"Mike Madrid is doing God's work. . . . mak[ing] accessible a lost, heady land of female adventure." --
ComicsAlliance Between the covers of
Vixens, Vamps & Vipers, fans will rediscover the original bad girls of comics--as fierce and full of surprises as they were when the comic book industry was born. From murderous Madame Doom to He-She, dubbed by
io9 as "the most unsung comic book villain ever," Mike Madrid resurrects twenty-two glorious evildoers in fully reproduced comics and explores the ways they both transcend and become ensnared in a web of cultural stereotypes.
Among the deadly femme fatales, ruthless jungle queens, devious secret agents, double-dealing criminal masterminds, and gender-bending con artists are some of the very first women of color in comics. These women may have been overlooked in the annals of history, but--like their superheroine counterparts in
Divas, Dames & Daredevils--their influence, on popular culture and the archenemies that thrill us today, is unmistakable.
Mike Madrid is the author of
Divas, Dames & Daredevils, a
ComicsAlliance and
ComicsBlend Best Book of the Year, and
The Supergirls, an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines.