At first I was going to do something witty about acne or
sullenness or something but couldn't come up with an
image worth sketching.
Then I thought, if the internet and or Drawbridge existed when
I was in high school (or jr.high) I would have done this!
I would have sketched the Paul Smith re-design of Storm when she went
all "Punk!" Mohawks where already a cliche by the time
they did this to Storm, but I remember being into
the story line and Paul Smith's art.
That was certainly a WTF?! moment in my youth. A completely arbitrary bit of pandering nonsense inflicted on a well established character, for no good reason other than shock value. I mean if Kitty Pryde had done it that might have made sense. She was the self-hating teenager after all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories Tim.
Yes, I like to think that if anyone but Paul Smith had drawn X-men at that point I would have hated it and seen it for what it was. But who knows...I was an awkward teen who didn't know any better.
ReplyDeleteI always kind of liked the Mohawk Storm-- in fact, that was the first Storm I knew. It actually took me a surprisingly long time to realize that the Mohawk Storm was the same character long-haired, caped Storm I saw referenced occasionally in flashbacks. I guess it was because Mohawk Storm actually looked black, whereas the other Storm looked like a tan white lady. I guess I was dumb.
ReplyDeleteyeah that's a far cry from Halle Berry. Nice drawing; I would not fuck with her
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