About a month ago we decided to do a spotlight series on women working in comics. Then things got busy for Dee (Supanova has a way of eating her life) and it got sadly put aside til she had time to breathe again.
That time is now here. What a time it is, too! With projects like Womanthology getting their full funding in less than 2 days time, and the concern (still) about female involvement in the DC relaunch, the interest in women working in comics is high.
We’ve put together a list of 63 creators (which I am sure will grow) who we will be featuring on the blog. 3-4 posts a week for however long it takes us. Some of the names on the list are instantly recognisable, others are some only a few know. Some work for the big two, others for the indies, and others self-publish. There are webcomic creators and cartoonists on the list, colorists, inkers, pencillers and writers. There are a few women who aren’t actively working in comics these days, but their contributions to the field over the the last 20+years have impacted us.
We like our list, but we know we’ve missed some people. There’s no possible way we could have gotten everyone and in the lists of suggestions we did get, Dee likely missed a name or three. We’re going to share what we have with you here, in hopes that you can tell us who it is we’ve missed and who we should add. Here at Girls Read Comics Too, we’d love to see this as an ongoing project, and always have a creator or two on the list to feature. At some point (likely once we finish with the first 63) we’ll start opening the list up to other creators that we love who treat women well – in how they write them, draw them, etc. This isn’t meant to be exclusive or exclusionary, but at the same point after seeing so many comments lately saying things along the lines of ‘but how many women are there in comics anyway’ we felt something needed to be done.
So, feedback please! To add names to the list please email us at girlsreadcomicstoo@gmail.com or comment here. We’re happy to hear any suggestions you might have.
- Diana Nock
- Marjorie M Liu
- Jean Arrow
- Jolene Houser
- Madame M
- Holly Golightly
- Nei Ruffino
- Katie Cook
- Chrissie Zullo
- Amy Reeder
- Giz
- Christina Strain
- Emily Warren
- Jo Chen
- Rachel Pandich
- Ashley Lanni
- Carolyn Belefski
- Faith Erin HIcks
- Veronica Gandini
- Laura Martin
- Kate Beaton
- Colleen Doran
- Camilla d’Errico
- June Brigman
- Ming Doyle
- Louise Simonsen
- Fiona Staples
- Stephanie Buscema
- Renae De Liz
- Nicola Scott
- Kathryn Immonen
- Jill Thompson
- Stephanie Gladden
- Cat Staggs
- Devin Grayson
- Tara Tallan
- Hope Larson
- Tory Woollcott
- Raina Telgemeier
- Stephanie Lantry
- Carrie Smith
- Kelly Turnbull
- Yasmin Liang
- Rori
- Pia Guerra
- Megan Rose Gedris
- Cassandra James
- Laura Allred
- Rachel Dodson
- Adrianna Melo
- Gail Simone
- Abby Denson
- Becky Cloonan
- Lea Hernandez
- Christine Norrie
- Jan Van Meter
- Chynna Clugston
- Alison Bechdel
- Serena Valentino
- Emma Rios
- April Reyna
- Amanda Conner
Carla Speed McNeil!
http://www.lightspeedpress.com/
Brilliant. I’ll add her to our master spreadsheet. Cheers!
Rebekah Isaacs
http://www.rebekahisaacs.com/
Thank you! I’ll add her to the master list.
Paige Braddock – Jane’s World
How did I miss that? Thanks!
WOW! I’m on the radar!
You ARE!
Ivory Madison (Huntress Year One, Catwoman-Batman 80 page giant)
http://www.redroom.com/author/ivory-madison
Amanda McMurray(Marvel, DC, Aspen writer )
http://mandykmcmurray.blogspot.com/
And G. Willow Wilson
http://www.gwillowwilson.com/
Brilliant suggestions! Thank you!
I think it’s supposed to be Ashley “Lanni”…
Ahem. You are likely right…
Thanks guys :)
Ahem, sorry about the momentary spelling mistake though!
