For the weekend, some fun little commissions! :)

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After reading on s_d for some time, and not without nodding agreement on a regular basis, about the objectification of women in terms of super-costume designs... I'd pondered what the reverse would be like....


Remembering this delightful fellow from the Superman issue where Mr Mxyzptlk switches the genders of everyone on Earth, and the memorable cover to All-Star Squadron #1 I asked my old buddy Mitch Ballard to see what he could do... and I think he surpassed himself

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The Boys of Prey


Meet Bob Gordon, Danny Lance and Alan Bertinelli, aka Oracle, Black Condor and Hunter (and yes, he has the belly window, HE does sit ups too you know).

All is not well though in this universe, as many familiar faces are looking a little odd. There's a SuperMAN, and Nightwing appears to be a fellow too! Good think Wildcat, Fox and Wonder Warrior are still as they should be, especially with the likes of Harlan Quinn and Poison Oak around! :) (and as for the visiting interlopers from the Marvel Universe, some of them seem to be having the same situation! Captain America is male, and Cypher looks like a BOY!)

I love the fun that Mitch had with these, no way I would have come up with Scarlet Warlock, Mr Marvel or a male Raven! :)

Oh, and some time after I commissioned it, I saw this picture from SDCC 2011! God, I love cosplayers!!

He also sent me these as a nice surprise, he'd cound a couple of 3"x3" pieces he did back in 1988 and thought I'd like them... GUess what, I do! :)


And this is another fun piece I've just obtained, with Ben "Ninja High School" Dunn tackling the Team Supreme!



Ah, brain and brawn.. always a dynamite combo! :)


And this last is one I sort of inspired, but didn't actually commission directly. I'd mentioned in fun, the idea of wanting a commission of Batman with side-kick themed little Pokéballs lining his utility belt, and CrimsonHorror on DA went for it and designed first the Pokeballs and then the assorted Pickachu! I then giffed them together and got THIS!



Tim as the Swan Queen never gets old! :)

Comments

[droolfangrrl]

You are the best for sharing this with us. And the pokeball have to be the cutest thing I've seen all day.

[darkblade]

Some of the characters in the pictures on the table didn't get gender swapped.

[icon_uk]

Yes, and some of them are from Marvel. hence my comment about them noticing something being out of whack, alongside things like Nightwing is now a guy and there's a SuperMAN.

They're trying to see if there's a pattern they can find.

[halloweenjack]

Starfire's hair totally doesn't work on a dude. On the other hand, if that's a hint of muttonchops that I see on the Scarlet Warlock, I approve.

[icon_uk]

True on the hair (Though it was too silly to resist), though I liked the Starfire costume variation.

[werehawk]

I can't find a better picture, but that is how the hair of the men from Tamaran look! Here is one of Starfire's father.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/wite_c/koryfolks1.jpg

[whitesycamore]

Starfire's hair doesn't really work on Starfire, either.

I think the only person it WOULD work on would be a magic sparkle pony marketed to eight-year-old girls.

[nemryn]

One of the things that bugs me about that story is, it's explicitly not a parallel dimension; Mxyzptlk actually swapped everybody's gender. So, where did Claire Kent and Superwoman come from?

[icon_uk]

He uses 5th Dimensional magic so we don't know that's what he did.

"I want a genderswapped person to replace everyone I think existed as of 8am this morning and everyone who was on Earth to vanish into a pocket dimension."

[jelly_ace]

Swan Queen Pika-Tim reminds me of those birds in the Rhythm Heaven game on the DS. Hahaha.

And I love the 3x3 Discowing! You're so lucky!

[sigmund_droid]

Fox=Vixen?

[icon_uk]

Yup! :)

[leikomgwtfbbq]

Boy-Oracle looks like my boyfriend! Awesome! (He just needs a little of a goatee.)

[icon_uk]

You lucky so and so! :) (Geeks are hot!)

[perletwo]

PokeSteph! soooooo cute!

Love the 3x3s. And Guy!Babs kinda works.....

[crinos]

Minor note though; Female Pikachu have an indentation on their tail that makes it look vaguely heart shaped.

Sorry, just the Pokenerd in me talking.

[halloweenjack]

I always liked that issue of Superman. It would also be fun to see Green Lantern Haley Jordan, who is occasionally up against her boyfriend Carl Ferris, aka Star Sapphire (who wears a magenta Speedo), and is aided by Jan Stewart, Kylie Rayner, and Gal Gardner.

[icon_uk]

Mmmm I want fanart of Carl as Star Sapphire... NOW!

[northstarfan]

Wow...that is an adorable Cypher. Where did you catch Ben Dunn?

[icon_uk]

Believe it or not, on e-bay, he was doing a small batch of commissions at a very decent price (they didn't last long) and I lucked across it at just the right moment! :)

LOL! these are Brilliant!

[steverodgers5]

I was particularly struck by how Mr Marvel looks like Thor cosplaying!

Re: LOL! these are Brilliant!

[icon_uk]

Cannot unsee.... Not sure I want to either to be honest!

[autohobbs]

Poison Oak, I'm sold. Also, spoiler is adorable.

[retro_nouveau]

Turnabout never gets old for me.

Mitch's work is outstanding as usual. That's the best Rule 63 Wonder Woman I've ever seen.

A world with four times as many heroes as usual (DC men, DC used-to-be-women, Marvel men, and Marvel used-to-be-women) and only two heroines? I have to admit that I've considered all-male, all-female, randomly-reversed, and even all DC and Marvel on one world, but this is unexpected. I mean, Mitch got Flash, Wonder Man, and Black Condor right, but what happened to Batwoman? :D

Spoiler is the peek-a-boo Pikachu. XD

[icon_uk]

I don't think I was very clear with my original description, and so it was originally done with EVERYONE male, but I asked for some variety to be put back in and he did the best he could.

[kamino_neko]

I like Bob having the Oracle avatar on his sweater. Babs needs to get one of those. Sure she's not Oracle any more, but, hey.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

I want an Oracle sweater.

[kamino_neko]

Hmm.

Pondering...what was Bob's hero name before Joker shot him?

'Batboy' doesn't have quite the same ring as 'Batgirl'.

Batson? No would probably get tired of Shazam getting confused and asking him to do stuff.

Batkid could work, I guess. But, I dunno...'kid' says 'child' more than 'boy' or 'girl' in my mind.

[icon_uk]

I think he'd definitely have been Batboy, with With Di Grayson as the first Robin the Girl Wonder (Followed by Jane Todd, and then Tina Drake)

[runespoor]

PokeSpoiler is the cutest thing in the world. I'm very fond of PokeCass as well. They'd have wonderful adventures together!

[pyrotwilight]

That is a sad sad dude filled world. The potential hotness of Flash-ette only makes up so much when we also have Wildcat-lady.

[icon_uk]

That is a sad sad dude filled world.

Speak for yourself sweetie! :)

[introverted_excavator]

Omg the Cassachu, the cute is overwhelming.

[blackruzsa]

Amazing Boys of Prey one, I love the little Marvel additions and Danny's shorty shorts.