*"When I was younger, I had a crush on Vampirella," admits illustrator Dean Williams, "and a lot of the women I dated would up looking a little bit like her." Dean started his career doing comics, veered into the mainstream (creating, among other works, sea life paintings featured at the New York Aquarium), but has returned to his original love now that comics are making a comeback. "My interest is to make comic book art come alive," says Williams, who also provides illustrations for current film projects. For this Vampirella job, Williams used for his model celebrated bodybuilder Sharon Bruneau, who will be portraying another deadly female from the stars in the upcoming GIVER FROM SPECIES. *Source: Back of card