This Friday, December 25th (Christmas Day!) is the much-delayed U.S. theater release (and simultaneous HBOMax streaming debut) of Wonder Woman 1984, the latest entry in Warner Bros.’ DC Comics movie universe and the sequel to 2017’s box-office hit Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot returns as the Amazing Amazon, helped once again by Chris Pine as Steve Trevor. This time they face the threat of Wonder Woman’s old comic-book nemesis the Cheetah, played here by comedic actress Kristen Wiig (Ghostbusters: Answer the Call), as well as the machinations of businessman Maxwell Lord, played by Pedro Pascal (the helmeted star of Disney+’s Star Wars spin-off series, The Mandalorian).
Well, if you’re a Wonder fan, then perhaps you’d be interested in checking out a free digital comic available exclusively from your friends at StarWarp Concepts…
Heroines & 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, and makes for an awesome last-minute ebook gift for the superheroine fan in your life. Visit its product page for ordering information, as well as sample pages.
