Z, Christina 

American comic book writer and music journalist

Christina Z (as she's simply known) was the co-creator for the Image Comics title Witchblade, for which she laid the foundation for the first 39 issues of the series and was the first woman to break onto the Wizard magazine Top 10 list of top-selling writers. The other Witchblade creators are Marc Silvestri, editor David Wohl, writer Brian Haberlin and artist Michael Turner.

Under the imprint of Top Cow, Christina Z came on board writing and editing Witchblade #1 and continued writing the title for the next 3 1⁄2 years. She was instrumental in shaping the character throughout its seminal creation. She wrote issues of Ripclaw, a comic book about a supernatural Native American Indian. Upon the success of Witchblade, Christina Z wrote issues of Tales of the Witchblade, a series that told historical events of the mythic weapon and Witchblade Destiny's Child series.

Acclaim Comics held the license for Master Darque and was relaunched as Darque Passages with Christina Z as the writer and Hellblazer artist Leonardo Manco. Under the editing team of Fabian Nicieza and Jeff Gomez, the relaunch was considered a great success that led the publishing company to relaunch their cadre of other historic characters.