Title: Salvation Run
Writers: Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturgess
Artists: Sean Chen (penciler), Walden Wong (inker)
Rating: 5 out of 10

“Our captors promised us a safe world, uninhabited by any dangerous life forms, but I sense overwhelming danger all around us—Lurking just out of sight.”

“You’re exactly right! This is Murder World!”

What happens when the Checkmate organization dumps all of the Earth’s supervillains on a distant planet to fend for themselves? Wackiness ensues! And by wackiness, I mean murder and mayhem.

It was only a matter of time before the powers that be got tired of superpowered freaks ruining everyone’s day over and over again. There are only so many times they can attempt to take over or destroy the world before someone decides to send them somewhere they won’t come back from. Given nothing other than their own weapons and devices, they’re marooned on a planet teeming with all sorts dangerous creatures eager to kill them, provided the villains don’t kill each other first. 

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Title: The Non-Adventures of Wonderella
Artist/Writer: Justin Pierce
Site: http://nonadventures.com
Updates: Saturdays
Rating: 9/10

Your planet was destroyed long ago, you have been given somewhat awesome powers by a vaguely Greco-Roman godhead, and there is a giant alien hypnotizing the populace of your city with spores. What do you do?

Any normal hero would send the creature back where it came from with a few bruises before making a witty remark or telling the reader to buy war bonds. Wonderella is not a normal hero, and would much rather spend her time watching sitcoms or playing “Hello Kitty the Home Version” than be bothered with dealing with threats from beyond and it couldn’t be any more entertaining.

The Non-Adventures of Wonderella by Justin Pierce is exactly what the title describes. The titular character faces fewer challenges from her archenemies, such as a clown with attention issues and a Nazi that’s a stone cold bitch, and more challenges from things like dating, awkward social situations, and catty comments. It’s a welcome change from a lot of the super hero humor readers are used to seeing and doesn’t focus on the usuals, like bizarre applications of super powers (Superman using his x-ray vision to look into the womens’ locker room? How droll!). In fact, Wonderella barely has any powers at all outside of enhanced strength and durability. She can’t even fly (though she can jump “hella high”), which is just one of many sources of bitterness for her.

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The writer and artist of Wonderella was kind enough to let me pepper him with annoying questions recently. Read on as we discuss the secrets of the universe as they relate to his webcomic. Part two of the interview, which features questions and answers from his characters, will follow soon.

CowboyAndy: Would you care to tell us about your background and how you
got into artistry, writing, and webcomicery?

Justin Pierce: I’ve been drawing since I was a kid, like most people in this dog-and-pony
show, I’d imagine. I’ve worked in graphic design for about eight years
now, and have been doing comics almost as long.

My first webcomic, Killroy and Tina, was nothing like Wonderella. It was a
longform serial comic and as such, it moved at a snail’s pace and the
payoff didn’t balance the effort, so I closed off the story as best I
could and ended it about a year ago. Looking back I’m glad I did so,
though I realize there are a few perturbed Killroy and Tina readers out
there.

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WONDERELLA
Wonderella, there are some who say you are a poor role model for young women and aspiring super heroines the world over. How do you respond to such criticism?

Wonderella: I’m a great role model! It’s everyone else who sucks. Have you *seen* Spawn? He looks like someone sprayed acid on his face and put it out with a goddamn backhoe. Plus, he’s Canadian. Next question.

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