Grrl Power #358 – Fair trade photography
I considered extending the scene at the comic shop a bit longer, but beside an increasingly belligerent Maxima vs. a totally oblivious Brad, there wasn’t much else left to do there.
I cut a bit from this page where Sydney thought Maxima’s handling of the come on was a bit aggressive but I couldn’t figure out how to dovetail that into a conversation about her having to deal with a lot of unwanted attention and still fit everything else on the page so I’ll save that for another time.
As far as what actually did make it on to the page, yeah, this could be a poor precedent to set. Hopefully their phones are less hackable than the average consumer model. Well… not hopefully. They totally are less hackable, but there may be considerably more incentive for certain antagonistic parties to try and get in to them.
Vote incentives! The new one is up, obviously not finished yet but you can tell it’s a little different than previous ones. It will be updated throughout the month as I get time to work on it.
The previous incentive of the Spectrum Gals is now up at the DeviantArt page at a higher resolution, so go and enjoy the fine detail, and thanks for all the votes!
Update: It looks like Patreon got hacked, because that’s just how things go these days. From what I can tell, credit card numbers were not taken, but I would definitely suggest people change their passwords, especially if you use the same password everywhere, which is security no no number 1.
Here’s the link to the new comments highlighter for chrome, and the GitHub link which you can use to install on FireFox via Greasemonkey.
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Harem has decided to go monomuggle and decides that you would make a suitable partner. For one of her bodies. Each of the others will have their own partners. Would you take her up on the offer?
When you find out that she is incapable of concealing an orgasm, and they all react simultaneously, would that change things for you?
Why would you even ask that? Of course I’d have her. That just makes things easier on me performance wise unless all her other partners are horrible in bed.
No, even before the question.
Nope, ‘coz the wife would either kill me, or NOT kill me in favour of doing something much worse..
Yep, what you said…mine would do worse AND kill me. Heck, she’s not even the jealous type.
It would have to be all or none (seriously, you want me to pick which one is the cutest? they all are, they are all individual, even if they share the same mind, to me they have their own personalities)
Yes. No.
Yes, and yes, and my girlfriend would want to watch. In fact, the second question would be merely a challenge to have some fun and see how much I could get away with.
Absolutely, I would! Harem seems exactly like someone I could enjoy quite a lot, and my wife and I are non-monogamous, anyway, so I am used to having a lover who has other lovers. It would actually be a shift to an entire body be exclusive to me…
Unless Harem wanted me to be monogamous that that body of hers, because then that would be a deal-breaker, but we could still be friends! :)
Only if Varia decided to join us. She is my new super crush o 3o
Call me sick, call me old, call me a freak of nature, but my crush is Peggy!
Out of all of them? My crush would be Sydney.
Yep Sydney/halo is the best of them all! Least in my humble opinion.
Nope, not gonna call you any of that, except ‘tasteful’ :D
I am with Guesticus on this. There is nothing wrong with Peggy, or liking her. She is a fine woman.
My super crush is Anvil. I would just be a fool to turn down any one Harem. I’ve always been fond of taller women, and at 6’4″ that’s a rare commodity. Dabbler is all right, but I would prefer to hang out with her and hassle people for their reactions. Kind of a Friend, Fuck, and Marry game there. Peggy would be a lot of fun too.
Maxima I would tend to avoid just because I find her to be a bit too insecure for my liking. I understand her logic, but she seems like in person I would find her humorless and insecure. And that’s a turn off.
My wife totally wants a girlfriend to share with me, so able to consider options. Assuming wifey is cool with ’em, preferences would probably go Sydney, Dabbler, or Maxima (in that order). There’d be 3 of us, so Harem’s power isn’t a huge advantage, and she’s more of a tease from what I’ve seen.
Sydney fits right in. I can totally see that happening, she’s fun, she’s geeky, and she’s relatable.
Dabbler’s smart, talented, and can make herself look like anyone, and is such a hybrid that her genetics have to be amazing, so good life-mate material there. And being part succubus, I’m going to guess that she’s got an innate immunity to certain category of diseases, so we wouldn’t mind her having all her fun on the side.
Maxima… well… not to brag, but I kind of have a super-genius IQ and my wife isn’t shabby at all… might totally be able to pull of a reverse-gendered Bulma & Vegeta thing going.
Somehow I don’t think Dabbler is a good choice for ‘lifemate material’ if monogamy is an important part of being a life mate to you.
You know who else claimed to have a super-genius IQ? Wile E. Coyote. Look how often that blew up in his face… Just sayin
I’m willing to bet that if some non-super average Joe gave Max some respect (by not oogling her obvious attributes) and treated her as if she was the most important person in his life, she would probably melt in his hands. That has worked so far on Mrs. Casey and will hopefully work well enough on 2 year old baby daughter Casey that she gets older she will find a real man instead of some of the losers and muscle-heads I see my girls in my classes get hooked up with.
