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21.4.05 Part Of The Solution

I didn't sleep last night. Regular readers of this blog will be aware I tend to get quite animated on the subject of comics (or the lack of them) for young girls. Friends of mine will be aware I'm more the type to do things than talk about them. For nearly a year, Federica Manfredi and I have been working with a top publisher to create a series featuring strong young female heroines who solve mysteries using math and science. You know, those things that the President of Harvard said us girls were genetically not very good at. We've been blessed with an incredibly strong and supportive editorial team, who kept us going when the road seemed to have no end in sight. And we know this publisher more than any other can market the book successfully to the 8-10 year old girls who are its target audience.

The name of the series is KAT + MOUSE, and around 2am UK time last night, it was greenlit.

I can't give more details than that, mainly because my brain is shutting down from exhaustion. But yes, I, Federica, our female editor and our publisher are part of the solution. It's a wonderful feeling.

Meanwhile (and in small part due to an introduction from me, but in much larger part due to her overwhelmingly obvious talent), Federica has been picked up by Marvel to draw the backup story in the AMAZING FANTASY arc that I walked off. The irony may just slay me.

Happy thoughts. My inbox has been overflowing with gorgeous things recently. Igor sent me pages 13-24 of SMOKE Book 3. They left me breathless. Those pages go beyond my limited ability to use superlatives. Seb sent me cover roughs for the first three issues of FAUST. Totally different, totally fantastic. It is only a matter of time before Seb is doing big-money French work with Casterman or suchlike. And, last but not least, Lee O'Connor's wraparound cover for DEFECTIVE COMICS:

More details on DEFECTIVE here. 150 signed and numbered copies, of which 30 go to the artists, 20 are held back for me, and 100 go on sale at Bristol. We're speaking to a distinguished US purveyor of black and white indie filth, who may undertake an American printing. Or who may not. Still, great cover from Lee, who's a mere 23 years old and is now off to travel around the world with his brother.

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