Great art: Amethyst by Jill Thompson & P. Craig Russell

The fine purveyors of the Fire & Water Podcast Network have long focused their attention on previous iterations of Who's Who. But this feature is most excited about their current project: the 1990-1992 super-pin up-friendly loose leaf edition. Today's art comes from the first issue. Jill Thompson and P. Craig Russell make a stupendous team as they bring the Princess of Gemworld to life. By this time, her history was probably too complicated for her to ever truly be a great character again (at least in that continuity) but the young Thompson and the always skilled Russell really knocked it out of the park on this piece.

As always, you can check out a lot more Great Art over on the Tumblr. And after you're done admiring some great art here, don’t forget to check out some of the other great stuff on the site this week!

CityNewsNet 125: The new Doc Tesla

F.O.R.C.E. readers already know about the new Doc Tesla as introduced in the pages of that series, but CityNewsNet’s coverage of her home region finally gets to her in the latest installment! For those who haven’t picked up the series, get your first introduction to the new super-steam powered heroine in a bite-size news broadcast!

Find out more details about the episode at the official page or listen to it here.

Are you listening to CityNewsNet?

I have failed to mention it since the rebirth of SuperPoweredFiction.com, but I am happy to be a contributor to CityNewsNet, a weekly podcast featuring news articles from a super-powered universe. Conceived alongside fellow writer and regular podcaster Caine Dorr and performed by Paul Ellis, each week we look at a snippet of news from either my own Seaside City, Caine’s Pacifica or even guest contributions from other writers.

With over twenty episodes of two to five minutes already recorded, the show is still going strong. It is regularly available through an RSS feed on the site or through your regular podcast provider (like Sticher or iTunes). Our recent chapters feature the introduction of my character LaserTron or Caine’s look at the death penalty in a universe where immortality isn’t an impossibility! But all twenty plus episodes are available for your listening pleasure at any time!

Check out the complete archive of episodes here!