I was actually a big fan of the movie when I was younger. I adored Naomi Watts and simply LOVED Lori Petty and Ice Tea.

BUT, has anyone every read or seen the actual Tank Girl comics?

not really, this is interesting ...

i will investigate, but can you post more details ?

Sure thing...

Tank Girl is a butt-kicking, no-nonsense hero. She's a former tank driver from
Australia, she's packed with attitude and holds no regard for authority, in any
shape or form. Her companions in rebellion include Jet Girl and Sub Girl, a
half-human kangaroo boyfriend called Booga, and chain-smoking Stevie. She
also has a soft spot for her teddy bear, Camp Koala.

This raucous star was created by Andrew Martin and Jamie Hewlett, and she first
appeared in the pages of "Deadline" in 1988. In the beginning, strips were based
in Tank Girl's homeland of Australia, but she soon took a hike around the globe to
the UK, before wandering home - via America - around the time of the movie.
The rebel attitude extends through the star to its creators, who continued to
change, tweak and tinker with the characters and plots as they deemed fit at
the time. This means that the strips don't always have a proper conclusion,
or timeline, or even mantain the same character design. But - hey - what's it
to you, anyway?

The important thing here is that afore-mentioned attitude, and Tank Girl and
her gang have stacks of it. Jamie Hewlett's panels were stuffed with action
and events, and simply dripped with street-cred. Tank Girl quickly became a
pin-up queen for rowdy teens, and the various graphic novel compilations meant
her popularity spread to the States - where they fell for her posturing, even if
they weren't always sure what it meant.

In 1995, director Rachel Talalay brought us a live-action movie which tried very
hard to rebel, but ultimately succumbed to that old Hollywood curse. Since then,
Tank Girl's star has waned and her creators have moved on. Most notably,
artist Jamie Hewlitt has introduced us to the cartoon band Gorillaz. But
Tank Girl is still punching her way out of numerous teen T-shirts and
posturing on those book covers in Ottakar's...

Lol! That comic is freakin cool!