Today is the much-talked-about debut on the HBOMax streaming service of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, aka the “Snyder Cut” that fans of the director have been waiting for since the not-too-spectacular theatrical release of the version of his project that hit movie theaters in 2017, directed by Joss Whedon (Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron). Starring Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Mamoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as the Flash, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg, this “reimagining” is said to reflect Snyder’s true intended vision of the film he set out to make, before he had to bow out of the production following the untimely death of his daughter.
Still, with a four-hour-long runtime, and given Snyder’s attitude toward superheroes (Really, Jonathan Kent—letting a busload of schoolkids drown would be okay if it meant Clark’s secret identity was protected? What is wrong with you?), it’ll be the furthest thing from being the sort of uplifting experience the first Avengers movie was for Marvel Films.
Well, if you’re a fan of Wonder Woman, then perhaps you’d be interested in checking out a free digital comic available exclusively from your friends at StarWarp Concepts…
Heroines and Heroes is a collection of comic stories and pinups written and drawn by Steven A. Roman (that’s me!), dating back to my days in the early 1990s small-press movement—that age of dinosaurs in which creators like me used to make our comics by printing them out on photocopiers and then stapling them by hand. In H&H you’ll find mainstream heroes and small-press heroines, and even a couple of anthropomorphic bikers.
Leading off is “V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N (in the Summertime),” a three-page Wonder Woman vs. Harley Quinn story that I wrote and drew in the late ’90s as a sample for a DC Comics editor who thought I’d be a good fit for their Batman: The Animated Series comic (spoiler warning: it didn’t work out). It’s followed by an adventure of small-presser Jeff Wood’s rabbit-eared superspy, Snowbuni; three pages from the long-canceled indie comic Motorbike Puppies; and an adventure of the indie superheroine The Blonde Avenger.
Heroines and Heroes is a free digital exclusive, so visit its product page for ordering information, as well as sample pages.
