just to say, it wasn't a comic strip.  in case you missed the series back when, it was an (arguably) great experimental  cartoon series by CalArts graduate Peter Chung.  the movie not only entirely missed the point of the original, it added some aspects of questionable taste (which is interesting, because the whole original series was pretty disturbing), like making the character with hands for feet black.  it was part of the ground breaking Liquid Television, broadcast on MTV.

sorry if all that information is totally obvious, but Theron herself had no clue about the series, so i figure not everyone knows.

and to me, 4 inch or so high heels of any type, even wedges, are just not good for mobility.  the low square heel in the original series looks much more suited to the dynamic moves, but the thigh-high cut and pointed toes of the original cartoon worked even better visually, imho.  but then, i think everything about the original is visually better and more original (if much, much  more disturbing).  but that's just my opinion.

i will say this: the original was popular enough to get resurrected as a movie when cg was good enough to actually pull it off.