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“SUPERCAKES does not tiptoe around homosexuality. The webcomic presents a tender look at Leyh’s “super girlfriend” leads Molly “Mo” LaMarck, AKA Shift, and May Ai, AKA Tank. Possibly the cutest superhero couple on the internet, Mo can shapeshift into a gaseous form, and May has super strength. Racial, gender, and body diversity are obvious positives of the comic.” (Source: )
One of the great things about webcomics is the incredible freedoms that it allows for its creators. Unlike the major comic publishers, the writers and artists don’t have editors and they don’t have to worry about writing characters that are almost exclusively white, male, muscular and straight. Creative writers can come up with worlds that, like the real world, are full of people of all sorts of sexualities, ethnicities and body shapes. That creativity is fully shown in the Supercakes series written and drawn by Kat Leyh. While DC and Marvel are struggling to have just a handful of queer superheroes, Supercakes has two in the starring roles.
The drawings absolutely flow around the pages. The smooth pen strokes and faded colors combined with the way the characters are drawn to be curvy and flexible make it seem like they are actually moving from panel to panel. Supercakes doesn’t look like other comics out there and that is a good thing. Mainstream superhero stories often have strong inking, bold colors and dark shadows to show the intensity of the characters and the world. Supercakes is nothing like that. It knows that, while its characters do have powers and some of them do fight crime, they are loving, happy people and the art should reflect that. It’s refreshing to see such a unique art style to match the unique story and world that Leyh has created.
You can read all of the comics, plus look at a bunch of behind the scenes character designs and sketches . You can also see the original minicomic at . You can buy that first story . While she still posts new sketches or small comics every now and then on her tumblr, Leyh says that because she has other publishing priorities, more full Supercakes comics won’t be available for purchase for a while, but I would suggest reading and re-reading the old ones and looking forward to new ones like I am.
