You just tell me where you need your starting point to be and I’ll do it.” But I was afraid a little bit about cramping on his style with his story, and he said, “Amy tell me what you want to do.” And I explained what I wanted to do and he understood that I had reasons to do it a certain way and he was like, “Well, as long as this is something you’re passionate about, what I’m going to do is I’ll set it up for you. Because actually, I was really excited about Gemworld, and I did have a lot of things in mind. And about giving them what they want as well. Even though he’s got all the success and all these ideas, he really, really cares about the people he works with. One thing I’m learning about Bendis is that he is a highly collaborative person. And so, when you are brought onto a project like this, knowing that one of the architects behind the books you’re working on is such a huge fan of it, does that change your approach at all? Or do you just have to say, damn the torpedoes, I’m doing what I want to do?Īmy Reeder: Was it intimidating if he was so into it on how I would handle it and stuff? Is that what you’re asking? A bit. And he couldn’t wait to explore that a little bit. I was talking with Brian and he mentioned to me that he thinks that Gemworld is more interesting than Jack Kirby’s Fourth World. I want to start by something that Brian Bendis told me about a year ago. The only problem? Her kingdom is missing, her subjects have vanished, and none in the realm of Gemworld-even her best friend, Lady Turquoise-remain loyal to her house!Īlone and dejected, Amy’s forced to find new allies and confront dark secrets on an all-new quest to the farthest reaches of Gemworld. Princess Amethyst-as she returns to her magical kingdom to celebrate her 16th birthday in style.
The first issue was released today.Written, illustrated, and colored by Amy Reederįollowing her triumphant reintroduction in the pages of Young Justice, the new Amethyst miniseries follows teenager Amy Winston-a.k.a. They are writing the series, with interior artwork by Natacha Bustos, and Reeder also supplying cover artwork. The duo, Reeder and Montclare, have most recently collaborated on Marvel’s Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur. If you want to watch the magic happen, Reeder also has a YouTube channel with a few short, but inspiring process videos. Not only does Reeder share her comic knowledge through the podcast, she is very verbose on her Tumblr too, regularly posting art advice and storytelling tips. Reeder and Montclare have a podcast called, Podcorn, where they discuss their projects, process and comic news. The Rocket Girl series, published by Image Comics, is currently on issue #6, with #7 set for release this December 2nd. Through a string of discoveries she realises the high-tech future she is from is actually an alternate reality version of 2013.
AMY REEDER SERIES
The series focuses on protagonist, DaYoung Johansson, a teenage cop from the future who is sent back in time to 1986 New York City. This time, with ambitions to bring to life an ongoing series called Rocket Girl. Following the campaign’s success, the duo were back on Kickstarter the following year. In 2012 Amy Reeder, and writer Brandon Montclare, turned to Kickstarter to fund their 40-page one-shot comic, Halloween Eve. She has since illustrated for Vertigo, and DC Comics on Madame Xanadu, and Batwoman. After entering Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga competition, Reeder was selected to write and illustrate Fool’s Gold.
She actually earned a Bachelor of Science in Social Science Teaching before being discovered by Tokyopop. Amy Reeder is a comic artist and writer, probably best known for her creator-owned series, Rocket Girl.
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