“My superhero character is all about new adventures and taking care of wrongdoing in the world,” says Reed Greenfield, alter-ego of comic-book superhero Z-Blade XX. Greenfield and friends recently released their first crime-fighting comic book, loosely based on Greenfield himself. “I, like others, am a struggling actor, and so I decided to create something new for myself. We needed another African-American superhero,” he says.
While working at Universal Studios as the Phantom of the Opera and Frankenstein, Greenfield met Guy Lemae, a fellow actor and art illustrator. “We started talking about comic books, which led to some sketches, and soon we compiled a creative team,” Greenfield recalls. He says the experience has been the most exciting time of his life—and has triggered a new found creativity.
For Greenfield the comic book was incomplete without its official superhero costume, which has become an essential element to marketing Z-Blade XX. “I now get to dress up as Z-Blade for local signings. All the kids are enamored and blown away by the suit. It’s an amazing feeling to see the kids smile,” he says. And this is only the beginning of Z-Blade: “In the end I want Z-Blade to inspire change in the world. I just want Z-Blade to represent justice in the world.” SCOTT JONES
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