Comments on: Comic-Con 2009: Nerd Baptism

By: Tory

Tory — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:40:32 +0000

LANCE! Welcome to the party!

Truly I am getting a mite old for Supergirl. This Halloween I am transitioning to another comic bewk character. The suspense — CAN YOU STAND EET?

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:14:57 +0000

Thanks; figured you’d know.

By: Your Anomalous Fan

Your Anomalous Fan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:01:10 +0000

Lance, she’s called “Supergirl” because… she’s a girl. The first few incarnations of her character all appeared alongside a young Clark Kent who was referred to as Superboy and not Superman. Superboy was a retro look at the already-established Superman character, but because Supergirl was introduced as a teenage character, she was never allowed to “grow up.” Her character in later incarnations appeared more of a 20s-ish woman, but retained the Supergirl name.

Yes, I am a tremendous nerd.

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:10:36 +0000

When the Flickr blog featured comic con yesterday, I clicked through on one of the pictures and kept clicking hoping to see dragon con levels of costume madness, but didn’t expect to find pictures of someone I know dressed as a Supergirl. (Why is this character’s name not Super Woman? I assumed that there must be a separate SW character, but found only a few references after as many as 30 seconds searching the web.) I shared the photos with a couple of mutual acquaintances, but I stopped after a couple because I wasn’t getting the “OMGWTF it’s crazy that the world is so small, you know?” response I expected. I guess I was just hoping to re-live the absurdity of the moment, but it’s true what they say (that you can’t recreate absurdity by showing friends pictures of people they know dressed as comics characters).