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A Little More Holiday Cheer From Gamer Girl & Vixen!
Check out this gorgeous Christmas image artist Gemma Moody drew for Gamer Girl & Vixen! It’s stuff like this that reminds me I’m working with some great people!
I’ll be working and traveling today, the Christmas festivities not yet over. But I’ll post some comic reviews on Saturday, and maybe share some of my Christmas presents on Sunday! I got some really geeky stuff this year that I’m excited to share! I hope all of your henchmen holidays are going well!
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Merry Christmas From One of My Favorites!
Merry Christmas, everybody! And Happy Holidays to those who don’t celebrate! I’m off with my family for the next few days, so there won’t be as many posts, and my Hench-Sized Reviews won’t be nearly as long as usual. But I’m grateful that artist Mike Maihack is always there to provide some Christmas cheer!
Thanks, Mike! Your comics are always a treat!
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 12/20/14
Happy Holidays, Henchies! We’re deep in the heart of Hannukah right now, and next week is Christmas! Whatever you celebrate, I hope you have a good one. I’ll be going home to see my family, and we’ll have a good time, like we do. We’ll talk comics, movies, cartoons; maybe I’ll get some new TV show recommendations! Oh, and presents! If I get any good presents, I’ll let you henchies know.
This week was pretty full of interesting comics – both good and bad! Marvel delivered the one-two punch of both Captain and Ms. Marvel, the former capturing Comic Book of the Week for the first time in awhile, thanks to a detour away from stupid outer space. In bad comics, DC continues their assassination of Wonder Woman, and Batman Eternal is as bad as it’s ever been. But Robin is back, so that should count for something. Too bad it’s not the Robin I wanted.
He makes this look good
Oh Harper Row, you had such potential. But I will never give up hope!
Comic Reviews: Batman Eternal #37, Batman and Robin #37, Captain Marvel #10, Ms. Marvel #10, Scarlet Spiders #2 and Wonder Woman #37.
Gamer Girl & Vixen – Making the Page
I’m happy to announce that work has begun on the first issue of my comic, Gamer Girl & Vixen! Our artist, Gemma Moody, is hard at work penciling the opening pages of our first issue, and from what I’ve seen so far, she’s gotten even better than when we first discovered her! This comic is going to look gorgeous!
In fact, here’s a sample of Gemma’s work! It’s the new social media cover image she drew up for us!
As I mentioned before, we’re looking to put out a single, stand alone issue on our own, then we’ll be launching a Kickstarter next year to produce a full-length graphic novel (which will include that first issue as a first chapter!). Gemma’s already got a few pages done from when we first started the project and tried to pitch it around to publishing companies.
So for this week’s behind-the-scenes look at the making of of Gamer Girl & Vixen, I’m going to share with you the process of going from initial page sketches to completed work! I think it’s a really nifty process to witness, and I’ve dug up some of Gemma’s original work to share with you all after the jump!
Spider-Woman is Getting a Hip New Costume
The Modern Age is upon us in comic book land, and I couldn’t be happier! I’m as fickle as they come in my fandom, but I’m really enjoying all these new, realistic and very modern superhero redesigns. Whether it’s the new Batgirl in her trendy jacket or Captain Marvel’s classier jumpsuit, I’m a big fan!
And here comes Spider-Woman’s own jacket and sunglasses style! I love it!
Full red bodysuits are so last year
The costume was designed by artist Kris Anka.
The new costume will debut as part of a Spider-Man Unlimited video game I’ve never heard of, which seems like an odd choice to me. It’ll finally reach Spider-Woman’s comic book series with issue #5 next year – if the comic lasts that long. The first issue was a giant mess, and I’m kind of worried that the forced tie-in to Spider-Verse is going to hurt the series in the long run. It’s not uncommon for new comics to be cancelled before they even reach double digits due to lack of sales, so Marvel better hope that writer Dennis Hopeless has some kind of plan in place to get readers after Spider-Verse is over.
A fancy new costume is a good way to start.
I like the gloves!
The new costume was announced at USA Today. Click the link to check out an interview with Hopeless and Marvel, as well as some other pictures. I really love the design. It’s hip, it’s sleek, and it’s still clearly Spider-Woman.
Classic spandex superhero costumes are fine, but when you can redesign a character this well, why not try out a new look for awhile? Marvel can always return to classic Spider-Woman in the future. For now, I definitely dig this design, and I actually think I might pick up Spider-Woman #5 to see it in action!
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