Patreon Pin Up 11/23/20 (Patreon)

Not the first time I've drawn Starfire here, but she came up on the Discord server the other day, and I realized I'd never drawn the classic "big hair" version of her from the old comics. I decided to directly parody one of the pics that popped up in the channel, and this was a lot of fun to make.

You'd be forgiven for assuming she was where I got the inspiration for my own OC Holly Sinclair, as this is basically Holly's head with a palette swap and the braces removed, but it's just a coincidence I'm afraid. I just love me some big hair. I do like Starfire though, as she has a very interesting history in pop culture overall.

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall back in the early 2000's during the meeting where whatever big shots at Cartoon Network decided that Starfire would make a good addition to their upcoming kids cartoon. It's my understanding that Starfire in the comics has pretty much always been (and I say this admiringly) one of the biggest hoes in the entire DC universe. She makes out with men she just met to gain their knowledge, and gets the ability to see into the future by consuming their sperm.

Putting aside that I made that last part up, how do you adapt someone like that for a kid's show? Change her completely of course! But did they though? This is where you guys can help me out, as I think the only comic I own featuring the Teen Titans was the collection they did in like the 70's where they crossed over with the X-Men. So the question is did they change Starfire drastically for the cartoon? Or was she always a lovable naive fish out of water anime girl type, and they simply removed the intergalactic hoe-ing from her profile? Let me know in the comments if you would, and I hope you guys like the pin up!