BABD Recommends (Special Collector’s First Edition)
We’ve received a few requests for information regarding bikini armor free media that people may enjoy and while the main focus of the blog is to bring critical attention to products that embrace bikini armor - we’re certainly not against celebrating people who do it right.
For PC games we already have the Curator section of the Steam Group, but we’re now going to start a new section of BABD Recommends to promote things that are available by other means.
Print Comics
We highly recommend that you consider buying your comics at your local comic shop - not just to support local business but also to encourage them to get in more awesome stuff. In case your local comic shop isn’t a pleasant place to be or isn’t local, we’ve included links to where you can get the comics online:
Help Us! Great Warrior (Comixology | Tumblr) The hilarious adventures of the great warrior who’d really rather not be out saving the world today. A fun and inclusive breath of fresh air.
Princeless (Comixology) As well as providing this masterpiece commentary on fantasy armor for women, this comic is a brilliant deconstruction of so many fantasy tropes that have gone relatively unchallenged for so long.
Princess Ugg (Comixology) The daughter of a barbarian tribal chief is sent to a Princess Academy in order to learn the ways of “civilized” kingdoms and gain allies for her people. It goes about as well as you expect.
The Rat Queens (Comixology | Free Sample Comic) Sword and sorcery the way it should be, a fantastic mix of irreverent escapism, important commentary and heart warming affirmation. Current artist is Stejpan Sejic ( nebezial-asheri ) - who we know and love for his snarky commentary comics.
Tomb Raider (Dark Horse Digital) Follows on from the 2014 reboot of the video game. With her inner action hero now thoroughly awakened, Lara’s ordeals continue and take her all around the world to face all kinds of ruthless opponents. Written by Gail Simone ( gailsimone ) and Rhianna Pratchett.
Video Games
As mentioned above, we have a Steam Group with a Curator page, however since not all games are available on Steam, here are a few you may want to check out if the group isn’t much good to you.
Assassins Creed III: Liberation HD ( Steam | PlayStation | X-Box ) Set in 18th century New Orleans. By means of agility and disguises Aveline de Grandpré moves between the worlds of privileged nobility, impoverished slavery and a war between secret societies. The console and PC re-releases of this game have been amazingly under marketed by Ubisoft (the company that said female assassins are too much work).
Dragon Age: Inquisition ( Origin | X-Box | PlayStation ) Not only did this game provide us glorious representation of women in a fantasy setting, it also inflicted glorious snark upon the bikini armor trope and the boobplate.
Commentary
Not focused on bikini armor itself but on in related issues.
Escher Girls ( Tumblr ) Part catalog of terrifying trends in comic art, part delicious snark at these trends - also partially the inspiration for this blog. The perfect response to anyone who tries to tell you it’s “just Liefeld” or “just some comics”.
Killscreen Daily ( E-Zine ) This is a unique video games site in that it aspires to discuss video games as part of our larger culture and humanity. Aspects such as gender, violence, sexuality, race and advertising.
PBS Games/Show ( YouTube ) A weekly show that asks important questions of what’s currently the biggest media market on Earth. Questions such as why are video game bodies so extreme, why can’t Link be a girl, and what is a game and why does it matter? Inclusiveness and the value of representation are topics that are regularly raised.
- wincenworks
