Marvel Divas?

[long_silence.insanejournal.com]

Announced in today's My Cup O' Joe Myspace blog where Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning filled in for Quesada

An all new limited series called Marvel Divas starting in July from Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Tonci Zonjicy. It will feature Blackcat, Photon, Hellcat and Firestar.

“The idea behind the series was to have some sudsy fun and lift the curtain a bit and take a peep at some of our most fabulous super heroines. In the series, they're an unlikely foursome of friends--Black Cat, Hell Cat, Firestar, and Photon--with TWO things in common: They're all leading double-lives and they're all having romantic trouble. The pitch started as "Sex and the City" in the Marvel Universe, and there's definitely that "naughty" element to it, but I also think the series is doing to a deeper place, asking question about what it means...truly means...to be a woman in an industry dominated by testosterone and guns. (And I mean both the super hero industry and the comic book industry.) But mostly it's just a lot of hot fun.
”- Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Comments

[sandoz_iscariot.insanejournal.com]

I'd like to be surprised, but yeaaaaah I'm not feeling it. I don't like how the solicit has to reassure guys that the book's "sudsy and naughty" before getting to its mission statement about what it "means to be a woman". (And no offense to Mr. Aguirre-Sacasa, but I'm a little dubious whenever I hear that coming from a male writer.)

Plus the team lineup manages to be random and yet redundant.