Indiana Jones Meets Space Barbarians in Heavy Metals New Series
Indiana Jones Meets Space Barbarians in Heavy Metal’s New Series
Heavy Metal CEO Matt Medney talks new strip, “The Adventures of Adrienne James” and the value of creative endeavor in an indifferent society.
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Taking off in the pages of Heavy Metal Magazine #307, the storied anthology magazine adds another star character to their roster in The Adventures of Adrienne James. Billed as “a female Indiana Jones in space,” this new running strip, written by Heavy Metal CEO Matt Medney and Bruce Edwards, takes the old saying “it belongs in a museum” and ratchets it up to eleven by exhibiting a galaxy in which art, creative transmission of stories and information, is a main form of currency, ultimately posing a simple question: what is the true value of art, and how much would you sacrifice for it?
A white-knuckle action yarn featuring a band of brave renegades fighting against impossible odds to retrieve an ancient relic known as the E-Ra-Du, Adrienne James sets itself apart from the typical Heavy Metal fare right of the bat by presenting a classic tale of adventure and treasure-hunting. Because Heavy Metal traditionally showcases sardonic sci-fi/fantasy stories of sex and violence with dark, psychedelic conclusions, Medney said he felt the best method of staying true to that spirit would be to begin with the funeral of Adrienne James, held on the planet of Jarkhoom where the people of Nivira worship plants. Luckily for the story, this death turns out to be a ruse by James in order to collect information on her archnemesis, the cruel and murderous Jefferson Yates who commands an army of thousands of space barbarians with one goal in mind: find the E-Ra-Du and gain access to its limitless knowledge and power, using it to bend the Andromeda galaxy to his will.
Amidst this quest, and the many battles and trials therein, Medney says that the greater message of this high-octane ride, chock-full of space-heists and aerial dogfights against savage galactic tyrants hellbent on restricting free access to information, regards the nature of how the modern world respects and evaluates art. Medney says “that currency doesn’t have to be money: currency can be art, can be ideas.” In the universe of Adrienne James, creative endeavor is a tradable good with value in its own right, and Medney sees this as a greater form of discourse than the current system. He says he believes “that there is this intrinsic value in information that we used to hold really true, then capitalism kind of muddied that a little bit. But what if there was a galaxy where that didn’t happen, and where art flourished as the currency, and how would that parlay with an Indiana Jones-esque character who was looking to ensure that, instead of bank robbers didn’t rob banks, that art thieves didn’t steal art?” Check out this exclusive preview art below!
Medney, whose writing duties for Heavy Metal currently include the a new world of science fiction in his epics Beyond Kuiper and Dark Wing, said that Adrienne James represents a new kind of hero for Heavy Metal, one who champions the values of virtue and curiosity in an increasingly indifferent culture of storytelling. “Sometimes being curious means you do bad things, but that doesn’t mean that you’re a bad person,” said Medney. “I think in today’s society, the nuance between doing something bad for a good reason and calling that person ‘bad’ as a black-and-white, is something that our society is doing right now which I think is bad, and Adrienne James is a great example of someone whose moral compass is aligned at the right place, but sometimes has to blur the lines to get that good thing done and to get that end goal, which is very Indiana Jones also.”
The Adventures of Adrienne James features an entirely Brazilian art team, Medney’s way of honoring his own Brazilian heritage, with art by Geraldo Borges (Wonder Woman, Justice League) and colors by Felipe Sobriero. The first chapter is on sale in Heavy Metal Magazine #307, out now from Heavy Metal Publishing, later to be serialized in the Heavy Metal Elements line beginning August 11.
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