October 19, 2013
FFF Results Post #355—No Spandex, Please
On Friday,
CR readers were asked to "Name Five Strong Female Characters Who Don't Wear Costumes And/Or Don't Have Superpowers." This is how they responded.
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Michael Buntag
1. Shauna Wickle
2. Amir Halgal
3. Luba
4. Dorothea Molders
5. Yumi Kwon (Tune)
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Buzz Dixon
1. Mammy Yokum (okay, it's arguable she has super-powers...)
2. Delta James (Luann comic strip)
3. Friday Foster
4. Miss Geraldine Grundy
5. Wilma Deering
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Patrick Ford
1. Olive Oyl
2. Toni Benson
3. Bigfoot
4. Little Lulu
5. Little Orphan Annie
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Charles Brownstein
1) Cathy (Goff/Nieves, Tales from the Heart of Africa)
2) Thorn (Jeff Smith, Bone)Â
3) Alana (Vaughan/Staples, Saga)
4) Izu Survivor (Minetaro Mochizuki, Dragon Head)
5) Professor Garbanzo (Larry Marder, Beanworld)
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Aaron Costain
1. Burma
2. Chelo
3. Mica Segal (from The Property)
4. Adele Blanc-Sec
5. Lucy van Pelt
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This Is Either Mine Or Jackie Estrada's
1. Esperanza Glass
2. Joanie Caucus
3. Alice Otterloop
4. Grace (from
Hicksville)
5. Jane Pekar
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Stefano Gaudiano
* Mafalda
* Valentina
* Bouche Doree
* Julie Doucet
* Ellen Forney
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Dave Knott
* Aya
* Anne Merkel
* Sylvia from "Minimum Wage"
* Mary Perkins
* Ramba
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Michael May
1. Thorn (from Bone)
2. Little Orphan Annie
3. Polly Pringle (from Polly and the Pirates)
4. Emily Hayes (from Amulet)
5. Connie Kurridge (from Frank Godwin's comic strip)
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Jamie Coville
1. Ms. Tree (Ms. Tree Adventures)
2. Dr. Maureen Vonnegut (Concrete)
3. Candice "Candy" Watts (Ex Machina)
4. (Main) Jane (The Plain Janes/Janes in Love)
5. Carrie Stetko (Whiteout)
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Jamie S. Rich
1. Clover Connelly (Blue Monday)
2. Josephine Lombard, (Madman)
3. Vim (One-Trick Rip-Off)
4. Arsenal Hopeless-Savage
5. Dian Belmont (Sandman Mystery Theatre)
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Joe Schwind
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Little Iodine
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Annie Oakley
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Mama Katzenjammer
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Joan of Arc
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Maggie
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Patrick Dean
1. Miz Beaver (Pogo)
2. Vicki Glori (L&R)Â
3. Bess (Crogan's Loyalty)
4. Chakaal (Groo the Wanderer)
5. Venexiana Stevenson (Corto Maltese)
I swear, the first one to pop in my head was Miz Beaver.Â
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Chris Duffy
1. Ellen Forney
2. Alison Bechdel
3. Aline Kominsky Crumb
4. Drooly Julie
5. Brenda Starr
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Michael Dooley
1. Baroness Erica von Kampf
2. Breathless Mahoney
3. P'Gell
4. The Dragon Lady
5. Lucy van Pelt
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Diana Tamblyn
* Moira MacTaggert
* Lois Lane
* Maggie Chascarillo
* Enid (from Ghost World)
* Jessica Jones (from Alias)
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Tom Bondurant
1. Lacey Davenport
2. Crystal Gayle Marakova
3. Maggie Sawyer
4. Ellen Baker
5. Mary West (Wally's mom)
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Matthew Craig
1. Minnie The Minx (The Beano)
2. Judge Hershey (2000AD)
3. Emily Aster (Phonogram)
4. Officer Carlie Cooper (Amazing/Superior Spider-Man)
5. Aunt May Parker (apart from that one time she was Herald of Galactus)
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Art Baxter
1. Lisa Bradley
2. Valentina
3. Fritz Martinez
4. Mode O'Day
5. Peppermint Patty
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Richard Pachter
1. Ma Kent
2. Lara (Superman's birth-mom)
3. Lois Lane
4. Amanda Waller
5. Talia al Ghul
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Randy Clark
* P'Gell
* Leiko Wu
* Chance Falconer
* Modesty Blaise
* Martha Kent
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Sean Kleefeld
1. Agatha Heterodyne (Girl Genius)
2. Agent 355 (Y: The Last Man)
3. Agnes Quill
4. Arisa Hines (Perhapanauts)
5. Athena Voltaire
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Andrew Mansell
1. Lucy Van Pelt
2. Mammy Yokum
3. Miss Buxley (she's ARMY strong)
4. Burma
5. Susie Derkins
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Oliver Ristau
1.
Jodelle
2.
Sexica
3.
Alexandra Trese
4.
Adèle Blanc-Sec
5.
Lucy Van Pelt
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John Platt
1. Alanna Wolff (Supernatural Law)
2. Tomoe Ame (Usagi Yojimbo)
3. Dr. Kate Corrigan (B.P.R.D.)
4. Jean DeWolff (Spider-Man)
5. Keif Llama (various Matt Howarth comics)
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Matt Emery
1. Professor Jocelyn Peabody (Dan Dare)
2. Modesty Blaise
3. Sadie Browning
4. Samantha Slade
5. Adèle Blanc-Sec
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topic suggested by Jackie Estrada; thanks, Jackie
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