Alpha Girl Pays Homage to the Movies

Paying tribute to the classics is very worth it. How else can you let someone know you appreciate what a movie has meant to you? Alpha Girl has a fairly simple way of showing that appreciation with a series of covers inspired by great films. And tattoo artist Jeff Rassier is pleased as punch at the opportunity.

“I have been a lifelong lover of comic books," he said. "I collect comic art and put out an underground comic of my own, but to be able to do a cover for Image – of ZOMBIES – greatest job ever! It’s been fun following the creation of ALPHA GIRL; I really dig the story. I can’t wait to see more people chewed and spewed by zombie chicks.”

The series creators Jeff Roenning and Jean-Paul are planning to pay tribute to Lolita, The Graduate, La Femme Nikita, Star Wars and Enter the Dragon with issues one through four (the second issue has two covers).

Bonjour, who has a number of tattoos by Rassier, explained: “Jeff Rassier's artwork is hands-down amazing. It was a treat to get him to sit in as a special guest artist on issue #4 and recreate the most iconic poster in the martial arts world — Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon."

Bonjour continued, “When it was time to come up with cover ideas, being old movie buffs, Jeff Roenning and I both thought it would be great if we could pay homage to some of the classic movie posters of the past, with an ALPHA GIRL slant, of course. It really makes my inner Film Geek happy to see."

Alpha Girl #3 (featuring the Star Wars cover) will hit stores June 13. Alpha Girl #4 with the Enter the Dragon inspiration will be available August 1. The fourth issue is when Diego Simone will be taking over full interiors art duties.

Full press release below.

THE PANEL MEETS THE SILVER SCREEN IN ALPHA GIRL

Zombie apocalypse series features popular film homage covers and guest artist

ALPHA GIRL creators Jeff Roenning and Jean-Paul Bonjour began their careers as filmmakers, and they’ve brought that love with them to their first foray into comics! Each cover for their violent and raunchy tale of Judith, possibly the world's last sane woman, fighting her way through the lady apocalypse has been an homage to different iconic movie posters.

ALPHA GIRL #1 – Lolita

ALPHA GIRL #2 – The Graduate (cover A) and La Femme Nikita (cover B)

ALPHA GIRL #3 – Star Wars

ALPHA GIRL #4 brings us something extra special – Enter the Dragon, drawn by super-star tattoo artist Jeff Rassier!

Bonjour, who has a number of tattoos by Rassier, explained: “Jeff Rassier's artwork is hands-down amazing. It was a treat to get him to sit in as a special guest artist on issue #4 and recreate the most iconic poster in the martial arts world — Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon."

For Rassier, drawing the cover was a dream come true. “I have been a lifelong lover of comic books," he said. "I collect comic art and put out an underground comic of my own, but to be able to do a cover for Image – of ZOMBIES – greatest job ever! It’s been fun following the creation of ALPHA GIRL; I really dig the story. I can’t wait to see more people chewed and spewed by zombie chicks.”

Bonjour continued, “When it was time to come up with cover ideas, being old movie buffs, Jeff Roenning and I both thought it would be great if we could pay homage to some of the classic movie posters of the past, with an ALPHA GIRL slant, of course. It really makes my inner Film Geek happy to see."

“I love movies, even more than bacon," said Roenning. "So doing classic movie posters seemed natural for the covers.”

ALPHA GIRL #3 (FEB120494), featuring the Star Wars cover, will be on sale in comic stores and digital platforms on June 13. ALPHA GIRL #4 (JUN120535), featuring the Jeff Rassier Enter The Dragon homage cover, is available to order now, and goes on sale August 1. Diego Simone, who colored Rassier's art for the ALPHA GIRL #4 cover, will be taking over full interior art duties on the title, starting with this issue.

ABOUT JEFF RASSIER

Jeff Rassier has been professionally tattooing for twenty-three years and is the co-owner of Black Heart Tattoo in San Francisco, CA. Outside of tattooing, Jeff co-created Buck Snort Comics (good luck finding that), and has designed numerous punk rock album covers, T-shirts, wine labels, and posters. Jeff has shown his fine art in numerous group and solo art shows, and continues to work in as many different mediums as he can.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.