Awards
- Short-listed for Hugo Award (Related Book) 2013
Overview
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).
Full Product Details
Author: Various ,
Sigrid Ellis
Publisher: Mad Norwegian Press
Imprint: Mad Norwegian Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.304kg
ISBN: 9781935234050
ISBN 10: 1935234056
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 10 April 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
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 . 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. Carla Speed McNeil (www.lightspeedpress.com) created the award-winning series Finder . Stable-mate to Chicks Dig Time Lords , winner of the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Related Work. Gail Simone's blog: http: //happystains.blogspot.com/
Author Information
Contributors include Los Angeles Times Bestselling author Kenji Jasper, National Bestselling author Maryann Reid (Sex And The Single Sister), Essence Magazine Bestselling author Marissa Monteilh (Hot Boyz and Make Me Hot), Acclaimed author William Fredrick Cooper (Twilight Moods and Six Days In January) and new authors that promises excitement and inspiration in equal measure.
