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Verolina 01

Martian Comics

on Jan. 13, 2012

Many MANY moons ago, I had an idea for a 'warrior princess' type.
But, I disagreed with the warrior woman types that I saw in most other comics and cartoons;
The
'skinnier than her own broadsword' type with no muscle and tits so big
that there'd be no way for her to hold them up on such a skinny frame.
Chainmail bikini.
Long, flowing, glamourous hair.
Makeup, even though it had scarcely been invented yet, much-less left Egypt.
So, I decided, as I often do with my creation process, to do the opposite of that which I dislike about the genre,
and Verolina was born.
A zaftig warrior woman of as-yet undetermined civic origin.
"broad-beamed"
as they say, to be able to heft both boobs and broadsword. Strong, but
with a layer of babyfat covering the muscle, so as to not look like a
stereotypical amazon, or femme bodybuilder. Someone a bit more down to
earth in this fantasy realm I was making.
Here, reflected in her sword is the original Ra-Zanatep.
Another
warrior woman that I was going to give her own project, as there's
usually not much racial diversity in the sword and sorcery genre,
either.
I didn't run with Ra-Zanatep, but recycled
her later as an alien from an Egypt-like planet, in the person of the
captain of the starship SugarVulture in my comic Cosmic Booty.
In
the scene, the two are getting ready for the sterotypical "2 heroes
meet, have a misunderstanding and fight until they wise up, join forces
and kick the REAL bad guys' ass" routine.
The Verolina project didn't really last long. Just 4 pics were made.
Someday, I may return, as I have already been brainstorming a sword and sorcery parody of the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon.