Fantastic Femmes--Chiaki Kuriyama

Chiaki began as a child fashion model and moved on to acting in genre direct-to-video projects and tv series, breaking out as the ghostly Sayori in Shikoku: Land of the Dead.
American audiences were introduced to her as GoGo Yubari, the "psycho in a schoolgirl outfit" in Kill Bill: Vol 1.
Interestingly, almost all her over three dozen appearances have been in genre projects!

Genre appearances include...

Sky Crawlers(Midori Mitsuya)

Tekken(Ling Xiaoyu)

Kisarazu Cats' Eye: Sayonara Game(Yuko Mizushima)

Kakure Karakuri(Hanayama Karin)

Azumi 2: Death or Love(Kozue)

Into the Sun(Ayako)

Women's Island (Rei Fujishima)

Battle Royale(Takako Chigusa)

Ju-On: the Curse[2000] (Mizuho Tamura)

Note: this was the original direct-to-video production,
not the theatrical remake Ju-On: the Grudge [2003]

This version is not commercially-available in the US

Toire No Hanako-san (Little Child)

Tengu Gaiden (Amaya)

Kamen Gakuen aka Persona (Reika Dojima)

Kill Bill: Vol 1(GoGo Yubari)

Great Yokai War(Aki)

MPD-Psycho: Multiple Personality Detective
"Life is a Constant Double Helix"

Shikoku: Land of the Dead(Sayori Hiura)

Check out...

Chiaki's Official WebSite

Chiaki Kuriyama Fandom (FanSite)

Chiaki Kuriyama Shrine (FanSite)

Chiaki: #1 English FanSite (FanSite)

The Man of (Celluloid) Steel

In our continual quest to bring you the koolest komic kollectibles, Atomic Kommie Comics™ is expanding our selection to include a new line of clothing / accessories.
Yesterday you saw Hornet & Kato and Kato & Hornet.
Today, it's The Man of Celluloid Steel!
Scanned from a cool Swedish poster for the revered 1940s Superman cartoons, it's a startling retro-style graphic guaranteed to produce "oohs and ahhs" from any pop-culture fans!
And, of course, all the products in our new line are from American Apparel plus the company imaging and shipping the items is totally eco-friendly!

So, fly the eco-friendly skies with The Man of Celluloid Steel!

The Buzz on The Green Hornet

In our continual quest to bring you the koolest komic kollectibles, Atomic Kommie Comics™ is expanding our selection to include a new line of clothing / accessories.
Here are the first new offerings...

Kato & Hornet design

Hornet & Kato design

The first thing you'll notice is an even bigger image than on our previous shirts (up to 11" x 17") making them ideal for both casual wear and beach wear... plus; we're increasing the classic retro image selection! There will be new designs here not available at our other stores! (And, our best-selling classic designs will shortly be made available in larger-image versions!)
The second, less obvious, but equally-vital, thing is that all the products in our new line are from American Apparel and the company imaging and shipping the items is totally eco-friendly!

As to the designs themselves...
As you may have guessed, I'm a big fan of The Green Hornet. (After all, my nom-de-net is his secret identity!)
So, with a new film coming next year, I thought now would be the time to reintroduce the "classic" version to our pop culture-savvy clientelle in the "secret chic" tradition you've taken to heart

We're starting with two images from the theatrical release of the tv series.
Unlike the simultaneously-produced Batman series movie, this film was not an original production, but an edited compilation of four tv episodes!
And, at present, it's the only version of the tv series available on commercial dvd!

You may notice the emphasis on the late Bruce Lee in the design.
Green Hornet was his first major role, and the film, released after his untimely passing and the box-office success of Enter the Dragon, was meant to capitalize on the then-current martial arts cinema fad.
Regardless of the motive, they're both striking images, well-worthy of addition to any fan's clothing collection.
Note: we'll be adding art from both movie serials and the original comic books shortly!

