Q&A Part 1: Work Stuff
If you’re just jumping in now, I’ve decided to cede the responsibility of coming up with column ideas to you. For the next few weeks, I’ll be answering the questions you ask
Editorial Redux
When I tell people that I work in the comics industry (which, incidentally, I’ve been doing for two years, as of last week–booya!), they almost always immediately assume that I’m an artist, and shortly thereafter, they look confused and ask me what exactly a comic-book editor does. From now on, I will just link them [...]
Difficult Questions
1. You are a comic-book writer or editor attempting to create a team of superheroes. You are sensitive to diversity issues in comics, but as a heterosexual white man, you are concerned that if you make characters of color, gay characters, or (wonder of wonders!) both, you will be accused of tokenism and appropriation. What [...]
Talk Back
The recent upsurge of fan activism in response to some particularly egregious products makes me really happy. Yeah, it’ll die down a bit–really, it’s already begun to–but it’s nice to see more people standing up and demanding that creators and publishers take responsibility for their work. And it’s in that spirit that I’m going to [...]
Sexual Assault (in comics) Awareness Month Coda: The Widowmaker, Revisited
This is the coda to a series about sexual assault and comics. You can find the previous posts here: Introduction Rape in the Gutters Writing Sexual Violence, Part 1 Writing Sexual Violence, Part 2 The Widowmaker Is It Too Much to Ask? Rape Is Rape Is Rape Same-Sex Assault The Morning After Back when I [...]
Sexual Assault (in comics) Awareness Month: The Widowmaker
This is the fourth installment of a series about sexual assault and comics. You can find the previous posts here: Introduction Rape in the Gutters Writing Sexual Violence, Part 1 Writing Sexual Violence, Part 2 In January of 2005, Dark Horse Comics released Conan #12. Subtitled “The Widowmaker,” the comic introduced a character who had [...]
A Day In The Life
Because you demanded it… A Day* in the Comic Book Mines: 8:00 AM – Arrive at work. 8:04 AM – Clock in. 8:06 AM – Check email. Save any files (scripts, art, naughty photos) that have come in via email, then print them out in duplicate. 8:30 AM – Check the printer. Discover that the [...]
Well, we edit stuff, I guess…
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 [...]