Today Jojo draws Starfire.

Generally when I ask Jojo to draw a character, we’re lucky if she knows even one incarnation of them. But today when I asked her to draw Starfire she said, “There’s two versions of her right? The cartoon one and the slutty comics one that everyone hates?” It turns out that Jojo was aware of the controversy surrounding Starfire’s appearance in Red Hood and the Outlaws and Jojo wanted to draw both versions.

Cartoon: This is pretty spot on, like yesterday’s drawing of Raven, she got the attitude down. She drew it more cheerleader-ish than it’s supposed to be, and Jojo thinks every female super hero wears a tank top. Also, like with her Chun-Li, the way Jojo draws anime eyes, is really troubling.

Comics: About this drawing, Jojo said, “I wanted to make fun of this version. Really make it look stupid. But now that I drew it, I kinda like it. Like it’s so stupid that it’s ok again.” I can see why, she did do a really good job with this one. The outfit is wrong, but she got the idea of “tiny straps of not nearly enough fabric” down perfectly. She even got the cold, distant expression that everyone disliked in the new Starfire. She also drew her back at an angle that would snap her spine… but I can’t tell if that’s a parody of the comics Starfire, or just Jojo forgetting how spines work.

Finally, I know I said we’d keep drawing spooky characters for the week after Halloween, but then I saw her Raven and really wanted to see Starfire. But, I guess outdated portrayals of women in comics is spooky, right? Ooooooh, it’s the ghost of sexism… it’s staring at us with its male gaze…. oooooooooh.