Grace Randolph's Supurbia For Boom! Comics (UPDATE)

[Rich Johnston]

Bleeding Cool's very own Grace Randolph has a new superhero comic book to be published in March from Boom!, Supurbia. Drawn by Russell Dauterman, and modelled on modern reality TV, this looks like a sex-filled, alpha female, superhero comic. Here's the solicitation.

What goes down when the capes come off? Meet the Real Housewives of Earth's greatest super-team, the Meta Legion! It's the egos, the tantrums, and the betrayals of the super set. Find out what happens behind the masks as superhero families are faced with the sordid problems of everyday life - and then some! From rising star writer Grace Randolph (Marvel's Nation X, Her-oes) and hot new artist Russell Dauterman, this series takes the familiar super-team and turns it on its head with a scandalous, TMZ-fueled look at what it's like to live with a superhero!

Damn, Grace, you kept it quite a secret...

UPDATE: Grace Randolph writes;

This was a hard secret to keep, Rich! In the past - as I'm sure many people have experienced as well - I've mentioned something cool I was working on, only to have it fall through! It's made me a believer in "THE JINX"! Dum, dum, DUM!

But now that "Supurbia" is officially announced, I am very excited to share it with everyone! I first pitched the concept to Matt Gagnon at New York Comic Con back in 2010 - evidence that yes, you need to go to comic book conventions! Happily Ross Richie really sparked to it and so I've been working on it ever since with Ross, editor Eric Harburn, and the fabulously gifted artist Russell Dauterman.

Like most readers, I really love superhero comics so I'm excited to explore them in a different way. We always follow the hero as he swoops off, but what if we stayed behind with his girlfriend? What is it REALLY like to live with a superhero? I hope everyone will pick-up "Supurbia" as it looks to answer those questions and more.

And there will certainly be more news and previews to come in the lead-up to the March debut, particularly here on Bleeding Cool.

[Blackfist]

Well, i didn't see this coming.

I suspect at some point a villain's gonna try and kidnap one of the wives only to have their arses handed to them worse than if they fought against their husband

[Lord Viper Scorpion]

Intriguing. But knowing Boom's history with trades, the first volume will be super-cheap. I'll buy it then.

[ahlhelm]

I may trade wait on it, but it's an interesting concept for sure.

[Havok]

The character representing Grace Randolph on that cover certainly has a 'supurb' couple of assets.

[Joe B. Pangrazio]

The character representing Grace Randolph on that cover certainly has a 'supurb' couple of assets.

There is no character representing Grace Randolph on that cover.

[Havok]

So the blond woman with 'supurb' tits on the cover isn't supposed to serve as an avatar for the series creator and writer, herself possessing those previously described qualities? All just one hell of a random coinkydink?

Also, how long until you delete this post (like the others, despite them being perfectly harmless), you small-dicked little powermad bitch? Get the fuck over yourself. Oh sorry, is this going to get me another infraction?? Oh noes!!!

[Joe B. Pangrazio]

So the blond woman with 'supurb' tits on the cover isn't supposed to serve as an avatar for the series creator and writer, herself possessing those previously described qualities? All just one hell of a random coinkydink!?

No. Anymore than the bald rich man in Action Comics (Lex Luthor) is supposed to represent Grant Morrison.

[Havok]

OK, great point. Yeah. Look, I don't care if you want to troll me and act like a hardcore mod, but please stop PMing me and save your "infractions". This isn't kindergarten.

But it's OK, I've seen the light now and and I completely agree that me saying "Grace Randolph has 'superb' tits" is a "Persistent Disregard for Community Guidelines" of Bleeding Cool.

Fucking christ, what a bitch. You, not Grace Randolph. She seems nice enough.

Like her tits.