Silverwolf Unpublished: The Last Wild Bitch

The title character from the unpublished “The Last Wild Bitch” by Morganza

I met Kris Silver at and Orange County Comic Con in California around 1992. I was showing my artwork to all the publishers there hoping to get hired. Kris Silver took a look and hired me on the spot for a project, my ego shot up several levels, I was excited to be working as a professional artist.

The project turned out to be an adult comic called “The Last Wild Bitch”. I love that title, this was my very first experience as a comic book artist.“ – Morganza

About a month ago, I came across yet another artist who had worked for Kris Silver, Morgan “Morganza” Welborn. He had been hired by Kris to draw a book I had not yet heard of, an erotic superhero book called “The Last Wild Bitch.” He was not the first artist to be asked about being the artist on this book either; former Greater Mercury artist Shane White (The Eradicators #5 & #6) wrote on his blog back in 2005 about being approached for the same job.

I contacted Morganza and asked him about this experience and he was kind enough to send scans of the unpublished art and share his thoughts on working for Silver and trying to break into comics. You can read a more complete account on his own site, Black Pyramid Studios, complete with the first 5 pages of art.

I was very interested in seeing the scans, seeing what could have been a ‘lost’ SW/GMC book. When I actually saw them, they were…interesting. Moby is not a prude, but this was much more explicit than anything I’ve ever seen with the name Silverwolf attached to it. I had no idea until that moment that the book was ‘erotic’ and XXX.

So, I was a little surprised when the opening splash page was a locker room with a Fat Ninja poster in the background and some dude with his schlong out. The other interesting thing was the copyright, “©1992 Silver Wolf Comics” and not Greater Mercury Comics.

About that splash page, no worries, I censored it. You’re welcome.

Again, this was very different than anything that has come up in my quest to look back into the history of SW/GMC. Morganza thinks that perhaps the book might have been intended for the Venusian Press imprint, but cannot be sure.

Another interesting thing was a guy who shows up in the last few pages of the book…Grips.

Various panels from the unpublished “The Last Wild Bitch” showing Grips in action.

Grips Commission by Morganza

I guess I shouldn’t have been too surprised to see Grips was in the book, but I was. As a way of saying thank you to Morganza for sharing all of this, I decided to also commission a Grips illustration as well. I thought it only fair that along with his art from 20+ years ago, he have a chance to show us something more recent as well. You can see a larger image of the Grips commission piece here.

I highly recommend you check out Morganza’s own site, Black Pyramid Studios, for more information. You can see more of his art at deviantart. A huge thank you to him for sharing the images and helping to shed a little more light on the history of Silverwolf, Greater Mercury, and perhaps Venusian Press as well.

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