Self / Made

Mat Groom is from Sydney, and he writes comics!  He has written for AVENGERS UNLIMITED, GIANT-SIZE SILVER SURFER and MARVEL ZOMBIES: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD, and co-writes the ULTRAMAN series (THE RISE OF ULTRAMAN, THE TRIALS OF ULTRAMAN, THE MYSTERY OF ULTRASEVEN, ULTRAMAN x AVENGERS) with Kyle Higgins (all for Marvel Comics); he writes the creator-owned series INFERNO GIRL RED and SELF/MADE as well as the graphic novel THE SINGULARITY from Image Comics; he has written the Power Rangers for Boom! Studios in the series MIGHTY MORPHIN; and he has worked on several projects for DC Comics, including their CRIMES OF PASSION anthology!Eduardo Ferigato is an artist from São Paulo, Brazil. Eduardo has over a decade of experience in the industry, working on projects including The Last Phantom for Dynamite Entertainment and the award-winning independent graphic novel Opala 76.Marcelo Costa is a comic artist and colorist from Brazil who has coloured books such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Firefly for Boom! Studios, Hidden Society for Dark Horse, and SELF/MADE for Image Comics. RADIANT BLACK is Marcelo's first work for Image Comics as an artist.

NPR -- Groom serves up his story's twists and turns,even the more predictable ones, with a light touch. Even as he questions thenature of capital-R Reality, he manages to resist self-important dramatics. As aresult, while Amala's story isn't as profound as he might have hoped, it'sintricate and unpredictable enough to be consistently engaging. Of course, somepart of the credit goes to artists Eduardo Ferigato and Marcelo Costa.Ferigato's designs for the characters and their worlds are vivid and capable. Ifhe's a bit inconsistent - particularly when it comes to drawing Rebecca - hisfigures generally exude energy and spontaneity. Costa had a delightful job cutout for him (who wouldn't want to color a succession of video game scenarios anddrug trips?) and he makes the most of it.Aided by the artists, Groom sustains a sense oflightheartedness and a lack of pretension that excuse the familiarity of hiscentral concept. Amala may not be the first self-aware character to come along -or the tenth, or the twentieth - but she's a likable addition to this quirkysubgenre. Self/Made makes questioning the nature of reality a fun way tospend an afternoon.