Leecifer Gives Camille Rose Garcia’s Girls a Comic Couture Makeover
|I have a certain reputation (e.g. this) for being very critical of customized toys, which is (in part) why I like to post ones I see that I really enjoy. Camille Rose Garcia released Cherry, Lulu, Patch and conjoined twins Katie and Sadie (below) through Necessaries Toy Foundation in 2005. Although Camille Rose Garcia has released very few affordable multiples and her artwork has a habit of instantly selling out, the price of the vinyl girls surprisingly never really “rose”. As such, batches and separates can still be found at retail pricing, which is where self-proclaimed “toy ruiner,” Lee “Leecifer” Gajda comes in. Leecifer turned Garcia’s girls into original comic-couture art pieces (above). “Cat Woman,” “Harley,” “Batgirl/Robin” and “Poison Ivy” will be available at Comic-Con 2012 through Dragatomi (booth #4935). I think that Siames Batgirl/Robin is brilliant, and I hope the four customized figures go to one collector’s home. Well done!
Comic knowledge (that I only learned after outrage from DC’s “New 52” relaunch): There actually has been at least one female Robin. So a Batgirl/ female Robin makes sense and won’t irritate fanboys!
@crazylikeafox11 One of the biggest outrages in feminist comic history was actually the treatment of Stephanie Brown after her stint as Robin(her Robin costume was not displayed in the Batcave, like the other Robins, and her “death” was sort of glossed over AND unfortunately sort of sexualized as well). She later became Batgirl too, so the figure totally makes sense. She was also Spoiler. This is all pre relaunch.
The other girl Robin is Carrie Kelly from The Dark Night Returns, but that wasn’t considered part of the continuity.
(totally a Robin nerd…)