There’s nothing wrong with loving a well made kids cartoon as an adult: you just might have to at some point face the fact that the show is, for better or worse, probably only going to be considered successful by networks based on how well its merchandise sells, not on ratings. It’s just something that television animation fans get used to. This is at least partially why, with all the attention and love for The Super Best Friends Forever shorts on DC Nation, that folks have been clamoring for DC to offer merchandise of the characters in these incarnations.

What I’m trying to say is: If you want there to ever be a chance for SBFF as a full series, go buy a tote or something.

Even if you weren’t a dedicated viewer of The CW’s Smallville series, I think you’d enjoy Bryan Q. Miller’s Smallville Season 11 comic. It’s available first digitally, then in hardcopy at comic shops, but it represents a nice look at Superman and friends outside the New 52. But what brings it to our attention today is the addition of Supergirl and her brand new costume. While the artist on issue #14 is Daniel HDR and this cover is by Pete Woods, it seems frequent cover artist on the season, Cat Staggs, was the one who created the look. She tweeted, “Dear 7 year old Cat, one day you will get to design Supergirl’s costume. #shutthefrontdoor #pinchme #SmallvilleSeason11″ While the boots from Supergirl’s New 52 design remain, lost is her cape and that awkward crotch patch (thank god). And yes, there are pants. What do you think of the new look? Would you like to see it transfer over to her own series?

(via Newsarama)

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Do not adjust your television set: that is Wonder Woman. Supergirl’s valiant efforts to return to the past and save her family, friends, culture, species and world from destruction are messing with the safety of earth something fierce, and that means the Justice League has gotten involved. PS: Probably Wonder Woman won’t die.

Artist Mike Maihack has drawn some lovely, lovely fan comics about Batgirl and Supergirl, but took a time off from them to focus on his own original work about a year ago. So color us surprised to see this holiday edition grace our dashboards today! Read the rest below:

Lauren Faust tweeted this picture last night along with the text “Been missing these ladies lately…” This prompted our fellow ladies in comics blogger Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass to press for more information, and Faust, the showrunner behind My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and The Super Best Friends Forever shorts for the DC Nation hour on Cartoon Network, confirmed the sad news that when DC Nation finally returns from an unexpected hiatus in January, we won’t be seeing any more of the SBFF’s brand of equal opportunity crime fighting any time soon.

Faith Erin Hicks recently shared these illustrations she says were part some project that never got off the ground. This makes us sad. (via Robot 6) 

Last week we brought you a collection of superhero fashion. They included some Avengers-inspired sketches, a comic strip dress, and some high-fashion Kirby-like designs but one of our readers created her own dress that’s almost like a combination of the three. Read on for some details on her creation she put together especially for Free Comic Book Day, including where she found that fabulous print! 

Okay, so I might have given away the ending gag in the title, but the best gag in the short also features someone’s end, and I haven’t given it away yet, so you should probably just watch the short before I loose my composure.
(via Cute Overload.)

Previously in Super Best Friends Forever

• Batgirls’ SBFF Short
• Wonder Girl’s SBFF Short

While I’m primarily a Batman fan, each of the girls Super Best Friends Forever have walked straight into my heart and set up shop. Batgirl, for being the adorable nerdy fangirl of the group, Wonder Girl for basically being a female Samurai Jack, and Supergirl as soon as she suggested, with a throwing up of The Horns and a bit of an electric guitar riff, that Lex Luthor’s secret lair could use a good TP-ing. And speaking of Supergirl, she’s the one girl we haven’t seen get a short centered on her yet. I mean, it’s not surprising, there have only been two shorts so far, centered on the home life of Wonder Girl and Batgirl, so logically the third one would focus on Supergirl.

But I still squeed a bit when I saw this preview. I mean, come on. Listen to this evil laugh.

(via Comics Alliance.)

We knew Lauren Faust, creator of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, would bring us something wonderful when we first heard she was creating an animated short for the DC Nation programming block of Cartoon Network. Especially considering it features Supergirl, Batgirl, and Wonder Girl. Now we have solid proof. The Super Best Friends Forever short debuts this Saturday morning, sometime during Green Lantern: The Animated Series or Young Justice but you can watch 15 delightful seconds of it here.

(via Comics Alliance)