Blair Butler is probably best known from G4TV's Attack of the Show, but she's also a writer and a comic. And now a writer of comics. Comic books, that is. This one, in fact: Heart.
Illustrated by Kevin Mellon, it's a four-issue miniseries that combines Blair's passion for comics, writing and mixed martial arts for one of the most assured debuts by a comic book writer I've ever read. We're publishing it at Image, and every time I see something associated with it, I kind of swell up with satisfaction and pride. We spotlight a lot of new talent at Image, but there's something really cool about hooking up with someone like Blair, or Jonathan Ross who launched his comics writing career at Image with Turf, and giving them the platform to channel his or her lifelong love of comics into actually creating them. If we were just indulging celebrity vanity projects, that would be one thing, but if you know anything about Blair, you know she loves comics. Listening to her speak about Heart, there's no doubting her commitment to her work, and you only have to read it to see that, like Jonathan, she's not just a famous fan, but a talent to be reckoned with.
Heart #1 isn't out until November, but you can go into your local comic book store on new comics day tomorrow and ask them to reserve a copy so you don't miss out when its release date finally rolls around.
