Emilia Clarke is ready for a new challenge.
The actress, who starred as Mother of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen on the HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’, has developed a new superhero comic book, ‘Mother Of Madness’ or ‘M.O.M.’.
Published by Image Comics, ‘M.O.M.’ is a three-issue miniseries. It follows Maya, a single mother who realises she now has freakish superpowers she can use to stop a secret cabal of human traffickers. Clarke co-wrote the comic along with author Marguerite Bennett, whose work spans the likes of Marvel, DC, and Archie Comics’ Josie And The Pussycats.
In an earlier interview with Entertainment Weekly, Clarke said the comic started off as a joke. “About three years ago, I was in a car with a bunch of friends and was like, ‘Hey, guys, wouldn’t it be really funny if…’ And then I woke up the next day and was like, ‘That would be funny. That would be [expletive] cool. Why not?’”
that she came up with the concept of
Mother Of Madness as a joke three year ago but then she woke up to realize it could be a cool and funny concept. According to her, the comic features a feminist sensibility tied with tongue-in-cheek humor explored in a genre-bending atmosphere. It was developed with an all-female team including illustrator Leila Leiz, contributor Isobel Richardson, and cover artist Jo Ratcliffe.
Maya’s powers in this comic miniseries are vague but Clarke alludes that it has connections to how she can do “wicked things” at certain times during the month, stemming from her menstrual cycle. “I thought it would be cool to have all the things that women don’t like about themselves, flip that, and make those the things that make her superhuman,” she told
By Dan Mazella
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