He may be ugly, but his Mama didn’t dress him funny. He killed her!

He was definitely one of the more interesting characters of The Rebirth. Too bad he had such a small amount of page-time!

JLD

But… doesn’t she look HOT?

He then explained how his tactic has brought him great success on his book (which, to keep him anonymous, we will just call) “Team Awesome”, which was basically a  Charlie’s Angels/Fox Force Five/Danger Girl rip-off. The secret, he explained, was all subliminal as the title itself was suggesting some good ‘ol T & A. (T = Team, A = Awesome. Get it?)

After this delightful conversation with Mr. D-Bag, we took another look at our comic through his (and several different publisher’s) eyes and decided to make some alterations to our first issue. We realized that the cover DID need to go, but not because it wasn’t hot enough, just perhaps not as accessible to a broader range of readers.

Another personal reaction I had to this conversation was to try and defy that sentiment that a pregnant woman can’t be sexy. I for one have seen the glow of an expectant mother and there is nothing quite so beautiful, for several different reasons. My goal was to make Mara as “conservatively sexy” as possible throughout the entirety of our story without getting into overt T & A territory. What that means is that I don’t mind showing a flash of panties or exposed cleavage, but only when fitting to the moment within the story. (I would say “only when necessary” but when is a peak at a gal’s derriere TRULY needed for story?)  The style of cheesecake art, or Good Girl Art, that I find most appealing are when the outfits and setting themselves don’t necessarily play as sexy, but the female depicted (usually by accidental circumstances) flashes more than she ever intended to. Hopefully you will find my conservative sexiness in BoV most like that, playing it for laughs (like in Panel 4 here) but also showing the reality of that situation carried to it’s logical conclusion…

Or perhaps I’m just as delusional as Mr. D-Bag. You decide.

JLD

*NOTE: Our little flame manipulating character there doesn’t really have a name. We’ve called him Meltdown, Hot-Box and several other names that just never quite stuck, but since it doesn’t ever get mentioned we’ll just keep calling him “Fire Dude”. Of course, we are open to suggestions and we will officially name him if one of you lucky readers can come up with a fairly good one. The challenge is up to you…

FLAME ON!!!

JLD

For those who met up with us last year at the awesomeness that is Wonder Con in Anaheim, California we had a great time meeting y’all and had hoped to get a table again this year. Sadly, things didn’t shake down quite the way we had planned and we just couldn’t justify getting the table this time. We WILL be there milling about, so if you see anybody with a Birth of Venus tee-shirt on, please feel free to come up to us and tell us how much you love/hate our web-comic! We’d gladly welcome the dialogue…

Today’s page is brought to you by the new Dark Knight Returns 2-part animated movie, which helped me plow through the coloring on this page.

Seriously, that flick is AMAZING!!!

JLD

Though the punches may not fly as fast and furious as your typical superhero comic, we do hope that the build up to this slugfest has been worth the wait…

JLD