Lady Robotika – Sex, Droids & Rock ‘N’ Roll

Sex, Droids & Rock ‘N’ Roll

Michael Holloway

She’s been a famous rhythm guitarist with the Go-Go’s.  She’s been a singing telegram girl, Joan of Arc, a choir singer, a voice actor, and an alien.  She’s Bowled for Boobies to raise money for those with breast cancer and she’s helped animal charities.  Now Jane Wiedlin, aka Jumping Jane Drano, adds another identity to her CV—a comic book heroine.  Wiedlin’s alter ego is Lady Robotika, a superhero cyborg.

Super Powers

The comic series she co-created with Simpsons artist Bill Morrison relates Wiedlin’s adventures when aliens abduct her. The reptilian beings experiment on her and transform her into a cyborg.  Wiedlin eventually becomes the super-powered Lady Robotika, heroine of the cyborg slaves. Like a futuristic lady Robin Hood, she thwarts the plans of the evil alien monarchy by day and rocks the cosmos by night.

A Graphic Novel

Wiedlin says, “When we’ve released all six issues, we’re going to bind them into a hardback graphic novel. I also have an album’s worth of songs inspired by the comic, so I want a special issue of the graphic novel that comes with music. I’ve got about 12 or 13 tracks and they’re very Jane Wiedlin, and semi Go-Go’s-esque.”

According to an interview published in Billboard, Wiedlin says she may launch a Lady Robotika musical next year in San Francisco.

A Blossoming Franchise

Lady Robotika could lend itself to a blossoming franchise.  Who would not want to see Lady Robotika video games, an animated or live action series or movie, or a Lady Robotika action figure?  She is already featured on a fabulous T-shirt.

Lady Robotika has her own rock band with music specifically recorded for the story by Wiedlin, including the brilliant songs If Girls Ruled the World, Push You, Transmission Twist, Gonna Make You Fall, and Go Outside. Could a Lady Robotika CD be in our future?  In any case, this cover of a special edition Lady Robotika graphic novel would make an ideal album cover.

Attention Humans

Issues Number 3 and Number 4 are available for pre-order online at North America TFAW or UK’s Forbidden Planet. Or go to your local comic shop and put in an order.  To locate your nearest comic book shop, go to Comic Shop Locator or call 1-888-266-4226