Lesser-Known Ladies: A Very Arresting Subject
As I continue to press onward, getting more artwork done, I decided to swing back to my "Lesser-Known Ladies" series to yet another obscure female from the DC Animated Universe. This time, I decided to go with the head of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, Maggie Sawyer from Superman: TAS. You notice how some of these characters are just doomed from the start? When I did my earlier pic of Summer Gleeson from Batman: TAS, I bemoaned how she was such a prominent supporting character and that her abrupt departure from the series was rather baffling (though I remain suspicious that the addition of Lois Lane to the DCAU probably had a lot to do with it). By contrast, Maggie, as a character, was always living on borrowed time. The fact that she was in SUPERMAN: The Animated Series, pretty much says it all. I mean, leave us not kid ourselves...boots-on-the-ground, street-level, HUMAN crime was NOT going to be the order of the day, here. And, try as th...
