Now at the news site Comics for Sinners, you can read my review of Lady Rawhide/Lady Zorro #1—written by Shannon Eric Denton (Vampirella Halloween Special 2013), illustrated by Rey Villegas (Lady Rawhide), and currently available from Dynamite Entertainment. Lady Rawhide, in case you’ve never heard of her, was one of the top-tier members of the 1990s “Bad Girl Era”—a fiery-haired, corset-and-thigh-high-boots-wearing counterpart to Zorro, one of pulp fiction’s greatest swashbuckling heroes. Reintroduced last year to comic fans by Dynamite as part of their Zorro revival, in this four-part miniseries Rawhide teams up with a recent addition to the franchise: Lady Zorro, who’s as lethal with her sword as Lady Rawhide is with her whip and six-guns. Head on over to C4S to find out more.
Speaking of adventurous bad girls, especially those of the fiery-haired variety, have you met Lorelei, StarWarp Concepts’ resident soul-stealing succubus? Making her comics debut in 1993, Lori has remained SWC’s first leading lady of horror, and currently stars in two critically acclaimed projects:
Lorelei: Sects and the City is a Mature Readers graphic novel in which Lori battles a cult of Elder God worshipers attempting to unleash hell on Earth. Basically a love letter to 1970s horror comics like Vampirella, Tomb of Dracula, and Satana the Devil’s Daughter, it’s written by yours truly, Steven A. Roman (The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy), and illustrated by Eliseu Gouveia (Vengeance of the Mummy, Lady Death), Steve Geiger (Web of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk), and Neil Vokes (Flesh and Blood, Fright Night). It also features a cover by legendary artist Esteban Maroto (Vampirella, Zatanna, Lady Rawhide) and a frontispiece by original Vampirella artist Tom Sutton (Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Werewolf by Night). It’s available in both print and e-book formats, so visit the Lorelei: Sects and the City product page for all the ordering information, as well as sample pages.
Lorelei Presents: House Macabre is Lori’s debut as the hostess of a horror anthology comic. Behind that eye-catching cover by bad-girl artist supreme Louis Small Jr. (Vampirella, Vampirella/Lady Death), you’ll find stories by Steven A. Roman (yep, me again) and Dwight Jon Zimmerman (Iron Man, Web of Spider-Man). Art is provided by Uriel Caton & “Chainsaw” Chuck Majewski (Heartstopper: The Legend of La Bella Tenebrosa), Lou Manna (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents), John Pierard (Graphic Classics: Horror Classics), and Juan Carlos Abraldes Rendo. It’s available in print for $3.99 (plus shipping) exclusively from the StarWarp Concepts webstore, and in digital form for $1.99 from DriveThru Comics and the SWC webstore. Visit the Lorelei Presents: House Macabre product page for all the ordering information, as well as sample pages.