But, that's not all!
Our new line will also include spies, space opera and sci-fi / fantasy, each in their own little cyber-storefront!
The buzz is building...not only on The Green Hornet, but for Atomic Kommie Comics™!

Fantastic Femmes--Zoe Saldana--Nyota Uhura II

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info
HERE!

Fantastic Femmes--Nichelle Nichols--Nyota Uhura I

Discovered by jazz great Duke Ellington, Nichelle toured with Duke and Lionel Hampton as their lead singer for several years.
Adding acting to her repitore, she appeared in a number of roles in films and on tv shows including The Lieutenant, produced by Gene Roddenberry, who remembered her when casting his next series...Star Trek!

Her role as Uhura ("Nyota" wasn't added until the 1980s) was ground-breaking in that she wasn't playing a servant or someone's wife / girlfriend / sister, but a fully-qualified officer equal to (or better) than anyone around her!
Due to a large volume of racist hate mail, Nichelle considered quitting during the first season, but Dr. Martin Luther King, jr interceded, convincing her to remain.
Several notables including NASA astronaut Mae Jemison and actress Whoopi Goldberg have directly-attributed their choice of careers to her appearance as Uhura on Star Trek.
On the animated sequel Star Trek [1973-74], besides performing as Uhura, Nichelle provided voices of numerous "guest characters" including Dr. Sarah April, the Enterprise's first Medical Officer and wife of Captain Robert April, the ship's first commander!

Nichelle has kept busy, acting both on-screen and voicing animated characters, releasing several albums of her jazz performances as well as turning to film producing!

Trivia: During the last season of Star Trek, Nichelle was offered the role of Peggy Fair on Mannix, but turned it down.
In the 1970s and '80s, she was a spokesperson for NASA and aided in recruiting female and minority astronaut candidates.
Nichelle is one of the people Robert Heinlein dedicated the novel Friday to.
She's penned two books: a sci-fi novel; Saturn's Child (co-written with Mary Wander Bonanno), and an autobiography; Beyond Uhura.

Genre appearances include...
Lady Magdaline's (Lady Magdaline aka Maggie)
Heroes (Nana Dawson)
Futurama
"Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (as her head in a jar)
"Anthology of Interest I" (as herself)
Simpsons "Simple Simpson" (as herself)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command "Yukari Imprint" (Chief)
G vs E aka Good vs Evil (Henry's Mother)
Spider-Man [1997] (Miriam the Vampire Queen)
Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (Sagan, High Priestess of Pangea)
Inside Space (Host)
[A Science FACT series on the Sci-Fi Channel, so it qualifies IMHO]
Batman: the Animated Series (Thoth Khepera)
ABC Weekend Specials "Commander Toad in Space" (SS Stella)
Gargoyles (Diane Maza)
Supenaturals (Sgt. Leona Hawkins)
Star Trek [1966-69] / Star Trek [1973-74] /
Star Trek: the Motion Picture /
Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan /
Star Trek III: the Search for Spock /
Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home /
Star Trek V: the Final Frontier /
Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary [VG]
Star Trek: Judgement Rites [VG]
(Lieutenant [later Commander] Nyota Uhura)
Tarzan [1966-68] (Ruana)

Check out...
Uhura.com (Nichelle's Official Site)
Nichelle Nichols (FanSite)

Other actresses to play Nyota Uhura include...
Zoe Saldana in Star Trek [2009]

One of my favorite reasons to see the new STAR TREK...

Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura!

Fantastic Femmes--Helena Bonham Carter

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!

Known to the general public for her award-winning romance / historical drama acting, Helena Bonham Carter has far more genre appearances than drawing-room performances!
(And her ongoing role in the Harry Potter film series is certainly raising her recognition factor among the teen and tween audience!)
Helena also does quite a bit of dramatic radio (Still popular in England), audiobooks, and occasional theatre work.

