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Description
In Chicks Dig Comics, editors Lynne M. Thomas (Hugo-Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords) and Sigrid Ellis bring together essays by award-winning writers and artists who celebrate the comics medium and its creators, and who examine the characters and series that they love. Gail Simone (Birds of Prey) and Carla Speed McNeil (Finder) describe how they entered the comics industry. Colleen Doran (A Distant Soil) reveals her superhero crush, while Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) confesses to being a comics junkie. Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages) sings the praises of 1970s horror comics, and Seanan McGuire (the October Daye series) takes sides in the Jean Grey vs. Emma Frost battle.Other contributors include Marjorie Liu (Dark Wolverine), Rachel Edidin (Dark Horse Comics), Jill Pantozzi (Newsarama), Kelly Thompson (Comic Book Resources), and SF/F authors Sara Ryan, Delia Sherman, Sarah Monette, and Elizabeth Bear. Also featured: an introduction by Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) and exclusive interviews with Amanda Connor (Power Girl), Louise Simonson (Power Pack), Greg Rucka (Queen & Country), and Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise).
Product Details
| Publisher | Mad Norwegian Press |
| Publish Date | April 10, 2012 |
| Pages | 208 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781935234050 |
| Dimensions | 8.4 X 5.5 X 0.6 inches | 0.7 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Literary Fiction,
About the Author
Contributors include: Gail Simone, Carla speed McNeil, Colleen Doran, Jill Thompson, Jen Van Meter, Seanan McGuire, Marjorie Jiu, Sara Ryan, Delia Sherman, Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear and Mark Waid.
Reviews
Carla Speed McNeil (www.lightspeedpress.com) created the award-winning series "Finder".
Essay collection by award-winning and best-selling female writers, illustrators and novelists on comic books, the characters therein and their involvement in its fandom.
Gail Simone's blog: http: //happystains.blogspot.com/
Stable-mate to "Chicks Dig Time Lords", winner of the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
Terry Moore (www.strangersinparadise.com) created the seminal feminist series "Strangers in Paradise". Mark Waid is a comics veteran known for the seminal series "Kingdom Come".
Essay collection by award-winning and best-selling female writers, illustrators and novelists on comic books, the characters therein and their involvement in its fandom.
Gail Simone's blog: http: //happystains.blogspot.com/
Stable-mate to "Chicks Dig Time Lords", winner of the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
Terry Moore (www.strangersinparadise.com) created the seminal feminist series "Strangers in Paradise". Mark Waid is a comics veteran known for the seminal series "Kingdom Come".
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