Justice Woman gets serious about issues in between sitcom laughs, action-sequences and colorful superheroine costumes. Find out why this web series dramedy, is also making waves battling reality-based social injustice.
Hollywood, CA—Justice Woman, a live action comic book series, represents many things to its legions of fans—but the most important symbol is that of real world activism. Vanessa Verduga, writer, producer, director and lead actress of the series states that art should always imitate life and that everything about Justice Woman’s larger than life persona does stretch above and beyond entertainment and straight into the real world behind the camera.
Justice Woman’s recent plot lines only serve to complement Verduga’s activism for various national and worldwide causes. She is a lawyer, a feminist, an immigration advocate and a proud Latina representing minorities in what is perhaps the last major entertainment venue that hasn’t embraced equality and cultural variety—comic books.
Verduga will make notable appearances at the San Diego Comic Convention from July 9-12 to meet her fans in person. She will also be speaking on the Women of Color in Comics panel at the SDPL (San Diego Public Library) at the Logan Heights Branch Sunday July 12th at 12:30 pm.
For more information, be sure to watch Verduga on CBS-KCAL9 Sunday Morning News July 5th, in an interview with Amber Lee where she talks more about San Diego Comic Con and the upcoming panel discussion, which will be a thoughtful conversation on diversity and how it impacts the multimedia industry.
“Transparency and honesty means everything today, especially in a world where people check out your Facebook and Twitter profiles to see what you’re like in ‘real life’,” says the award-winning actress. “If you’re just playing a character on TV and nothing matters…they’ve seen that before. But if you get involved in the community, tackling the same real world issues you address on the show, you prove that this is not all just for laughs. Social injustice is everywhere and it’s within our abilities to fight it as a united front. That’s the point of Justice Woman, on screen, on comic and even behind the camera. She’s an educator as much as she’s a costumed crime fighter.”
If Justice Woman’s recent success is any indication, the association of Real Life Superhero-Activist is working, as the web series has reached a new peak of two million web viewers, along with a host of national and international awards, including the 2015 Rome Web Awards (“Best Dramedy Trailer,” “Best Dramedy Actor” for Lee J. Kaplan and a “Golden Star” for Vanessa Verduga), as well as a nomination for the 2015 KWeb Fest, South Korea’s and all of Asia’s first web festival, the 2015 Miami Web Festival with a “Best Actress” nomination for Vanessa Verduga, and the 2015 Sicily Web Series Festival in Italy.
The show’s creator hopes that all this mainstream attention will not only help to influence the comic book industry for the better by featuring more minority and female characters, but also to promote greater equality and tolerance around world—changing legislation and preventing bullying, which is the very definition of Justice.
The Justice Woman Season 3 finale episode airs Tuesday July 14, 2015, shortly after Verduga makes rounds at the San Diego Comic Con from July 9-12—as always, in character and dressed to kill…or at least dressed to crime-fight.
Justice Woman Season 3 premiered on October 28th on its YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/JusticeWomanSeriesFor more about Justice Woman visit: http:// JusticeWoman.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/JusticeWomanSeries | Twitter: @JusticeWoman1
For more information, check out this TV interview: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/03/08/actress-vanessa-verduga-shares-justice-woman-web-series/
Vanessa Verduga is an actor, writer, singer, director, producer and lawyer committed to examining social issues for their impact on the underprivileged and disenfranchised. She is the creator and star of the popular award-winning web series Justice Woman, which follows the story of an Assistant District Attorney, by day, who becomes a defender of truth and justice at night. Vanessa also stars and produces H.O.M.E., a feature film that examines the loss of communication told through the immigrant’s perspective, as well as The Hunting for Lost Characters, a sci-fi action short film that follow’s one man’ desperate attempt to save himself from deletion. Verduga is also a member of the Women in Comics Collective NYC International, an artistic and informative initiative that seeks to educate communities about the role and value of Women working in the comic book profession.
For more on Vanessa, visit: http://www.VanessaVerduga.com
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