My seven favorite parts of Ngozi Ukazu's Orion

"Hmm, is the world ready for a dreamy Orion....?" That was my first thought when I saw the cover of Orion, the new original graphic novel from Ngozi Ukazu, the cartoonist responsible for Check, Please!, Flip (reviewed in this column) and, most relevantly, Barda, the last of which is something of a prequel to this work, as its events kick off those here. Of course, when Jack Kirby created Orion, who originally appeared in 1971's New Gods #1, his looks were integral to the character, as he had a handsome face provided by the fantastical technology of the mother box, as well as a truer, bestial face that he tried to keep hidden from others, a state of affairs reflective of the dual nature of the hero Kirbys' multi-book, mythology-inspired "Fourth World" saga. But while Kirby is an almost unparalleled artist in the history of American comic books, I don't think drawing sexy characters was necessarily his strength. When he drew a handsome man or a beautiful woman, particularly by that point in his career, they tended to look more peculiar than like they possessed standard good looks (Particularly, I think when read today; like, if you read the recent-ish DC Finest: The Demon: The Birth ...