I’ve been friends with Turra and Jetta from the beginning.Okay. Well, maybe not the very beginning, before the girls ever made it from Martheus’ head onto the page, but right after they first filled out (and filled out oh so noticeably) their first graphic novel.
It was Memphis. Mid-South Con. I was there with Scott McCullar representing Shooting Star Comics. Scott marched me immediately over to Martheus’ table in the dealer room and said something to the effect of “Check out this guy’s stuff. He’s amazing.”
He was right. Something about Martheus’ artwork had a raw energy to it that had me hooked from the get-go. The smiles, the action lines, the eyes, the accurate fight scenes, the large… ahem … tracks of land.
That night, during a meal of good ol’ Memphis barbeque, Scott told me he thought we should bring Jetta into the Shooting Star fold.
And we did. It was, as they say, a no-brainer.
Now, 25 years later, Martheus and crew have been with the Queen of the Toshigawa Butt-Kickers on numerous action-packed adventures for several publishers. She's been a warrior, a princess, and she's even co-starred with indy favorite Shi for the crossover to end all crossovers. Not just that, but Martheus and I have been able to collaborate on several projects as well (both Jetta-adjacent like Turra and non-Jetta-related like The IDW comic of The Bad Girls Club for Oxygen Network).
So, from me to you, Martheus, Janet, and Anakin, happy anniversary!
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