Genre appearances include...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix /
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince /
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(Bellatrix Lestrange)
Terminator: Salvation (Serena Korgen)
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(Mrs Lovett also performer of numerous songs)
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (Red Queen)
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Corpse Bride)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Mrs. Bucket)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
(Beatrice Baudelaire)
Wallace & Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit /
Wallace & Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit the Video Game
(Lady Campanula Tottington)
Big Fish (Jennifer Hill / the Witch)
Planet of the Apes [2001] (Ari)
Merlin (Morgan Le Fay)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Elizabeth Frankenstein)
Miami Vice (Dr. Theresa Lyons)
The Vision (Jo Marriner)
The Mask (Iris)

Check out...
Helena World (FanSite)Other actresses to play Mrs Bucket include...
Diana Sowle in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Other actresses to play Mrs Lovett include...
Joanna Lumley in Tale of Sweeney Todd
Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982]
Jane Helay in Bloodthirsty Butchers
Stella Rho in Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Other actresses to play The Red Queen include...
Janet Waldo in Alice Through the Looking Glass [1987]
Agnes Moorehead in Alice Through the Looking-Glass [1966]
Edna May Oliver in Alice in Wonderland [1933]

Other actresses to play Elizabeth Frankenstein / Elizabeth Lavenza / Elizabeth Levenza include...
Catherine Rabett in Frankensten Unbound
Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson in Bride of Frankenstein
Mae Clarke in Frankenstein [1931]
Mary Fuller in Frankenstein [1910]
Other actresses to play Morgan Le Fay / Morganne LeFay / Morganne Le Fay include...
There's almost four dozen of them, so if you really want to know, go to...
Morgan Le Fay (character) on IMDB

Fantastic Femmes--Sonia Rolland

Born in Rwanda, of a Tutsi mother and French father, the young Sonia and her parents narrowly-escaped to Burundi, shortly before civil war broke out, then emigrated to France.
In high school, Sonia took classes in media, hoping to work behind the scenes in film or tv.
However, when she entered a local beauty contest, which led to her becoming Miss France, opportunities opened up to her in front of the cameras, rather than behind them.
The biggest of them was starring in the title role on a tv show based on a graphic novel series...Lea Parker. There are clips on YouTube, but the show has yet to air in the U.S.
(We had some background on the series here.)
Since then, she's parlayed her fame on behalf of charities, including one she herself founded, to aid Rwandan refugees.

Genre appearances include...
Lea Parker (Lea Parker)
Check out...
Sonia's Official WebSite
Her Charity's WebSite

Ghost Rider by Frank Frazetta

He began life in the late 1940s as The Calico Kid, a masked hero whose secret identity was a lawman who felt justice was constrained by legal limitations. (There were a lot of those heroes in comics and pulps of the 40s including our own DareDevil and Blue Beetle!)
But, with masked heroes in every genre doing a slow fade-out, and both westerns and horror on the rise, the character was re-imagined in 1949 as comics' first horror / western character!
The Ghost Rider himself was not a supernatural being.
He wore a phosphorescent suit and cape, making him glow in the dark, appearing as a spectral presence to the (mostly) superstitious cowboys and Indians he faced.
And, since the inside of the cape was black, he'd reverse it, and appear in the dark to people as just a floating head, usually scaring a confession or needed information out of them.
Note: some covers, like the one here, show the inside of the cape to be white! Chalk it up to artistic license (and face it, it looks damned good).
BTW, that cover was by the legendary Frank Frazetta! He did several of them, three of which are included in our collection!
In the series' early days the villains were standard owlhoots or, like the Rider, people pretending to be supernatural beings.
That changed around 1952, when he started facing real mystic menaces including Indian spirits, vampires, and even the Frankenstein Monster (though not the one from Prize Comics.)
Unfortunately, it was about this point in time that Dr. Wertham began his crusade against comics in general and horror comics in particular...
By 1954, the Ghost Rider had lost his series. The next year he disappeared entirely.
But, over 50 years later, Atomic Kommie Comics™ brought him back, digitally-restored and remastered on a host of kool kollectibles to go with our other masked Western heroes including The Lone Rider, The Red Mask, The Black Phantom, and The Masked Ranger.