Peggy is a good looking lady herself, and her body art gives the
I think it would be sweet that a girl half my age and twice my pretty (and rich to boot) would find me that interesting. But I she would have to convince my old lady. Presuming the Gatekeeper provides the seal of approval then I wouldn’t mind a date or three to see if the interest is mutual.
As for the second part, I wouldn’t let it stop me. At the same time I know for a fact that Can be controlled. We could just chalk it up to a potential Teachable Moment.
Ahh, but not all people are the same. A woman, in the UK, recently got sent to prison for breeching a court order to avoid such behaviour (she had repeatedly been waking her neighbours at extremely anti-social hours with ‘sex noises’).
Plus, even if something is physiologically possible, such as walking down a sidewalk, it may be psychologically impossible to walk on the cracks. Whilst others might have a compulsion to avoid touching anything which could be harbouring germs. Then you have the real fun when individuals have multiple issues.
Second part could likely change the plans to dinner with your parents.
:-D
Oh yeah, of course. All the ladies love the Screwball! And if she can’t hide…certain things…then I’ll just have everyone else jealous, with how well i domkdgolkmawpeouhat
Hey all, Daniel the Human here. Saw what Screwball was replying to & how he was starting to overheat like that time he actually got a positive reaction from a lady. A -_- faced blow on the ear was all that was needed for him to blow a circuit & power down, should be good in a while…
Me tho, I’d be curious about it, but the other bodies+other partners would make things weird. As for the other part, Screwball wouldn’t know what he was doing even if you gave him an instructional video & play-by-play coaching the whole time. I on the other hand, once I’m comfortable with the other body+other partner thing, would probably be tempted to see how I could get her to react…
I don’t know that I could do it, but I’d be damned tempted to try.
It’d be a big ego booster if I somehow managed to attract any one body of Harem’s. Of course she’s older than me but hey who gives a flying fuck.
The second half would def involve me contacting the other Harem’s partners and telling them “no sex when I take her to meet the parents.”
nooooope. As awesome as harem is, Im completely unable to be monogamous :P
I’d hardly call a little peck on the cheek adequate for a topless photo of hero.
“See this picture, Brad? This is your competition. This man looks like he could suckle babies. You look like you’re having one. Ta ta!”
Am I the only one that preferred Jiggawatt with white hair? There’s enough blonds in this, her weird super bleach blond appearance bugs me, but I kinda like the Storm white hair in dreads.
I found it distracting.
Last of the Mohicans is in my movie collection, as it is a favourite of mine. And I generally like Celtic music and Clannad, as part of that. Enjoying the soundtrack of the movie too. But, when I watched the film at the cinema, I found one scene was badly handled.
The girls had just been captured, and the guys were setting out in pursuit of them. In an idyllic country setting, with majestic mountains, forests and waterfalls. A powerful emotional moment, in the movie. Or it should have been. But they overlaid it with disturbingly-loud music.
Given that I am not a music-oriented person and likewise am not the kind of geek who fixates on technical issues, it means that they had been particularly incompetent, to be able to draw me out of the moment that way. I am a soppy romantic, and that is just the kind of scene that I would be happy to roll with the emotions.
Instead though, I crashed out of the colonial indian war , and found myself thinking ‘why the hell are they playing Celtic music, at rock-concert volumes, in this kind of setting?’ Fortunately the movie is very good and managed to draw me back in. But the distraction was very unwelcome (even though I like the music itself).
Likewise with Jiggawatt’s initial image. I would find myself thinking about the similarities and dis-similarities with Storm enough that it was distracting me from her story. Lessening the impact of her dramatic entrance, amongst other things. Because my mind had already been poked in that direction, I was comparing her appearance and personal presence to that of Storm, rather than focussing on her as a character, in her own right.
As such I was very pleased when Dave chose to retcon her look. I find her likeness above to work very well. Although sometimes both the white and the blond struck me as odd. It is not an easy look to pull off, and it works in some poses, but not so well in others.
I do like that Dave indicates he has always planned for her to change her hair frequently though. So personally I am looking forward to when she goes redhead.
Or possibly a more complex look. A friend of mine dyes her hair in a blend of pinks, reds and autumn colours. Being a professional (and a university-level lecturer in the subject) she does it very well. And I think that it would work nicely on Jiggawatt’s hair too.
Nope, you are not. Actually for a dark skinned lady I would prefer a number of hair colors, or combination of them, rather than yellow.
It would be kinda cool if, as a fairly useless in the overall scheme of things, Jiggawat could change the color of her hair at will.
Not alone. Admittedly, I have always had a thing for Ororo.
After finally noticing her in panel five, I agree. It would really balance out that scene if Jiggawatt’s hair was white.
So, I just got caught up with Grrl Power for the first time, and I am just AMAZED at how little a story can progress over the course of 5 years of writing. Literally 5 years, and we’ve only gotten a day and a half in the life of Sydney Scoville. Hell, I recall checking, and it took a year and a half just to reveal her POWERS.
