Annotated 1-8
In this page, I burned through one of our best early ideas for Frigg: that she’d briefly experiment with something like the “chainmail bikini” of a Red Sonja, just long enough to experience for herself how impractical it is. This is still more comfortable-looking than the wedgie waiting to happen that is Sonja’s best-known, 1970s Marvel design. But with the materials on hand and her skill set, this is about as close as Frigg could believably get.
She is clearly doing it to get a rise out of the nuns, establishing that her trolling of Morbundi is a consistent M.O. for her, which is definitely a better motivation than most Sonja-types dole out for their sartorial choices, when a flash of guilt motivates the creators to try to justify it at all. “I’m… I’m doing it to distract weak-minded men! And to show that I need protection from no one and nothing! What’s that, Mr. Director? I should arch my back more? O… okay…”
Both Phil and I were pretty adamant from the start that Frigg would wear real armor. We don’t have any objection to women looking sexy, but in our view then and now, a very limited definition of “sexy” has poisoned a lot of fantasy. Erica went all in on creating a more accurate sense of fashion, researching the hell out of clothing and weapons from the medieval days to the Industrial Revolution, and the fruits of her labors become evident on the page after this as we start getting a better look at Byron.
Sonja makes sense in the Conan-Sonja universe where almost everyone is half naked, everywhere else it’s just a warn out trope and you picked a good way to make fun of it.
In the books, Conan wears plate.
He often doesn’t. Take The Slithering Shadow for example, he’s in a loincloth and belt for the entire novella.
Not all of them. Actually, I could remember only one such book – Queen of the Black Coast.
Usually he wears some light clothes
In the books, and comics for that matter, he wears what ever is appropriate at the time. And, in the comics, so did Sonja. At least in the marvel run. The bikini thing was more of a cover bit, than anything else.
Now, the Dynamite run of comics, though, yeah, they tend to have her as naked as they can get away with, without putting a mature label on.
Frigg’s all “Red Sonja? More like RAD Sonja.”
After realizing how impractical it was she was “More like TARD Sonja.”
Our Lady of the Inflamed Eyeball.
Armor that actually works is always appreciated.
Yeah. Sexy can be nice, but armor’s primary function is keeping the wearer alive if they happen to take a hit.
The classicest (not to be confused with “classiest”) of classic Frigg!
Unrelated: ever since the reruns started, the comment form won’t save my name and email; I have to enter them every time I post. And twice in a row now, I’ve had to reload the page to get the latest update. Nothing like this happens anywhere else, and I’m pretty sure I haven’t changed any settings. Has anyone else got any problems like this?
I’m having the same problem…and forgot to do it the same number of times as you.
Dito.
I, on the contrary, am not having this issue. Possibly related to browser form saving? I’m running Chrome.
Ironically (or is it?), today I didn’t have to reload the front page, but I did have to reload this page to see the replies.
just offscreen is Ben Stein readying up to do a commercial on burning eyes…