IT GIRL & THE
ATOMICS WRITER JAMIE S. RICH CELEBRATES THE FIRST STORY ARC AT AN EXCLUSIVE
CALIFORNIA SIGNING
Image Comics launched the poppy superhero comic book series It Girl and the Atomics back in August
to much acclaim and strong sales. The first printing of the debut issue sold
out from the distributor almost immediately upon release. On December 12, Image
will be release the fifth issue, ending the first story arc, “Dark Streets,
Snap City.” To mark the event, the comic’s writer, Jamie S. Rich, will be
signing at Heroes Comics in Fresno, CA.
“I have family in the area,” Rich said, “and I was a
customer at Heroes back when they were a new store, almost 20 years ago, just
before I left California to move to Oregon and work for Dark Horse Comics as an
editor. It’s fitting that I would come back to commemorate this milestone in
one of my favorite projects.”
It Girl and the
Atomics is a spin-off from the popular indie comics series Madman, the brainchild of Michael
Allred, the artist on Marvel Comics’ new FF!
title. It Girl marks the first
long-form extension of his world by other creators. Rich has been the editor of
Madman since 1997 and has previously
written short stories for the title. Joining him for It Girl and the Atomics are artist Mike Norton, colorist Allen
Passalaqua, and letter Crank!, the Eisner-winning team behind Battlepug.
“The Atomics are a team of superheroes who got their powers
from an alien goo that caused them to mutate,” Rich explained. “They all have
weird abilities, and we’ve set out to make kooky comics to match. It Girl was
always my favorite character. She has the ability to take on the physical
properties of anything she touches. This presents a fun creative challenge.
Just what are the limits of her abilities? What new function could she adopt
today?”
Prior to It Girl and
the Atomics, Rich had written a variety of comics and prose novels,
including the quirky romance 12 Reasons
Why I Love Her and the hardboiled detective story You Have Killed Me. In January, his futuristic adventure serial A Boy and a Girl, drawn by Natalie
Nourigat (Between Gears), will
premier on onipress.com.
Heroes Comics will have all four previous issues of It Girl and the Atomics on hand for the
signing, as well as the fifth issue, set to go on sale that day. The event will
take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12. Heroes is located
at 110 East Shaw Ave. in Fresno, CA. Phone Number: 559-229-4376.
For interviews or review material, contact Jamie S. Rich at golightly[a]gmail[.]com. His website is http://www.confessions123.com.
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