Ladies Making Comics

Market Monday: March 20, 2013

Featured Book of the Week:

When David Lost His Voice HC by Judith Vanistendael

David has terminal cancer. His wife becomes progressively consumed by the looming shadow of death while his daughters struggle to be as helpful as possible. Meanwhile, David soldiers on, not wanting the tumor to rob him of everything, including the chance to see his granddaughter grow up. Vanistendael’s extraordinary art and sensitive text provide a powerful portrayal of a family preparing for life after unimaginable loss.

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Firsts this Week:

Christy Marx’s first issue!

Birds of Prey #18, written by Christy Marx, cover by Emanuela Lupacchino

Mr. Freeze is out of Arkham Asylum and looking for revenge on the Court of Owls! His first target? The newest member of the Birds team, Strix! And if that wasn’t enough trouble for the girls, this issue introduces The Daughters of the Dawn who are abducting people with super powers…starting with a certain prisoner at Belle Reve!

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First of a new series!

Star Wars: Legacy II - Prisoner of the Floating World #1, co-written by Corinna Bechko, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg

Despite her famous heritage, Ania Solo is just a girl trying to make her way in a galaxy gone bad. But it all gets worse when she comes into possession of a lightsaber and an Imperial communications droid - and discovers she has been targeted for death!

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Collection of the Week:

Doctor Who: The Forgotten HC, art by Pia Guerra

DOCTOR WHO: THE FORGOTTEN presented in an oversized hard cover collection! Stranded in a strange museum that’s dedicated to him, and with The TARDIS lost, The Doctor and Martha Jones must make sense of their surroundings, hindered by one small fact-The Doctor has lost the memories of every one of his previous incarnations! With items relevant to each Doctor in their possession, The Doctor and Martha must try to use them to regain total recall before it’s too late.

More of this week’s releases under the cut!

03/18/13

Market Monday

Sword of Sorcery #4, written by Christy Marx

Amaya travels home to Earth from Gemworld only to find new trouble! What will happen to her powers when she becomes Amy Winston again? Guest-starring John Constantine! And in the new backup story, enter a world of modern magic and terror with Stalker, the man without a soul!

01/21/13

Market Monday

Sword of Sorcery #3, written by Christy Marx

Amethyst finally meets her murderous Aunt Mordiel in person! But it turns out that Queen Graciel has secrets of her own. Will House Amethyst be further driven apart? Plus: In the backup, story Beowulf leans the disturbing secret behind the war that ravaged the DC Universe!

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12/17/12

Market Monday

Sword of Sorcery #2, written by Christy Marx

Amethyst must learn to master her newfound powers, but will she choose the Path of Heart — or the Path of Blood? Mordiel’s drive to destroy Amethyst is powerful — what intrigues threaten to overwhelm Gemworld? In the backup feature: Beowulf battles the terrifying Grendel! What is their strange connection?

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11/19/12

Market Monday

Sword of Sorcery #1, written by Christy Marx

AMETHYST returns as this amazing new series begins! The good news: Amy Winston can transform into Princess Amaya, protector of Gemworld! The bad news: It seems her family wants to kill her! Plus: A backup story featuring the brutality of Beowulf!

10/15/12

Market Monday

Sword of Sorcery #0, written by Christy Marx

In this new series featuring the long-awaited return of AMETHYST, Amy Winston leads a strange life on the road with her mother. She’s about to learn why it’s all been necessary when she discovers she’s the lost princess of Gemworld — and has powerful enemies hunting her!

AMETHYST is written by Christy Marx, best known for her work on animated TV series including G.I. Joe, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more, as well as the comics series Sisterhood of Steel.

And in the backup story set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the monstrous warrior BEOWULF is charged with finding and defeating the evil Grendel.

09/17/12

ProFile Friday

Christy Marx (born July 6, 1951) is an American writer and a photographer, best known for creating the animated television series Jem and the Holograms. Her most notable comics work is her original series The Sisterhood of Steel.

Marx grew up in Danville, Illinois and was attracted to comics, fantasy, and science fiction from a young age. She studied art at the University of Illinois for a year, where she met her first husband Robert Kanes. They moved to California to study Scientology together; however, she remained skeptical of Scientology and soon stopped studying at the same time she and Kanes got divorced. Finding her artistic skills inadequate, she worked in insurance for some time before realizing her true passion was writing.

She began taking writing courses at The Sherwood Oaks Experimental College in Hollywood. She also got a job as a production secretary for a television production company, then later became a script reader for several movie studios, all the while writing her own scripts on the side and networking with other writers. She soon sold a Conan the Barbarian story to Marvel editor Roy Thomas for The Savage Sword of Conan magazine. She also got a job writing a script for the Fantastic Four animated series. Through her comics associates, she met Australian artist Peter Ledger, whom she married a few years later.

Throughout her career, she has written scripts for various episodes of television series, mainly for childrens’ shows, including creating Jem and the Holograms; she also worked on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,Conan the Adventurer, G.I. Joe, Hypernauts, Captain Power and others.

She is known for her original comic book series Sisterhood of Steel. The series originally ran for eight issues published by Epic Comics, Marvel’s early creator-owned imprint. Later, she and Ledger collaborated on aSisterhood of Steel graphic novel published by Eclipse. She also contributed work on Conan, Red Sonja, andElfquest. In June 2012 it was announced that Marx would be writing the character of Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld in a new edition of the comic book Sword of Sorcery.

She is also a game designer, making her debut with Conquests of Camelot (with art concepts by Ledger) and following it with Conquests of the Longbow. She wrote the game bible and most dialogue for The Legend of Alon D’ar for the PlayStation2 console, and has worked on PC, console and MMO games. She wrote the Babylon 5 episode Grail which, like Camelot, has to do with the discovery of the Holy Grail.

In 2000, Marx won the Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award from the Writers Guild of America for her contributions to the field of animation writing.

In 1994, Ledger was killed in a car accident. Five years later, while working on a Babylon 5 combat simulator, she met Randy Littlejohn, with whom she now lives in the mountains outside of Los Angeles along with her six cats. Marx has a blue belt in Tae Kwon Do and a brown belt in Shotokan.

07/6/12

A Review and Some Ramblings about Christy Marx’s Sisterhood of Steel and Amethyst

When I heard DC was bringing back Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, I was thrilled. I recently finished collecting every single issue and have read about half of the series so far, and love every page of it.

When I heard Christy Marx was going to be writing it, my heart nearly stopped in disbelief. While I (confession!) have never watched Jem and the Holograms (gotta ask my roommate if I can use her Netflix for that), I had read her miniseries Sisterhood of Steel, published by Epic (Marvel’s old creator-owned imprint) back in 1984. It had been a convention quarter bin discovery— the beautiful painted cover of the first issue and the compelling title practically required me to posses and absorb every issue.

So, in preparation for Marx’s return to comics, I decided to re-read all eight issues, as well as read for the first time the graphic novel I had been unaware of until I went to Marx’s website! Beneath the cut you’ll find a review of Sisterhood of Steel and some speculation on what we may expect on Marx’s Amethyst run. If you want to read the series yourself, Marx has all the issues available for purchase on her website, or you can just check eBay or the usual old comics websites.

Ladies Making Comics

Market Monday: March 20, 2013

A Review and Some Ramblings about Christy Marx’s Sisterhood of Steel and Amethyst

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