Kind of old news at this point, but my God, Supergirl's new costume is the dirt worst:
"Hey, you know Supergirl's costume is easily identifiable, aesthetically pleasing, and
doesn't look like she flew headlong into some clotheslines? Yeah, let's undo all of that. First off, because the original costume is clearly a gender-wapped Superman outfit, let's make it look as un-Superman as possible. No yellow, only one thing that's red, and a desaturated blue, there we go-- oh, and give her some black boots and gloves so it looks like she stole a Fantastic Four uniform. Now let's give her a sleevelss hoodie to make her look frumpy and unappealing, which she wears over tights because apparently she thinks she's the Scarlet Spider. Then, on top of
that, her cape--ehh, y'know what, what if she has a sash-- maybe an over-the-shoulder one, or an across-the-hips one like Carol Danvers? Y'know what, fuck it, it's all three at once. That's all good, but it's missing something......oooh! I know! A
BATTLE AXE! Whaddya mean 'why give the indestructible person with infinite super-strength a battle-axe?' She's a stronk independent woman, which means she's hyper-aggressive bloodthirsty sociopath (going by how Bendis was writing her), that's
empowering!Anyway, just draw her scowling at the reader and brandishing her medieval death-implement and I think we've really captured the essence of Supergirl here! Background? Ehh, I dunno, a bunch of random faces, give everyone those Kryptonian head-socks from John Byrne's version of Krypton which went out of style in the late 90s. Have a half-assed Superman face looking like someone let out a silent-but-deadly fart in the room and nobody's owning up to it. And make sure to put Gambit there in the bottom; kids still love Gambit, right?"