If you're a fan of Westerns, horror, masked heroes, or all three genres, take a long, lingering look at The Ghost Rider!
You'll not see his like again!

Steve Savage--battling Korean Communists since the '50s!

One of the benefits of running Atomic Kommie Comics™ is being able to do customized presents for birthdays, holidays, and joyous events like bridal and baby showers (and, at cost, yet)...
I was preparing items for one such baby shower whose invite had...unusual...suggestions for nursery decor gifts; aircraft, specifically fighter aircraft!
(The baby will be a boy, and his dad is in the Air National Guard!)

"No problem", we thought!
After all, Atomic Kommie Comics™ has a whole section on War: Past, Present, & Future™!
So, we planned several customized items, including a bib, newborn onesie, wall clock, and 12-month wall calendar, all with the required fighter theme!
However, a quick glance revealed a minor problem; while we had over a dozen covers with military aircraft, we had only nine with fighters! The others were bombers!
We needed twelve for the calendar!
A quick look thru the extensive Atomic Kommie Comics™ archives showed a whole set of classic comics we hadn't yet touched...Captain Steve Savage and his Jet Fighters!
BINGO!
We selected the three best covers and loaded them up to the calendar template to give us an even dozen images!
Problem solved!
It's gonna be an interesting baby shower, eh? ;-)

And, after doing the calendar, we decided to add all three Captain Steve Savage covers to our Korean Police Action kool kollectibles collection for the perusal (and purchase) of all you veterans, relatives of vets, and / or war comics fans!

Get Steve Savage in your sights, before he gets his sights on you!

Fantastic Femmes--Maria Conchita Alonzo

Born in Cuba, raised in Venezuela, Maria Conchita Alonso won several beauty pageants including Miss Teenager of the World and Miss Venezuela.
She became a popular actress in Latin America, performing in ten telenovelas.
In 1982, she emigrated to the US, where she's done movies, tv, and several albums in both English and Spanish!
Trivia:
Turned down the role of Lupe Lamora in the Eon James Bond 007 film License to Kill! (Role went to Talisa Soto)
Speaks four languages fluently--English, Spanish, French, and Italian.
Became a naturalized American citizen in 2005!

Genre appearances include...
Dark Moon Rising (Sam)
Tranced (Libra)
Red Canvas (Maria Sanchez)
Stan Lee's Condor (Maria Valdez)
CSI: Miami "Blood Moon"
Birth of Babylon aka Return to Babylon aka Silent Madness (Lupe Velez)
The Dead One (Sister Rosa)
KingPin (Ariela)
Robbery Homicide Division "A Life of it's Own"
Code Conspiracy (Rachel)
Touched by an Angel "Hearts"
Outer Limits [1998] "Vaccine"
BlackHeart (Annette)
FX the Series (Elena Serrano) McBain (Christina)
Predator 2 (Leona Cantrell)
Vampire's Kiss (Alva Restrepo)
Running Man (Amber Mendez)
Extreme Prejudice (Sarita Cisneros)
Blood Ties (Caterina Ammirati)
Fear City (Silver)
Knight Rider "Forget Me Knot"
Fantasy Island "Beautiful Skeptic / Lost Platoon"

Check out...
Her Official WebSite

Star Trek--The Second Coming!

The trend of "rebooting" already-existing sci-fi / fantasy franchises continues...
Some have been successful (Smallville, Battlestar Galactica, Batman, James Bond).
Some have been abject failures (Flash Gordon).
Some never got past the tv pilot stages (Lone Ranger, Lost in Space, Time Tunnel.)
(Note: Neither Doctor Who nor Superman Returns are reboots!
Dr Who is a continuation of the old series and Superman Returns was a sequel to Superman II, ignoring III & IV, and probably Supergirl.)
Jury's out on Star Trek, until I see it...
Interesting to note Nyota Uhura is given the third slot normally-allocated to McCoy. Hopefully, she'll have more to do than just "opening hailing frequencies"...
(We'll be covering Nyota Uhuras past and present in upcoming Fantastic Femmes entries!)

