In late April 2017, just months before exposés on Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K., and more helped the #MeToo hashtag go viral, MTV canceled what could have been the defining show of the movement. Sweet/Vicious, a critically beloved but criminally under-seen show about Jules and Ophelia—two college students who have a secret life as vigilantes targeting sexual assailants on their campus—only aired 10 ass-kicking, wise-cracking, and emotionally resonant episodes.

But now, partially inspired by the conversation surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary hearing, series creator Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is partnering with Black Mask Studios to announce that Jules and Ophelia will fight on—in the pages of a comic book that is aiming to debut in early 2019. Robinson is hoping this new story can bring education, comfort, and escape to those thirsty for the justice they find lacking in the real world, and to fans still mourning the show’s premature demise.

While the Kavanaugh hearing may have kicked the project into high gear, Black Mask actually approached Robinson about turning Sweet/Vicious into a comic over a year ago, when the show was still airing. Robinson always had a comic-book aesthetic in mind when creating the series; Jules and Ophelia bear more than a cursory resemblance to the masked vigilantes that have been fighting for justice in the pages of comics and, increasingly, on our movie and TV screens for nearly a century. Ophelia especially, with her pop of bright green hair and over-sized bright purple bong, seems made for the page. Robinson—still a little raw over the premature cancellation of the show—laughed ruefully as she explained how she planned to release a comic or graphic novel between seasons of the MTV series. “Between seasons . . .” she trailed off.

That long-gestating comic-book project got a shot in the arm last Thursday, when Robinson, on a break from working on her new Netflix film, Someone Great, found herself, like many Americans, glued to the nine-hour Kavanaugh hearing, and the compelling testimony of the woman accusing him of sexual assault: Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. (Kavanaugh has denied her claims.) Unlike many Americans, however, Robinson had a direct outlet for her emotional reaction.

“I was basically crying all day. I didn’t know what to do, so I started writing the comic. I was watching her testifying and him testifying, and in my brain, I was just listening to Ophelia and Jules talking about it,” she said. Independently and at the same time, Black Mask co-founder Matt Pizzolo reached out to Robinson about finally announcing that Sweet/Vicious comic to the world. In the eye of the Kavanaugh storm and as the one-year anniversary of the #MeToo movement draws near, Jules and Ophelia are back in action.

From left, courtesy of Black Mask Studios. By Kiki Jenkins, by Maria Llovet, by Emily Pearson.

Over the weekend, several artists—including Kiki Jenkins, Emily Pearson, and Maria Llovet—screened the Sweet/Vicious pilot and, with some guidance from Robinson, offered up their interpretations of how Jules and Ophelia might look on the page.

Courtesy of Black Mask Studios/Skylar Patridge.

The official cover was designed by Skylar Patridge. Robinson is a fan: “When I saw Skylar’s piece of Jules and Ophelia, my heart almost burst. She really nailed their essence in a way that made it feel like I was looking at two friends I hadn’t seen in a very long time. I am so overwhelmed by the immense talent of all four of these incredible artists. Emily, Maria, and Kiki captured Jules and Ophelia in their own way, with such raw intensity—while still representing the fun, anarchistic feeling of the series.”