Behold: The Sorceress of Zoom!

The Sorceress of Zoom is an enigmatic, supremely powerful woman who travels the floating city of Zoom. She is a able to bend any aspect of reality to her will... except the human heart. For all her personal power, for all her vast wealth and collection of magical artifacts, she remains alone and unable to find love (or even a man that can satisfy her lust).

No living being knows her name, nor how she came to be the all-powerful ruler of the flying city; the Sorceress of Zoom keeps her secrets and all who seek to learn them come to horrible ends. She has been featured in two books from NUELOW Games so far ("The Sorceress of Zoom" and "The Sorceress of Zoom: Down to Earth". A third volume has been planned, but since it reveals some of the Sorceress's secrets, the people at NUELOW Games may not dare publish it.

Although several artists have portrayed the Sorceress of Zoom (prime among these being Don Rico and Bradley K. McDevitt, no one has published photos of her.

Until now.

During her visit to our Reality and Earth, the Sorceress commanded a photographer to capture her true appearance and essence. It is unknown if she was happy with the results, as the photographer was never heard from again. We have recently come across some extremely rare prints that came from the photo-session of the Sorceress, and we are proud to bring them to you on this, the first Picture Perfect Wednesday of August 2024!

(In seriousness, those aren't photos of the Sorceress of Zoom. They are publicity stills featuring actress and model Joyzelle Joyner, promoting the 1930 sci-fi comedy "Just Imagine". But if the Sorceress WAS to pose for pictures, we think THAT is exactly how she's look. And we're also serious about hoping to see that third "Sorceress of Zoom" book from NUELOW Games. If you want to see it, too, leave a comment below!)

The Sorceress of Zoom strikes again!

The multiverse's most dangerous femme-fatale returns in NUELOW Games's "The Sorceress of Zoom: Down to Earth". The book features five weird tales in which the Sorceress tries to gain control of Earth's magical treasures and faces off with hardboiled gangsters, Eastern mystics, and Morgana La Fay of Camelot! Here are a few preview pages...

The book also contains OGL d20 Modern roleplaying game rules that detail the artifacts the Sorceress uses to control her flying city, and others that will facilitate the creations of cross-reality games in the mode of TV show "Sliders"--not to mention the opportunity for PCs to chase the Sorceress as she moves from universe to universe.

Click here for more information, or to get your own copy of "The Sorceress of Zoom: Down to Earth" at DriveThruComics.com.

Sorceress of Zoom... Re-Envisioned!

Back in 2009, Warren Ellis put out a call for artists to have fun with the "Sorceress of Zoom" by redesigning her look and generally "remake" her. Since NUELOW Games has just released a collection of the original "Sorceress of Zoom" stories, this seems like a good time to post my favorite of those "remakes."

First, there are two illos from Valerio "Pupato" Gomez, one draft and one final. The artist named the pictures "The Doom from  ZooM."

I liked Marty Nozz's take on the character, too.

These two drawings update the character while capturing her nature as seen in the original series. Others were a bit further afield, so they don't appeal to my fundamentally conservative nature. You can see the entire thread on Ellis' message board by clicking here.

You can see another modern take on the "Sorceress of Zoom" on the cover of NUELOW Games' first book in their three-volume series by clicking here. It's by Bradley K. McDevitt, and he remained faithful to the original character design as he was drawing an illo that he knew would be used with the original stories.

The arrival of Zoom!

I am co-editing and writing material for a new three-volume series from NUELOW Games featuring the classic Golden Age magical femme fatale -- the Sorceress of Zoom!

The Sorceress of Zoom is the most powerful magic-user on her home world. She rules the flying city of Zoom, and she travels through space and time seeking to take whatever, and whomever, her heart desires. For the people of her world, few things are more terrifying than the sight of Zoom appearing in the sky, because the Sorceress always gets what she wants and others pay the price.

Click here to see previews of The Sorceress of Zoom, or to get your own copy. As a further preview, here are some splash pages from the book. It contains five "Sorceress of Zoom" stories and a new approach to incorporating magic into the OGL Modern d20 System roleplaying game.