Fantastic Femmes--Naomie Harris

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!

Pirates of Somalia--now on Dark Shirts!

Keeping on the cutting edge of current events, Atomic Kommie Comics™ presents a trio of designs NOW ON DARK SHIRTS commemorating the defeat of the Somalian pirates who learned...
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE U.S!
Pirates? Bring 'Em On!
Pirates Asked for It!
Threaten Americans? DON'T!

Fantastic Femmes--Joan Severance

Yet another model turned actress, Joan managed to go from doing high-profile national advertising campaigns to a critically-acclaimed recurring role as a villainess on the WiseGuy tv series within six months after changing careers!
Her credits since are mostly genre roles, including some rather physically-demanding stunt work!
(She's also appeared sans garb in a number of films, both genre and non-genre...)
Joan's also moved behind the camera, handling co-producing duties on several of the films she's appeared in!

Genre appearances include...
Lost Gold of Khan (Cora)
Wicked, Wicked Games (Anna Whitman)
Born (Dr. Sammael)
CSI: Miami "Money Plane"
She Spies "Love Kills"
Mystery Woman (Mary Stenning)
Cause of Death (Angela Carter)
Last Seduction II (Bridget Gregory)
Black Scorpion / Black Scorpion II: AfterShock (Black Scorpion aka Darcy Walker)
Profiler (Christine Logan)
In Dark Places (Chapelle)
Matter of Trust aka Surgeon (Theresa Marsh)
Criminal Passion aka Angel of Desire (Melanie Hudson)
Lake Consequence (Irene)
HBO's Tales from the Crypt "New Arrival"
Illicit Behavior aka Criminal Intent (Melissa Yarnell)
Bird on a Wire (Rachel Varney)
Write to Kill (Belle Washburn)
RuneStone (Marla Stewart)
HitchHiker "My Enemy"
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (Eve)
Max Headroom "Neurostim"
WiseGuy (Susan Profitt)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer "Lady Killer"
Lethal Weapon (Girl in Black Playsuit)

The only dedicated site I could find for Joan features, shall we say, age-inappropriate photos, so I won't list it here. Of course, if you were to e-mail me... ;-)

Other actresses to play Bridget Gregory include...
Linda Fiorentino in Last Seduction
Other actresses to play Black Scorpion aka Darcy Walker include...
Michelle Lintel (Adult Darcy) and Elizabeth Huett (Young Darcy) in Roger Corman's Black Scorpion
Ashley Peldon as Young Darcy in Black Scorpion

Fantastic Femmes--Kasi Lemmons

Sometimes you know right off the bat what you were meant to do.
Sometimes you have to ease into it via a related field.
Such is the case of Kasi Lemmons, a good actress with a number of supporting and guest-star credits (including genre work) who seemed destined to be a steadily-working actress, but never quite achieving lead roles or stardom.
But, she discovered her true talent was not performing other people's words and ideas, but creating the script herself and directing others to perform it!
Kasi's achived box-office success and won numerous awards writing and / or directing hit films including Eve's Bayou, The Caveman's Valentine, and Talk to Me.
Though it's been awhile since she last appeared on-screen, her creativity and talents make her, most definitely, a Fantastic Femme (and maybe she'll write / direct a genre film in the near future)!

