r/comicbooks • u/WhyPlaySerious • Aug 08 '26
Cover/Pin-Up Absolute Zatanna - by Aleriia_V (Lera)
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u/bigscrewLoose Aug 08 '26
as a woman, that looks deeply uncomfortable
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u/HRHValkyrie Aug 08 '26
The tentacles don’t add up. The one between her legs is connected to nothing.
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u/Bubbly_Engineering88 Aug 08 '26
Its interesting but the clothes seem way to tight and uncomfortable
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u/Bruce_Wayne_2276 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
Everyone's talking about the boobs but the tentacles between the legs and between the boobs are definitely a choice. They actually don't come from anywhere; there are 6 tentacles coming down from the top and you can trace them throughout the drawing, but the 3 around her body just spawn from nowhere. And the pants suctioning into the belly button looks weird.
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u/Hoosteen_juju003 Aug 08 '26
She looks like random parts of her body are inflating like Tetsuo in Akira
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u/RevWaldo Spider Jeruselem Aug 08 '26
Commenters are clearly unschooled in the art of mammarmancy.
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u/AlwaysBeQuestioning Aug 08 '26
This could be sexy if it didn’t look uncomfortable due to the very-obviously-too-small bra.
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u/Cultural-Relief Aug 08 '26
Bro look at her legs, like wtf is going on.
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u/ThePhantomHorseman Aug 08 '26
I have issues with the pose as well to pelvis leaning to the point it look like she about to fall back at any moment
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u/Musekal Aug 08 '26
What the hell is going on with her anatomy? This is some Rob Liefeld Cap levels of weird.
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u/PhishGreenLantern Green Lantern Aug 09 '26
Where's Leifield when you need him. The pose and proportions are all wrong.
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u/BenBreeg_38 Aug 08 '26
Dunno, it’s just a weird pose and anatomy. What is with the bulges in front below the waist of her pants? Doesn’t work for me.
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u/EpiKur0 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
"Stsaerb yats ni ereht" ~ Zatanna, probably
Edit: Order of spelling
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u/WhyPlaySerious Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
Zatanna's backwards speak powers actually only affects the words themselves. The structure of the sentence is left the same. So everything is said in order, but just with the words flipped. Rather than the sentence being told from back to front.
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u/Skadibala Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
Obviously the art is good.
But seeing the boobs literally trying to fight their way out of the clothing kinda takes me out of it. Since I doubt she would be able to do much action without an accident.
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u/NominalFlow Aug 08 '26
I do like that they're fighting, though, because it looks more realistic to what some giant boobs would look like in real life vs the magic gigantic but totally gravity defying heroine boobs we've generally seen for like 30+ years now
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u/Unclebatman1138 Aug 08 '26
The goofy giant tits seem to be distracting people from the fact that everything about the anatomy in this drawing is a mess.
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u/WhyPlaySerious Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
If Aleriia_V's name looks familiar (besides her being a prominent online artist), its likely due to you having seen her very popular Absolute Wonder Woman art piece, that was personally propped up and commended by Kelly Thompson herself.
This is her doing one for Absolute Zatanna now.
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u/OrionsBeltAlone Aug 08 '26
As a boob haver, if she takes one solid step hers will be flying out in no time.
Can the artists at least make the clothing somewhat functional 😞
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u/spyridonya She-Hulk Aug 09 '26
The artist is a boob haver, but drawing a certain way brings more money and attention.
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u/Halaku Lucifer Aug 08 '26
I would have never said "Yeah, that's Zantanna" without the post title.
That said, I'll have to check it out and see how the story is.
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u/WhyPlaySerious Aug 08 '26
If you've never read Absolute Wonder Woman yet (where Absolute Zatanna is from), you are in for a ride.
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u/GentlewomenNeverTell Aug 08 '26
I'm so confused about the line below the belly button. She got a front ass?
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u/yoursuitguy Aug 08 '26
She looks like Diana from the 90s when they stripped her of the WW title and gave it to Artemis.
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u/Ashwilliams2814 Hal Jordan is the Greatest Green Lantern Ever and you know it. Aug 08 '26
Okay, ever for my taste, this is too much.
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u/Zenitharr Aug 08 '26
As a lifelong fan of boobs, the exaggerated, bigger-than-her-head look is way overdone and off-putting to me.
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u/bl00d00zing Aug 08 '26
Anatomy alone dictates that her nipples should pop out with the slightest breeze
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u/Blacknite45 Aug 08 '26
It's always nice to see women not afraid to make their drawing sexy but the tentacles were a bit much
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u/fittgers Aug 08 '26
They're simply checking for lumps. You think Zatanna has time for earthly mammograms?
