Welcome to Thunderblade

A Quick Peek at the Preliminary Works

Women in Comics

Being a woman who enjoys comics is challenging enough, let alone actually trying to break into the medium. Most comic writers think a "strong female character" begins and ends in a few specific boxes. 

• Sensible footwear and a deliberately de-eroticized set of poses [The brief Wonder Woman reboot from a few years ago when they gave her that stupid jacket]
• Emotionless ice queen who doesn't need a man (and don't call her babe) [Barb Wire, Elektra, most female "anti-heroes"; especially ones that had terrible movies about them about a decade ago]
• Deliberately erotic--i.e. is promiscuous and usually naked or half-naked, but she continues to draw attention to this fact, because she is sexually liberated after all [Starfire from the Teen Titans books]

With my book (art by CJ Rezendes; story by MD Rezendes) I hope to push the boundaries and break out of the boxes. I hope to have fully realized characters with diverse body types (and no, not just Tall Slender Woman with Perfect Boobs; Tall Slender Woman with Perfect Boobs and Perfect Hips; or Tall Muscular Woman with Perfect Boobs) and real, honest-to-goodness development. I hope to have racial, sexual and gender diversity, deliberate reasoning for costuming choices, and a set of strong female and male leads. 

Currently, the art is slow going, as I am still developing the art and coloring style, trying to come up with something that works for me, but also fits in the style of the story I want to tell. The script is coming along nicely, and I hope to have a few pages done and up by the end of the month (August, 2014)

Keep your eyes peeled, my lovelies. Art and story previews to come!!! 

Thanks from the Thunderblade Writing Team