I didn’t go to New York Comicon, so I didn’t get to see the panel on “Capturing the Female Reader.” It’s probably just as well that I wasn’t there: it would have been awfully hard to resist making a loud, snarky comment about bear traps (I mean, seriously–could they have given it a sillier title [...]
Last week, I asked you, my four or five loyal readers, to tell me what you wanted to know. In addition to those of you who wrote to express your doubt that there’s actually more than one queer woman working in comics or your disappointment that I do not, in fact, look just like my [...]
Since last week, I traded content for style, this time, I’m going to introduce myself and “Inside Out” a little less dramatically and give you a clearer sense of what I want to do with this space, and why.
As I hope you’ve already realized, I’m Rachel. I’ve been a comics fan [...]
I am writing this communiqué from deep inside enemy territory. I have scaled barbed wire fences and tunneled under stone walls. My hands are raw, my glasses are cracked, and I can’t feel my toes.
I am, as they say, “in the industry.” I make comic books for a living.
Okay, I edit comic books for a [...]