#superdames comics

What I can say right now is that we would absolutely love to do a Betty Bates collection … and we are looking into it. There are some challenges, but we’re looking into it. 

The biggest obstacles are the rarity of the original comics, combined with the relatively large number of Betty Bates stories that were published in the 1940s. By my count (yes, I counted), Betty Bates appeared in 62 total stories (all in Hit Comics #4-65, published in 1940-1950), for a total of 414 pages of Betty Bates. A complete collection of that size is a big undertaking. 

For comparison, our digital-only collection “Jill Trent, Science Sleuth Collected: 1943-1948” contains somewhere around 12 stories at just over 100 pages.

We probably do have enough Betty Bates material at this point to publish an incomplete collection… But I suspect an incomplete or “best-of” collection would be dissatisfying…?

In any case, we absolutely love Betty Bates and we think she is the greatest thing since we discovered Jill Trent.

Thank you for asking!

Thank you for the kind words. And thank you for caring enough to ask.

The answer is yes. Jill Trent, Science Sleuth #3 is coming. This image published with #2 is my promise to you:

I know, it’s taking some time, but we are working on it… Honestly, 2016 has been a beast and I, the editor and co-writer of Superdames Comics, have been dealing with deaths in my family, changes in employment that wreaked havoc with my daily schedule, and family health crises that demanded more of my time.

These types of things challenge you to rediscover your passion, to reclaim your head space, to push through the distractions and to commit to finding the hours in the day to work on comics, because without all of those things it’s not going to happen.

At the same time, we’ve been developing some other comics projects outside of Jill Trent that will be bigger and better than anything we’ve done before, and I can’t wait to tell you about them when they’re ready!

For now, here is an EXCLUSIVE new sneak peek at some new designs for Jill Trent and her faithful partner, Daisy, by returning artist Rafael Romeo Magat (@rafaelromeomagat) for an all-new JILL TRENT, SCIENCE SLEUTH story:

Love is love is love is love is love is love is love...

OUT TODAY! Jill Trent, Science Sleuth #2 is available in print & digital direct from SuperdamesComics.com and on ComiXology!

I can’t guarantee that every submission will receive a response. ABOUT WHICH I FEEL VERY GUILTY.

But if you haven’t heard back within 3-4 weeks … it’s probably safe to try sending a different pitch.

The answer is still YES!

http://www.superdamescomics.com/submissions.html

Please note, I’ve also updated the submission guidelines FAQ to address some recurring concepts I keep seeing:

Q: What are you NOT looking for in a Jill Trent story?A: 1.) We currently prefer each story to be confined to a single time period, dimension, and “version” of the characters. This means we’d like to avoid time travel, parallel dimensions, mirror Jills, etc. Because the experience of reading a single volume of our Jill Trent book will already take the reader through multiple different time periods and versions of the character from story to story, we’d like to avoid replicating that WITHIN a single story in the book.

2.) We currently prefer to avoid stories where either Jill or Daisy gets captured and/or needs to be rescued.

We have a legit supervillain in this one.

Who is she? A mysterious Nazi saboteur & evil chess master. What is her devious secret?...

Art by Michael R. Hall with colors by Frank Barbara, from JILL TRENT, SCIENCE SLEUTH #2.