one would look twice at her
Also, can someone please point out to me where Sydney said/implied she wants all Supers to be wearing brightly coloured spandex? Either missed that page or have forgotten that detail
Dayum Max, looking sharp there!
Boodilly boo. Had me thinking Brak was singing her ringtone… Then I remembered that song actually goes Hoodleehoo. https://youtu.be/2d0U_x0GmSE
Oh well.
Getting back to the pilot/mechanic thing with Peggy, I note that a recent blog with the Three Minute Max webcomic mentions an actual person who has done that. So, yeah, multiple career tracks are possible. This wasn’t military though…
(This is pretty much the least interesting page of the entire comic, but that is all to the good for those who don’t want to pick up another thing to read.)
I think heatwaves uniform makes sence. Given her aura heat you dont want to accedently touch her durring a mission.
To be honest I thought Heatwave out fit was a hit that she manage other thing for ARCH and not just a super.Thought she might be part of the mechanic team when she not super heroing it up.That or she was restoring a car since we last saw her.Personal I kind of want both to be true.
You can argue that she not part of press meeting and she just there for security. That’s just her trying to be inconspicuous.I would expect her, Achilles, Mr. Amorphous would still be classified due to the fact they all worked out side the law.Arianna would try to keep them at lease classified till the agency can gain some public support.Not good to publicly have vigilantes on your police force.Then again I would kind of like to see freak out that she over look that little nugget of knowledge.
Any ways enjoying it like always
Isn’t that Achilles standing beside Hiro though?
That look like Mr. Amorphous.I’m just thinking out loud really and I have apply my suspension of disbelief to much bigger plot holes then this.So I don’t mind even if it over looked.You can all so claim the what ever deal they made with the ARCH could include a back ground scrub, so there no record of any thing they done up to this point.
Perhaps they were competent enough that no one outside of Arc intelligence was even aware that they were vigilantes. It would certainly be a strong reason for wanting to have them on the team in the first place, if so.
Aaaaaannnd Poor Heatwave has yet another tormentor. Super.
Sydney’s conscience is going to be playing up on this, tonight. Or whenever she finds out that Heatwave is not the fastest thinker.
Remember, everyone heckles each other consistently so it’s not a matter of Heatwave having another tormentor. And as long as she’s not dealing with a teleporter she can take care of herself.
With regards to the uniforms and metahumans- I’ve actually thought about this before you posted this comic.
Superhero teams, even those with mostly humanoid member, usually have an incredidble variety of powers. Part of the starburst-style costuming comes from the fact that the characters all want seperate things that have to do with their powers or personality. The sneaky rogue wears black. The ultraman archetype wears something eye-catching so everyone can see him. The hulk needs magic pants. The guy who regularly explodes into fire needs armor. The chick wears 2 postage stamps and a bandaid, or just goes for the bodypaint.
If you want a feasible uniform for a team like this, I think that the more important factor is color. Everyone has the same or mostly the same color pattern (white with red accents, for example) but the actual form it takes varies from person to person. So for something like your group, they might all have uniforms in something suitably military/law-enforcement-ish (navy blue or olive green) with different trim depending on the division. Gunmetal-grey for ArcSwat, black for ArcDark, electric blue or neon orange for the intelligence division, etc etc etc.
A logo or crest on either the back, chest, arm, or head (helmet) would probably also help.
Thanks my take on it anyhow.
Personal superhero emblems would be a no-no for Dave’s plot style I think, but the Arc emblem idea you mentioned would work just fine- as long as you don’t make it the same size as Superman’s S. I think a shoulder position would work best, since chest and back emblems would seem awkwardly large and prominent, and helmets are irritating to have to wear.
They already have the chokers, Dave just has to work something out for the ‘no-neck’ club
Yeah, the chockers were a great idea. “Normal” superhero emblems seem really in your face sometimes.