Wow!I finally get to talk about this!DYNAMITE COMICS and I are...

Wow!

I finally get to talk about this!

DYNAMITE COMICS and I are doing the ULTIMATE pulp heroine adventure book. It’s called WOMEN OF DYNAMITE—SWORDS OF SORROW, and I couldn’t possibly be any more excited.

Remember when crossovers were just plain fun to read, like having a jetpack while eating your favorite cereal?  :)

I was telling people that when I was a kid, all my action figures played together, no one cared if one was from Star Wars and one was a superhero. That’s what this is like for me. We get to put Vampirella and Kato and Jane Porter and Jungle Girl and Miss Fury and lots, lots more, all in the same wild adventure.

One of the funnest things for me is I, former hairdresser living in the boonies, got to write the first time in HISTORY that a character from Edgar Rice Burroughs gets to meet a character from the worlds of Robert E. Howard. I can’t tell you how much fun that was. And that’s just in issue two!

It’s a six issue mini, but even more fun, we have a bunch of companion books featuring the main characters going up against each other, like RED SONJA VS. JUNGLE GIRL and KATO VS. MASQUERADE and VAMPIRELLA VS. JENNIFER BLOOD. All huge fun, crossing dimensions, genres, eras, and worlds!

And the best part of all, I got to hand pick the writing teams for each of these books, and I chose from the hottest, most talented new female adventure writers to match the excitement of the concept. These are my She-Vengers!

G. WILLOW WILSON—brilliant writer of the smash hit MS. MARVEL!
MARGUERITE BENNETT-uber-hot new talent, writer of ANGELA and BATMAN!
NANCY A. COLLINS—Critically acclaimed writer of VAMPIRELLA!
MAIRGHREAD SCOTT—Talented writer of TRANSFORMERS: WINDBLADE!
ERICA SCHULTZ—Sensational writer of M3 and Marvel’s REVENGE!
LEAH MOORE—Incredible writer of SHERLOCK HOLMES and DAMSELS!
EMMA BEEBY—Gifted new talent, first female writer of JUDGE DREDD ever!
MIKKI KENDALL—Acclaimed SF author and activist in her comics debut!

We aren’t yet able to announce all the artists and line-ups and characters, we want to keep SOME things secret, but man alive, this is what comics events are meant to be, for me, just huge fun and impossible scenarios. But how fun is it to work with these killer women? TOO MUCH FUN.

It’s the first time most of these legendary pulp heroines have ever been in the same book, let alone the same story.

My idea was, what if the Pulp era had catered not just to guys, primarily, but also had female writers, titles, and characters? It’s the pulp era that never happened (but really should have), and it’s a big, fun, sprawling adventure with all the best toys!

Can’t wait for this to come out—we have been keeping silent about it for months and can finally start talking about it. HOORAY!

Come join us. WOMEN OF DYNAMITE—SWORDS OF SORROW!

Also, here are a couple covers to issue one, but the great Jenny Frison and Tula Lotay! Just a taste of what’s coming…the issues so far look absolutely gorgeous!