Fantastic Femmes--Sophie Okonedo

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

Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated actress Sophie Okonedo moves easily from playing the title role in Mrs. Mandela to making multiple appearances (including a gun-toting Queen Elizabeth the 10th) on Doctor Who!

Genre appearances include...

Criminal Justice(Jackie Woolf)

Æon Flux(Sithandra)

Alex Rider: Operation StormBreaker(Mrs. Tulip Jones)

Doctor Who

"The Beast Below" (Queen Elizabeth the 10th aka Liz 10)

 "Scream of the Shalka"(Alison Cheney)

Note: the animated "Scream" is not considered "canon" in the Dr Who series.

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls(Wachati Princess)

Spooks aka MI5 (Amanda Roke)

Check out...

Welcome to Sophie Okonedo (FanSite)

Challenge of the SuperPowers Sundays

For the next few Sundays, we're going to present the nifty updated designs of the Project SuperPowers characters by Alex Ross along with links to a couple of Squidoo pages of background info and links about the series and characters...
Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers
(featuring characters who've been cover-featured)
Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers Strikes Again!
(featuring the other characters)
and, with his own page...
The Classic Green Lama

In addition, you can find Atomic Kommie Comics™ kool kollectibles emblazoned with the ORIGINAL 1940s classic cover art featuring these characters...
American Crusader
in Solo Heroes
American Eagle
in Flag-Draped Heroes
Captain Courageous
in Flag-Draped Heroes
The Face aka Mr Face
The Flag
in Flag-Draped Heroes
The Green Lama
Flash / Lash Lightning
in Solo Heroes
Marvelo
in Solo Heroes
Mr Raven can be found at 4 Favorites
(he never had a solo cover appearance)
The SkyMan
Super-American
in Flag-Draped Heroes
The Sword
in Solo Heroes
Unknown Soldier aka Soldier Unknown
In Flag-Draped Heroes
at
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™!

And don't forget to buy the Project SuperPowers comics and collections including Black Terror, Death Defying 'Devil, Masquerade, and Project SuperPowers Volume 2!

Preview--Kato: Origins #3 Cover

From the talented pen of Francesco Francavilla, here's the cover (sans type) for Kato: Origins #3 from his blog!
Enjoy!

Design of the Week--T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Logo

 

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!

This week, it's the  logo for one of the koolest comic series of the Swingin' 60s...The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves Agents aka the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents!

In the era when Sean Connery played James Bond 007, Adam West played Batman, and A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S. with initials were all the R.A.G.E., they combined spies and superheroes into one unique package!

They're part of the new Lost Heroes series of collectibles we're doing this year entitled Lost Heroes of the Silver Age of Comics™!

We're expanding the Lost Heroes concept to include post-Golden Age material from long-forgotten companies of the late 1950s to late 1960s (and there are a LOT of them!)

So have a look at our Design of the Week.

It's a sign of things to come at Atomic Kommie Comics™...

Fantastic Femmes--Jennifer Lopez

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

Ant Invasion

Dealing with an invasion of ants into the kitchen today. Talk tomorrow!

Preview: Green Hornet: Year One #4 Alternate Cover

Another film noir poster  /  pulp magazine style cover from the talented pen of Francesco Francavilla!
With all due respect to main cover artist John Cassaday, these covers really evoke the feel of the era!
Check out Francesco's blog for MORE goodies!

Fantastic Femmes--Ana Claudia Talancon

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info  

HERE!

SuperPowers Sunday Returns!

For the next few Sundays, we're going to re-present the updated designs of the Project SuperPowers characters by Alex Ross along with links to a couple of Squidoo pages of background info and links about the series and characters...

Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers
(featuring characters who've been cover-featured)

Alex Ross' Project SuperPowers Strikes Again!
(featuring the other characters)
Plus a solo page for...
The Classic Captain Future
(Both of them. Click on the link.
You'll see what I mean!)

In addition, you can find Atomic Kommie Comics™ kool kollectibles emblazoned with the ORIGINAL 1940s classic cover art featuring these characters (in alphabetical order)...
Captain Future (aka Zeus)
Cat-Man (was Cat, now Man-Cat)  
& Kitten
Dynamic Man
Fighting Yank
The Flame
HydroMan (now called Hydro)
Major Victory
(in Flag-Draped Heroes)  
The Owl
Silver Streak
StrongMan
(in Solo Heroes)  
The Target & Targeteers
at
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™!
(unfortunately, The Woman in Red was never cover-featured, so there's no goodies featuring her...yet!)