Genre appearances include...
OverRide
Walker: Texas Ranger "Night of the Gladiator"
Clive Barker's CandyMan (Bernadette Walsh aka Bernie)
Murder She Wrote "Survivor"
Under Cover "Sacrifices"
Vampire's Kiss (Jackie)
Silence of the Lambs (Trainee Ardelia Mapp)
Equalizer "Day of the Covenant"
Spenser for Hire / A Man Called Hawk (Lois)
11th Victim aka Lakeside Killer (Hostage)

I was unable to find any dedicated pages to the lovely lady. ;-(
If you know of one, tell me and I'll list it! ;-)

Pirates of Somalia--DEFEATED

Keeping on the cutting edge of current events, Atomic Kommie Comics™ presents a trio of designs on collectibles commemorating the defeat of the Somalian pirates who learned...
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE U.S!

Pirates? Bring 'Em On!

Pirates Asked for It!

Threaten Americans? DON'T!

Easter--the UnUsed Cover

Here's a cover we, unfortunately, didn't have time to incorporate into our Exciting Easter collection--this year.
But fear not, Atomic Kommie Comics™ will add it for next year.
(We're big suckers for puppies & kittens!)
Happy Easter, everyone!

Happy Easter, again!

Our thanks to all of you who ordered goodies from Atomic Kommie Comics™ new line of retro-design collectibles in our Exciting Easter section!
BTW, this was our #1 selling-design!
Cute, ain't it? ;-)

Happy Easter WeekEnd!

We're taking a few days off for the Easter holiday weekend, but there'll still be a daily post featuring Easter comic book art thru Sunday!

Time for our annual Feast of the Marshmallow Peeps and the Devouring of the Chocolate Bunnies (always start with the ears)!

Our thanks to all of you who ordered goodies from Atomic Kommie Comics™ new line of retro-design collectibles in our Exciting Easter section!

Fantastic Femmes--Jennifer Beals

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!

Her first major role (Alex in FlashDance) made Jennifer Beals a star!
After more than 50 roles in films and tv, she's again become a household name due to her performance as Bette in The L Word!
In between, Jennifer's done everything from low-budget indies to big-budget studio projects, including lots of genre work.
Trivia:
Turned down the role of Dana Scully in X-Files. after being recommended by fellow Yale classmate David Duchovny!
Turned down the role of Apollonia in Purple Rain.

Genre appearances include...
Book of Eli (Claudia)
Troubled Waters (Jennifer Beck)
Law & Order "Charity Case"
Grudge 2 [2006] (Trish Kimble)
Out of Line (Jenny Capitanas)
Big House aka Being Brewster (Lorraine Brewster)
Turbulence II: Fear of Flying (Jessica)
The Hunger [1999] "...and She Laughed"
Spree (Xinia Kelly)
Prophecy II (Valerie Rosales)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Daphne Monet)
Outer Limits [1997] "Bodies of Evidence"
Dead on Sight (Rebecca Darcy)
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (Virginia)
Dr M aka Club Extinction (Sonja Vogler)
Gamble (Lady Olivia Candioni)
Vampire's Kiss (Rachel)
Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre "Cinderella"
The Bride (Eva)

Check out...
Jennifer-Beals.us (FanSite)Other actresses to play Eva aka Bride of the Frankenstein Monster aka Prima aka Monster's Mate include...
Helena Bonham Carter in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Jane Seymour in Frankenstein: the True Story
Dalila de Lazzaro in Andy Warhol's Flesh for Frankenstein
Susan Denberg in Frankenstein Created Woman
Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein
Other actresses to play Cinderella include...
There are over 50 listed. If you wanna know, Google 'em.

Johnny Depp IS John DIllinger!

That new poster looks cool, doesn't it?
Speaking of cool, why not check out our line of kool retro John Dillinger kollectibles embellished with vintage movie poster and comic book cover art?
It's "Secret Chic" at it's best!

Fantastic Femmes--Lynn Whitfield

Best known for her Emmy-winning portrayal of the legendary Josephine Baker, Lynn's done a little of everything, from big-budget blockbusters to b-movies, from classic literature adaptations to genre, always giving the role everything she's got, never simply "phoning it in" for a quick paycheck!
She's always fun to watch...