But… the weird thing is? I love it. I wouldn’t have spent so much time reading it if I didn’t. Because this really isn’t a comic you read for the story, it’s a comic you read for the characters and its humor. And on that, I feel that Grrl Power delivers.
Keep up the good work, I’ll be back next week.
Welcome to the community. You will find there are an awful lot of us who love it too.
The flip side to your observation is that the story has actually progressed a lot. Sydney has done very many things, during that very short space of time:
* Helped foil a bank robbery.
* Met a super-hero in person. The most powerful in the world to boot!
* Gave an intern her first break, which has allowed her to become a fully-fledged reporter and anchor. Life-changing for Suzy News (formerly Suzy Wen), which has a knock-on effect for her audience.
* Become a police woman, a soldier, a member of an elite SWAT unit and is officially now a super-hero. And is being paid enough for that, to metamorphose into the Queen of Salt!
* Discovered the presence of alien life on Earth! And, in the process, has observed things which may have implications on the existence and/or nature of heaven and hell.
* Found out that magic is real, and like the presence of aliens and demons, it is being covered-up by the government.
* Had reassurances, by representatives of that same government, that she will not be seconded in an isolated laboratory, for examination and experimentation. Previously a very real fear for her.
* Almost died on several occasions. Through attempted murder (Shadow Boxer), falling, being shot (even if Maxima made her safer than she realised) and misadventure (don’t forget the noodles!).
* Been pivotal in winning the biggest (and only public) super battle in the history of the world!
* Met more supers than had previously been suspected to even exist in the country. Not to mention having fought half of them. Including the world’s most skilled martial artist (and beat him once too)!
* Acquired her first arch-nemesis, and prison-visit buddy. An individual with the potential to defeat all the assembled super heroes of the USA!
* Is being betrayed by a colleague, who is collaborating with an evil master-mind.
* Met a potential new boyfriend.
* Saved her business from imminent financial ruin.
* Became one of the most well-known celebrities on the planet, overnight!
* Managed to interrupt the president of the united states and various other heads of state.
* Acquired security clearance that would be the envy of many senior generals, police chiefs and politicians. Plus gained a shiny new badge that she can abuse to queue-jump at conventions!
* Learnt how to fly (as opposed to just hover around her bedroom), along with discovering she has a skill-tree that will allow her to unlock even more powers!
* Formed a gestalt with another super-hero.
* Met a colony of super-spiders living in a woven silk human skin! (Yes, him, on the page above, the one Sydney is keeping on the far side of the imposingly big, and protective, Ren).
* Come out to her parents and partner that she is actually a super hero. A bit redundant, after all the publicity, but it will be significant for her personal life.
* Has begun the process of understanding her responsibilities (the Gwen Stacy talk) and realising the profound reality of having vastly destructive powers literally at her finger-tips (touching a star).
* Helped to provide emergency medical treatment to battlefield casualties.
* Observed clues that may lead her to uncovering another evil mastermind (SPOILER: the evil squirrel overlord!)
* Likewise has been blissfully unaware of other hidden individuals and supers in her proximity, despite her own admonishment to ‘always expect ninjas’. (You have been paying attention to the little things, like mysterious dogs and magically-concealed blue skinned supers?)
That… was a great write-up Yorp
Security no no number one is “don’t use 12345” as a password. Also bad ideas: “password”, your user name and your username spelled backwards.
Actually, that’s only “password safety number 1”. Security rule no. 1 is “Microsoft is not giving away money”.
Shachar
Yes, I must never use the same password as the combination on my matched luggage.
Now if you don’t mind, I just inherited 20 million dollars in the Nigerian Sweepstakes, so I’m sort of ecstatic right now. I didn’t even realize I entered it!
The password on my account at the pizza site is p@$$w0rD. I figure, 1) Should anyone bother finding the right pizza site, they earned their pizza. 2) Any random person who tries that would figure the password is less lulzy. 3) All you can do with it is order pizza. Hope you have your own credit card! ^_^
i really want brad to go do something stupid like jumping into a vat of toxic waste now
Just wanted to mention: after all the crap everyone gave you about how Maxima’s arms should be folded under her boobs, you did a fabulous job making up for it with Varia’s pose.
I felt quite a lot of the community were supportive of Dave’s art for Maxima’s pose. It certainly was not all one-sided. But I agree that Varia’s is captured very well above.
Thanks! It also partially comes down to body language. After learning some women fold their arms over their breasts, I decided Maxima did it to minimize them. Varia has no interest in that so she folds and lifts.
Relevant: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/134193263870753015/
So Sydney’s unglasses are back. v_v
And that much muscle on a guy is disturbing.
Seriously. Nasty. People going on about muscle-brutes like they’re supposed to be attractive is as nonsensical to me as people with a scat fetish. It just looks plain nasty to me.
Not sure I’d go so far as to use the old “trigger” word… but just looking at it makes me nauseous.
Eh, to me that’s still low-key enough to be attractive. It’s starting to cross into “surreal/uncanny” territory, but it’s not far enough that I can’t enjoy it.