I can’t really reveal too much now, but the story follows Jennifer Walters, She-Hulk’s human identity, as she finds a new job at a high-powered law firm and is assigned an important case with a mysterious scientist client. I’ve always been a fan of speculative stories and tend to prefer darker stories with an element of humor, like Buffy, The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, Dark City, eXistenz, Firefly, BBC’s Being Human, Misfits… I liked comic books as a child, but I certainly couldn’t afford them. My fantastic agent, Peter Steinberg, came up with the idea, and I said, yes, please, I’d love to write it. Why did you write She-Hulk Diaries? Are you a fan of comic books? Intrigued, I asked Acosta some questions. The real challenge was finding humor in a character who is described as “painfully shy,” and I hope I succeeded. (You should check out the hilarious Smart Bitches website.)Ĭhristine, the author of Rogue Touch, is the penname for a literary fiction writer whose books address gender issues.Īnyway, I like writing comedy and I loved writing She-Hulk, which really focuses on Jennifer Walters trying to have a more normal life, despite the insane time demands of her job as an attorney. Romance is its own genre with very strict conventions…and I’ve learned that romance writers and fans are generally pretty hardcore feminists. When you’re a woman and write a social satire, they assume it’s a romance novel and that you’re anti-feminist. Of course, when you’re a Mexican-American, people expect you to write magical realism. In fact, I use humor because I can go beyond preaching to the choir and perhaps make people think differently about those issues I was a little flummoxed at the initial reaction to the She-Hulk announcement since I thought people would look me up and see that I’m primarily a satirist and I’ve always addressed issues of gender, race/ethnicity, and class. After the posts around the internet including Reel Girl criticized the new She-Hulk Diaries for appearing like superhero chicklit, author, Marta Acosta, contacted me.
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