And don't forget to buy the Project SuperPowers comics and collections including Black Terror, Death Defying 'Devil, Masquerade, and Project SuperPowers Volume 2!

The Digital Comics Museum

Many dealers and collectors are encasing their comics in Lucite to preserve them and raise their value.
All fine and well, but it makes it impossible to actually read the stories inside the covers!
And, to get the best quality covers to create the Atomic Kommie Comics™ kollectible kollection, I end up either borrowing / renting (Yes, you can rent comics!) or outright purchasing "slabbed" books that I don't already have in my collection.

So, to correct my lack of knowledge on some books, I'm finally registering with several of the on-line Golden Age comics archives who are, happily, keeping the stories and art of the 1930s-50s available to all.
First up is the Digital Comics Museum.
I'll let them speak for themselves...
We are the #1 site for downloading FREE public domain Golden Age Comics.
All files here have been researched by our staff and users to make sure they are copyright free and in the public domain.
To start downloading just register an account and enjoy these great comic books.
We do not charge per download and the goal of project is to archive these comic books online and make them widely available.
I couldn't have said it better, myself!
So, if you're a Golden Age fan, register and enjoy!

Then, go to Atomic Kommie Comics™ and pick up a couple of Golden Age collectibles! (That part is optional, but appreciated!)

Design of the Week--Don Winslow of the Navy

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
Today, it's Don Winslow of the Navy, with Old Glory flying proudly behind him and a banner with John Paul Jones' famous quote below him.
It's a perfect Memorial Day gift for the WWII or Korea veteran in your life, kitschy, yet patriotic, and there are few of the Greatest Generation who didn't read the inspiring multi-media (comics, movies, radio, novels) star during that period!

PLUS: A Free bonus from us to you: downloadable mp3s of the Don Winslow of the Navy dramatic radio show!

Now THAT'S a DEAL!

I go to Borders Books on a fairly regular basis.
Have a Borders Rewards account, and the coupons prove invaluable for saving money both for myself and for gifts!
This week's coupon was for dvd and music box sets.
While I didn't find the dvd set I was looking for (Torchwood: Children of Earth, btw) I did find The Comics: the Complete Collection by Brian Walker (which combines the two previous volumes into one MASSIVE hardcover) for only...wait for it...$9.97! It's normally $19.99!

I collect these sort of reference books with abandon!
I have Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics, Penguin Book of Comics, all Ron Goulart's books, etc.
But, up to now, even the reasonable $19.99 price point was just a bit much on my currently-tight budget.
But $9.97!!!
Even though I almost got a hernia lugging it home, it was worth it!

Brian Walker is a comic strip writer-artist himself (Beetle Bailey and Hi & Lois) as well as the son of legendary creator Mort Walker.
The book is filled not only with stuff from his family's personal collection, unseen by the general public, but stories and anecdotes that were previously-known only to industry insiders!

Pick it up (if you can...it's HEAVY!)  ;-)

Fantastic Femmes--Tisha Campbell-Martin

You're thinking, "Tisha Campbell? The woman from Martinand My Wife and Kids? Talented comedienne, but how does she qualify as a Fantastic Femme?"
Pretty damn easily!
Her first film appearance was as one of the "Greek Chorus" trio who sang plot points in the movie version of the Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors (based on the 1960 low-budget movie The Little Shop of Horrors)
She's done other genre stuff as well, primarily animation voices.
So, there!

Genre appearances include:

Little Shop of Horrors

(Crystal, performer: "Prologue", "Skid Row", "Da-Doo", "Grow for Me", "Some Fun Now", "Dentist', "Suddenly Seymour, "SupperTime", "Medley", "Meek Shall Inherit", "Finale", "Don't Feed the Plants!")

DuckMan(Ebony Sable)
Down to Earth[2001](cameo)
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
(Sledge)

Check out...
Tisha's MySpace page
Tisha Campbell (FanSite)

Bad Grrrls, Bad Grrrls, What'cha Gonna Do...?

Western Comic Adventures™ has expanded the Women Outlaws section!
Twice as much female mayhem set in the Old West as before!
Twice as much gunplay!
And now...catfights!
(and there are those who say we're not subtle at Atomic Kommie Comics™!)