buggery | Been too long since I gave icons away.

Do you love Superman, Batman, and/or Robin? Are you a fanchild at heart? Does your mother have an embarassing photo of you in Underoos or a homemade superhero costume tucked away somewhere?

I have an icon for you.

This icon

has already been claimed by

lcsbanana, but the blank version, and three other icon bases featuring the same DC-comics-loving kidlet, are available below:

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There's also a ready-captioned version of #4, which I'll call: #4b)

Please comment if you want to use an icon, and say whether you're willing to share or claiming for your exclusive use (claiming is on a first-come, first-served basis; if you don't specify, or the icon is already being shared, I'll treat your comment as an offer to share with others who might want it). Shareable icon numbers are marked in green, claimed icon numbers in red.

Feel free to caption as you see fit. If you want text on your icon and lack resources to do it yourself, you're welcome to ask me to do it, but it may take me a day or three to get to it.

The boy in the icons -- he is a boy, though he seems sufficiently pre-pubescent androgynous that I think the icons where his package is less obvious work equally well as 'fangirl' or 'fankid' as 'fanboy' -- is named Martin. He's a character in a quirky German webcomic, Niklas and Friends, which I found a link to... uh. On somebody's LJ, and I can't remember whose at the moment, but no doubt either that poster or someone else will gently remind me and I can give credit where it's due.

Speaking of credit... some artist put a lot of time and care into drawing Martin, a lot more than I put into iconifying a few panels. The maintainer of the Niklas Comics site says he doesn't answer email, so I haven't tried asking permission to use the art in this way, but I encourage anyone taking one of these icons to credit www.niklascomics.de in their icon keywords. Particularly as an alternative to crediting me, though that's of course appreciated.

The webcomic may not be for everyone. From the strips that I've read (not all of them) there doesn't appear to be any actual kiddie porn, but the storylines and the art both get suggestive in places. Surfer discretion is advised.

This seems as good a place as any -- other than a Gratuitous Icon Post -- to point out that I'm now using a new-and-improved version of my 'DC Crack' icon, now with extra Dick.

Incidentally... if you want an icon I've made? Be sure that it's one I've offered for general use. Somebody recently took an icon I had made for my own use, without asking other than in an old post I made mentioning the icon and without waiting for me to say yes before setting it as their default. I haven't been using the icon myself just lately, but I had planned to rotate it back in at some point. I do make icon posts from time to time for the express purpose of sharing them, but that doesn't mean any icon I use myself is up for grabs. Thanks.