Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them
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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
Price
$14.95
$13.90
Publisher
Mad Norwegian Press
Publish Date
April 10, 2012
Pages
208
Dimensions
5.5 X 0.6 X 8.4 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781935234050
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About the Author
Contributors Include: Arefa Tehsin, Cheryl Rao, Chitra Soundar, Christopher Chaves and Shamika Chaves, Kate Darnton and Sophie Stepanian, Ken Spillman, Parinita Shetty, Revathi Suresh, Shikhandin, Srividhya Venkat, Stephen Aitken, Valentina Trivedi
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Carla Speed McNeil (www.lightspeedpress.com) created the award-winning series "Finder".
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".
Stable-mate to "Chicks Dig Time Lords", winner of the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
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/
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".
Stable-mate to "Chicks Dig Time Lords", winner of the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
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/
