Prince Street News: Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon (or Maybe Not)

 The new BACK ISSUE (#167) highlights "Girls, Woman, and Ladies," which sounds a bit wide-ranging, but it actually refers to characters who have those gender descriptors in their name. So this episode of Prince Street News discusses both the dichotomy between a female character's age and their appellation as well as other aspects of naming female heroes and villains (I mean... Mongal? C'mon)... 

I'm also posting an all-hand drawn version of the SHE-BAT faux movie poster used in the strip, which is available at the Tough Guy Etsy Shop! Or maybe it will be... I may not have put it up there yet. I guess I should check. 

Heh. 

Mr. Inferno's Girls, Betty and Veronica

 I did this for my pal, Steve, who periodically sends me amazing care packages of Archie Comics doubles he's accrued (he buys lots of lots). He mocked up a cover for an issue of BETTY AND VERONICA (#75) that highlights a story with a character named Mr. Inferno (ahem). Archie published a facsimile edition of that infamous comic book, but the cover doesn't feature this one-time character. What, Jingles can come back every year, but Satan can't? Sorry, sorry, Mr. Inferno!