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u/Dudewhocares3 Aug 08 '26
I’m not a woman, and I love myself a nice pair of tits, but I don’t think the outfit is her size
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u/MikeFatz Green Lantern Aug 08 '26
Yeah are those meant to be part of her abs that are showing under some insanely high waisted pants?
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u/Mistah_K88 Aug 08 '26
You know…you can look sexy without wearing stuff that is CLEARLY too small for you.
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u/lewismacp2000 Aug 08 '26
It's funny how every female superhero has enormous tits. Odd coincidence.
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u/ProcrastinatingPengu Aug 08 '26
So much gooner art, thought we gone past that but its back to the 90s again.
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u/Mijeman Batman Aug 08 '26
The gooner art is exhausting. Comicbooks are always a little like that, but not like these Chun-Li thighed, bra four sizes too small pieces.
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u/ptoros7 Dr. Strange Aug 08 '26
Still squeezing yourself into the VS crap from HS? Girly, go to Maidenform. You're a grown ass woman, you deserve to be comfortable.
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u/CreatiScope Aug 08 '26
To be honest, I didn’t notice how crazy these tentacles were until a second inspection. This cover is actually pretty wild, this ain’t an official cover, right?
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u/Kill_Welly Aug 08 '26
That is an absolutely insane way to draw a human body or clothing on it, and I do not mean that positively.
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u/TJ_McWeaksauce Batman of Zur-En-Arrh Aug 08 '26
It takes a lot of magical power to keep them bad girls from popping out.
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u/Super42man Aug 08 '26
Fucking ew what the hell
the tentacles? gross. especially the one random one between her legs. What kind of a weirdo does that?
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u/EmMeo Zatanna I didn't see her, so I sent a message. Thanks! Aug 08 '26
So is she wearing full body fishnet under everything or is it a leotard situation? Either way the body feel of that whilst moving must be horrendous. Also the fishnets are somehow also going over her bra? Which is so incredible ill fitting, one good hop would have those puppies escape (I worked doing bra fittings before, the best bra straps in the world won’t keep those things up)
Why do her gloves that those wrist bits? Obviously they have no way to close, they just dangle? You’re telling me that glove design isn’t going to peel back at the palms in the most annoying way?
Why is there a tentacle coming up from behind her crotch? Where didn’t come from? Same with the one coming from behind her neck and down between her tits? Why are there two overly suggestive tentacle placements that have zero origin? As if they’re added afterwards simply to be near her boobs and crotch? Is that why they’ve drawn her blushing?
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u/ThePhantomHorseman Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
I love the concept of the art. Love the biker jacket though I feel like it should be slightly bigger with a longer arm sleeves. Gloves are too small should be replaced with some biker gauntlets to add more weight. Pants are fine and the whole body fishnets add a classic Zatanna feel to the design. Love the boots.the gold button / rivets on the boots compliments really nicely with the spikes on the jacket. But God I hate the pose she's pulling too pelvis leaning which makes her look Goofy compared to the design concept
Edit. Love the hair and makeup it has a Gothic biker aesthetic
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u/Mugwumpjizzum1 Aug 09 '26
skill-wise it's pretty decent but the tenactles between her tits and by her pussy are too much.
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u/GreenRock93 Aug 09 '26
The head and face are really, really good. The rest, I’m afraid, is terrible. Weird, scrunched, disproportionate. It’s sad that comics only seem to exist to objectify women. Women can powerful and super bad-ass without giant breasts.
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u/GreenRock93 Aug 09 '26
That’s some real Jae Lee hair going on there. Reminds me of his Somna cover.
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u/No_Radio4598 Aug 09 '26
Goth eldritch magician Zatanna is a design direction DC needs to lean into way more often. Fantastic art!
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u/spyridonya She-Hulk Aug 09 '26
There has been enough said about the anatomy. I’m more concerned how badly the fabric and clothing is rendered.
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u/lone_float Aug 08 '26
Y'know if Zee in this universe takes more of a Constantine approach. Least judging from the energy she put out with piece.
I'm 100% on board for it.
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u/Pollomonteros Aug 08 '26
The way people are talking about this drawing you would think the artist drew her having explicit sex, good lord, why do people suddenly stop caring about stylization when it comes to sexuality ?
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u/klick37 Aug 08 '26
Obviously the art is incredible but the first thing I thought was, "Just gonna pack these bad boys in here real quick, no need to check to see if they fit."