For your amusement and enlightenment, I’d like to take this opportunity to present an honest-to-fuck panel description from the good folks at NYCC:
“Girls Who Kick Ass: How do the ladies creating comics do it? They’re constantly blowing us away with the most outrageous and provocative titles. Jenna Jameson (Shadow Hunter), Colleen Doran (Distant Soil, Reign [...]
April 10th, 2008
Categories: Creators, Publishing, conventions, fandom, invisible women, media, rant, women in comics . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 1 Comment
This week, I answer your questions! Because I know stuff! Some, anyway…
Linkara asks: What do you feel Dark Horse’s primary market is? I.E. Marvel and DC are primarily superhero stories, Image is a mixture of superheroes plus various other genres usually related to scifi or crime.
One of my favorite things about Dark Horse is how [...]
August 28th, 2007
Categories: Books, Creators, Personal, Publishing, Questions, characters, fandom . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: No Comments
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 [...]
July 4th, 2007
Categories: Creators, Editing, Publishing, Questions, fandom . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: No Comments
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 files I had attempted to [...]
March 19th, 2007
Categories: Editing, Publishing, Questions . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 1 Comment