The Black Cherry Bombshells
Encyclopedia
The Black Cherry Bombshells is a webcomic
from DC
imprint Zuda Comics
, created by Johnny Zito
and Tony Trov
, illustrated by Sacha Borisich
and colors by John Dallaire
. It was selected as winner of Zuda's March 2008 competition.
, Nevada
, the Black Cherry Bombshells, led by the outcast Regina, are gaining a reputation as tough bootleggers
. This does not sit well with a powerful, local crime boss, a woman called The King.
in 2009 for Best Online Comic Work.
Print
In January 2009, DC announced the Black Cherry Bombshells to be the third Zuda Comic to be printed into a graphic novel
.
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
from DC
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
imprint Zuda Comics
Zuda Comics
Zuda Comics was DC Comics' webcomics imprint from 2007 until 2010. It featured comics for Flash player instead of in a web page. Announced in a press release on July 9, 2007 and the first ongoing series and competing comic entries went live October 30, 2007...
, created by Johnny Zito
Johnny Zito
Johnny Zito is a writer, film maker and artist best known for his serialized comic Moon Girl.-Early life:Johnny Zito is a native of Philadelphia PA and graduated from Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in 2000...
and Tony Trov
Tony Trov
Tony Trov is an American writer, film maker, musician and artist best known for the serialized comic Moon Girl.-Early life:Tony Trov is a native of Philadelphia PA and graduated from Girard Academic Music Program in 2001...
, illustrated by Sacha Borisich
Sacha Borisich
Sacha Borisich is an American comic artist best known for her work on the serialized comic The Black Cherry Bombshells. The comic won DC Comics online Zuda Comics competition for March 2008. Borisch cites the animation style used by Hanna Barbera as an influence, as well as Tex Avery and Chuck Jones...
and colors by John Dallaire
John Dallaire
John Dallaire is an American artist best known for work on the serialized comic The Black Cherry Bombshells on Zuda Comics. He has also done art for Lasers Dragons and Lies with John Zakour and Intergalactic Law: Grey Squad with Lisa Fary on Zuda as well as Intergalactic Law on Pink Raygun where he...
. It was selected as winner of Zuda's March 2008 competition.
Synopsis
Violent girl gangs fight for supremacy in a dark future where all men have been mutated into flesh-eating zombies. In Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, the Black Cherry Bombshells, led by the outcast Regina, are gaining a reputation as tough bootleggers
Rum-running
Rum-running, also known as bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law...
. This does not sit well with a powerful, local crime boss, a woman called The King.
Awards
The Black Cherry Bombshells was nominated for a Harvey AwardHarvey Award
The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman and founded by Gary Groth, President of the publisher Fantagraphics, are given for achievement in comic books. The Harveys were created as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards which were discontinued after 1987.The Harvey Awards are...
in 2009 for Best Online Comic Work.
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
.