Kimbo Archive 002: Before there was Kimbo

BATGIRL

Apparently She Was Here Before Me

Okay, this one has history.

And technically, it isn’t even my history.

Before there was a Kimbo, before anybody called me the Costume Queen, and before the Kimboverse was even a thing, Kimberly was doing lives from her living room.

Then Brantley requested Batgirl.

So naturally, she got a Batgirl costume.

Honestly, I respect the commitment.

She wore it, did the live, and eventually Batgirl went into the closet with all the other costumes Kimberly was collecting long before she realized she was apparently building my wardrobe.

Fast-forward a few years.

Now there’s a Kimboverse.

There’s a Costume Queen.

Hi. That’s me.

And Good Guy Chris wins a custom song.

There was just one tiny issue.

What did we know about Chris?

He likes DC and Marvel.

That’s it.

Not exactly a complete character profile.

But I don’t need a complete character profile.

I have a closet.

And sitting in that closet was Batgirl.

The costume came back out, I put it on, and suddenly something that started years ago with Brantley’s request had a completely new job: Good Guy Chris’s custom song.

Which means this costume has officially survived two eras, two completely different reasons for wearing it, and the creation of an entire universe in between.

Not bad for something that was supposed to be worn for one live.

And that is exactly why I don’t believe in getting rid of costumes.

You call it hoarding.

I call it maintaining the archives.

COSTUME: Batgirl

ORIGINAL REQUEST: Brantley

ERA: Before Kimbo

LATEST APPEARANCE: Good Guy Chris’s custom song

STATUS: Back in the closet… for now.

Because around here, you never know when an old costume is going to get a new story.

— Kimbo, Costume Queen