Gabrielle Bell
http://gabriellebell.com/
Thank you
These are in the webcomic field:
Danielle Corsetto (Girls With Slingshots): http://www.gwscomic.com
Gina Biggs (Red String): http://www.redstringcomic.com
Adriana Blake (Fall on Me): http://www.littleteacup.net/fallonme/
Yamino (aka Elena Barbarich) (Sister Claire): http://www.sisterclaire.com
And finally, myself and Isabelle Melançon (Namesake): http://www.namesakecomic.com
There’s a couple of folks I know who do comics alongside male artists: Danielle O’Brien with All New Issues (http://www.allnewissuescomic.com) and Kaja Foglio with Girl Genius (http://www.girlgeniusonline.com)
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Thank you so much for these suggestions. I love this so much.
Sarah Wilkinson http://www.sarahwilkinson.net/ @_SarahWilkinson
Jennifer L Meyer http://www.jennifer-meyer.com/ @JenniferLMeyer
Nikki Cook http://nikki-cook.blogspot.com/ @nikkicook
Awesome! I am loving all the suggestions coming in.
I would like to be added to the list. I make webcomics, organize local anthology projects, work alongside Jolene Houser, and will be writing for Katie Shanahan on Womanthology. I would also like to recommend the following ladies. =)
Rachel Nabors
http://rachelthegreat.com/
Zoey Hogan
http://hungryroots.smackjeeves.com/
Megan Gedris
http://rosalarian.tumblr.com/
Thank you! I will be adding those all!
I would like to be added if my webcomic is good enough :D I am just starting out but I am planning big things with this comic =D
Everyone has to start somewhere!
this is brilliant! great to see you highlighting women in comics. i recently wrote a note about the subject on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/TheInkPages/182996558396792?sk=notes#!/note.php?note_id=235364979826616
and DeviantArt http://geek-girls.deviantart.com/blog/41805021/
There’s only 2 names i know on that list and i was wondering how many of them are British creators?
anyway, can’t wait to read more.
Liz Prince!
http://lizprincepower.com/
Thanks!
I don’t know if I count, having only just started out, but I have a couple of titles coming out with Gestalt Publishing and hope to have more available soon!
Were you at the Perth podcast?$
I’ve been published with Antarctic Press, Slave Labor, Radio Comix etc and I also self – publish my own graphic novels and exhibit at SDCC.
http://www.marybellamy.com
Thank you!
Marie Severin! No longer active in the field, but still.
And a great addition
Wendy Pini. She’s only been drawing Elfquest for what… 30 years now?
Thank you so much!
Glad you posted this, I was going to if you hadn’t. <3
such a great blog and I’ve sent you a looooong email too !! XD
~v~
and here are some more suggestions:
Sissy Pantelis (writer) http://gliovampire.deviantart.com
Jennie Gyllblad http://www.jenniegyllblad.com
Sara Dunkerton http://saradunkerton.blogspot.com
Alexia Othonaiou http://www.alexiaothonaiou.com/Site/Alexia_Othonaiou.html
Chandra Free http://spookychan.com
Shaenon Garrity http://www.shaenon.com
Emma Vieceli http://www.emmavieceli.com
Sonia Leong http://www.fyredrake.net
Kate Brown http://danse-macabre.nu/index.html
and there are a few more of course, so I might add them later :D
Thank you! Love it!
you’re welcome and sorry for the double (or triple even) post !!
you can erase them :D
No worries, I so know what it’s like!
A couple you might consider adding:
Tracy Butler, who does the awesome Lackadaisy (including this awesome beyond belief tutorial on cartooning facial expressions).
And Trudy Cooper, who draws Platinum Grit and writes and draws the VERY pornographic, but VERY funny Oglaf.
Thank you for this!
Jennie Breeden of The Devil’s Panties – http://thedevilspanties.com/
Great!
Lynn Varley. She’s been a colorist since the 80′s and has worked on everything from Ronin, Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and even put up with Frank Miller’s attitude as his wife for a loooong time!
Thanks! I’ll add her!
Gah! Forgot…
Rachel Dukes
http://www.poseurink.com/?page_id=246
Chelsea Baker
http://chelseathebaker.com/
Princess Pupcake
http://mymilkweed.wordpress.com/
Sarah Elkins
http://neilak20.deviantart.com/
Amanda Lafrenais
http://www.lovemenicecomic.com/
The list is never-ending…
GOOD! :)
I love never ending lists!