Comic Book Babes Go "Ame-Comi" With Santi Casas' Touch

We usually don't see our favorite comic book heroines go "anime/manga" style  nowadays but that doesn't mean that talented artists can't imagine and create their own versions of these ladies.

Take Spanish digital artist Santi Casas who has made several amazing"ame-comi"  renditions of classic DC babes showing their nice curves and super-powered baddasserry in his deviantArt page, in the tradition of DC Direct's Ame-Comi Heroine action figure series.

He's got a clear knack for transforming any character into something ready for a Japanese-animated TV show or film, and hopefully he continues doing these ame-comi illustrations featuring other superheroines. Make sure you bookmark his gallery because I'm sure that this guy will surprise us with more gorgeous work!

Samples of his Power Girl, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Supergirl and Batgirl goodies after the cut.

'Power Girl' #27 Cover - August Solicit

POWER GIRL #27 
Written by Matthew Sturges • Art by HENDRY PRASETYA
Cover by WARREN LOUW
Power Girl has 20 seconds to save the day – three times over! But who set up this dangerous game? Can Power Girl find a way to overcome not one but three disasters and track down the statistically-minded villain behind it all?
On sale AUGUST 17 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T 


[From ComicBookResources]


Here's the cover for that issue:

Cover by Warren Louw

Cover by Sami Basri

Comparing it with these two sample covers from Amanda Conner and Sami Basri who have both done a great job on their own runs with PeeGee. Conner's PG was a little bit cartoony but complete showed the feistyness and often times, cockiness of the heroine; while Basri's art was more anime/manga influenced, showing a more determined and "realistic" version of Power Girl. Both versions are still sexy, but they put more emphasis to the character and her unique traits, rather than depicting her as a mere sex symbol with the curvylicious body and big breasts. 

Cover by Amanda Conner

So based on that, I have to agree with dcwomenkickingass' statement that the cover by Louw is gotta be the "porniest" PG rendition ever. I'm a big fan of porn, and I kind of like the #27 cover to be honest. I'm a guy so its kind of automatic (I know a lot of women will hate me on this).

Yeah its all cheesecake art, with the tits and the private part almost showing with that thin covering, punctuated by the black maskara over the eyes that completes the begging "fuckface"/"sexface" tone all over PeeGee. It actually qualifies for Penthouse Comix.. I like it. Its not that bad to have a little bit of the erotic in mainstream comics, you know.


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Ame-Comi Figures Featuring DC Babes

Never thought that toy companies are crossing over anime and DC heroines in their figurines, and to be honest it doesn't look too good. Ame-Comi can be called a disappointment for me. It just doesn't work out. Tomopop reviews this toy line and they've got some cool and not-so cool photos of DC heroines - including a Japanese version Wonder Woman holding the head of Medusa, a Batman/Spawn incarnate, and a awfully looking Power-Girl that has robotic arms like she was from Mortal Kombat.  (Check the complete article here.)

But that doesn't mean that it doesn't have any cool looking anime-comic mashups. Check out more pictures after the jump for some of my favorites from their gallery:

I'm kind of biased on this. I like Supergirl and this sort of Magic Knight Rayearth thing they've got on her.