Sara Lima asked an excellent question: “How to Wrtite A Strong Female Character? (“Greg Rucka on How to Wrtite A Strong Female Character,” www.comicvine.com, December 8, 2011). During the early stages of our project, it was clear that this was a very male universe. And more recently, we saw that some stories only had men in them. For a long time, we were hesitant to develop female characters because we felt we didn’t have the necessary baggage to develop a multifaceted female psychology. But we were looking at it the wrong way: It wasn’t developing female characters that we needed to focus on but rather creating strong characters. We mean strong here in the sense of complex, with areas of light and shadow, and with overt and hidden motivations. Once we realized this, there was no longer any barrier to the creative process.