Genre appearances include...
FlashForward (Anastasia Markham)
Pure Shooter (Artelia Jones aka Art)
Without a Trace (Paula Van Doren)
Shark "Pilot"
Lost in Oz (Bellaridere)
Touched by an Angel "Amazing Grace"
Dangerous Evidence: the Lori Jackson Story (Lori Jackson)
Eve's Bayou (Roz Batiste)
Cosby Mysteries (Barbara Lorenz)
State of Emergency (Dehlia Johnson)
Taking the Heat (Off. Carolyn Hunter)
Equal Justice (Maggie Mayfield)
Jaws: the Revenge (Lousia)
Matlock (Angela Page)
Dead Aim (Sheila Freeman)
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (Johnnie Mae Gibson)
Miami Vice "Bought and Paid for"
Cagney & Lacey (Eleanor Taggart)
Hill Street Blues (Jill Thomas)

I couldn't find any official or fan pages for the lovely lady... ;-(

Fantastic Femmes--Olga Kurylenko

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!

Another model-turned-genre actress, Olga had extensive dance training during her childhood and teen years, which enables her to do convincing action sequences.

Trivia:

Olga's tri-lingual; Russian, French, and English.

While her created-for-the-film character, Camille Montes Rivera, appears in the video game version of Quantum of Solace, curiously, the characters she plays in films-based-on-video games HitMan and Max Payne didn't exist in the original games!

Genre appearances include...

Kirot (Galia)

Centurion (Etain)

Tyranny (Mina Harud)

Quantum of Solace [22nd Eon James Bond film] /
Quantum of Solace the Video Game (Camille Montes Rivera)

Max Payne (Natasha Sax)

HitMan (Nika Boronina)

Suspectes aka Secrets (Eva Pirès)

Serpent aka Snake (Sofia)

Paris, je t'aime aka Paris, I Love You

"Quartier de la Madeleine" (Vampire)

Check out...

Olga Kurylenko OnLine (FanSite)

Olga Kurylenko Photos (FanSite)

Costume Comparison--Sonia Rolland IS Lea Parker

Lea Parker was a French tv & graphic novel series about a kick-ass female special agent rather like Sydney Bristow on Alias.
Ran two years from 2004-06 and starred Sonia Rolland (a former Miss France, often called "the French Halle Berry") as Lea. AFAIK, it's never been shown in America, nor have I been able to find copies of the graphic novels.
The image above is the cover of the first graphic novel, which offers a convenient costume comparison.
(I'm not sure which came first, the books or tv series, nor if the books were script adaptations / source material or original / different stories about the character.)
BTW, The back cover photo is flopped. You can tell from the part in her hair. The correct "look" for the right-handed character is below...
You'll also note they gave her a Wolverine-ish hairstyle unlike the normal look of the actress.
If anyone has any additional info, or would like to sell copies of the books or dvds (I have a multi-region player), let me know... ;-)

Supermen! & Lost Heroes: the PERFECT present!

We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ are ecstatic that some of the "lost" classics of the Golden Age of Comics are being made available to a graphic novel-hungry audience in the magnificent new tome SUPERMEN! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes! Fantagraphics has done absolutely spectacular work with previous 1930s-40s reprint albums and follows thru here equally well with a handsome volume worthy of any fan's library!)
We believe that Supermen! would make a great graduation or birthday gift for the graphic story aficionado in your life, especially when combined with one of the Golden Age-themed goodies from our Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™ collection, which features some of the exhibited heroes including...
Blue Bolt, The Claw, The Clock, DareDevil, The Face, The Flame, Marvelo, Silver Streak, SkyMan, and Sub Zero, in some cases, using the same cover art, on t-shirts, mugs, messenger bags, and other assorted items
Note: Marvelo & Sub Zero are in the Solo Heroes section, since we only have one cover for each character (at present)

As they'd say back in the 1940s: "Gosh, they'd make a swell present for a comics-loving guy or gal!"

Fantastic Femmes--Kelly Hu

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!