Swords of Sorrow looks really cool and all, but don't you think the covers are more than a little cheesecakey?

»»>Fair question! There are a BUNCH of covers to the first issue and a couple of them were drawn or painted before the project was really all put together, so a couple are a bit on the cheesy side, but I thought for the most part, in a fun way. And the rest are spot on, kind of sexy but also terrifying, which I love, by people like Tula Lotay, Jenny Frison, and Robert Hack. 

I have a slightly higher tolerance for cheesecake, if it’s done well, than many do, and I understand it, but there should be plenty of choices for issue one, and after that, I think they will all fit the tone of the series more closely. 

It’s also true that three main characters don’t traditionally wear much…in the books, I think all Dejah Thoris wears is jewelry. But many, maybe most of the rest of the characters are fully clad and more covers will feature them, as well, characters like Lady Zorro, Miss Fury, Jane Porter, Masquerade and more.

We talked about this a lot while working on it, and if you are focusing on the Sonja, Dejah and Vampi (I mean the artists, not the readers), it’s definitely noticeable that they aren’t wearing much. When the full cast is in there, and all the covers are public, it’s a much fuller picture of what the series is like. Like I say, I like some cheesecake, if it’s done tastefully and there’s some balance. And OH, BOY will there be some balance.