IDW Comics Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is killin it, delighting old school fans and newcomers alike. Seriously, if you’re a fan of the turtles, or have always been interested but never knew where to start with TMNT comics, it’s an incredible turtles ‘verse to dig into. Mariko Tamaki, writer, and Irene Koh, artist, are expanding…
Eat all the Oreos: An Interview with Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a story about a very funny sixteen year old boy who is not quite out of the closet. He’s come to terms with it himself, but he’s not ready to share it with the rest of the world…except for one person. And that person is Blue, an anonymous,…
Interview with STRANGE NATION writer Paul Allor
Norma Park used to have a bright future in journalism. Then she uncovered the terrifying truth about a dangerous conspiracy involving aliens, Sasquatch and doomsday cults! Now Norma finds herself fired from her prestigious newspaper and working at the supermarket tabloid Strange Nation. But nothing will keep Norma from sharing her terrible knowledge with the world! In Strange Nation writer…
Living her Dream: Kristi McDowell Chats About Gamer Girl & Vixen
What do you get when you combine a long time dream and a love of comics and fanfiction with a great writing partner and creative team and a desire to see more diversity in comics? You get Gamer Girl & Vixen, an up and coming comic about two super villains (because super heroes are dull!) whose…
Disney, Dreamwave, IDW, and Toys- An Interview with Josh Perez
Hello, everyone! Rachel Stevens here again with yet another interview with a member of the IDW Transformers creative team, this time with colorist Josh Perez.
Bug Girl: An Interview with The Last Cowboy’s Zoe Coughlin
Space. Aliens. Diverse women. Beautiful art. In The Last Cowboy, I’ve found one of my new favorite webcomics, AND I got to chat about it with the creator, Zoe Coughlin.
Game Design with Propalinal People’s Kristin Firth
As a newbie game designer, I follow others new to the industry with a lot of interest, particularly those with experience in helping other’s games through playtesting, editing, or general fearlessness in play. So when I saw Kristin Firth, designer of Propalinal People, post about this thing called Game Chef, I asked her to give us a…
“I’ve been rooting for female Transformers for eight years now!” – A Conversation with Alex Milne
Hi there! Rachel Stevens for Women Write About Comics here! I’m interviewing artist Alex Milne and talking to him about his work on Transformers.
From Kickstarter to Titan: Rachel Deering’s Lesbian Werewolf Horror Epic Anathema Can Now Look Nice On Your Bookshelf
Titan’s softcover collection of the first three issues of Rachel Deering’s Anathema hits stores today. The book is a lesbian werewolf horror epic. And if the concept isn’t enough to sell you on it, rest assured that the art is arresting and the story brisk and affecting: young lovers are separated by murderous puritans, a death cult takes…
An Interview With Exquisite Corpse’s Pénélope Bagieu
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) was this past weekend and I got the chance to talk to featured guest, Pénélope Bagieu, about her graphic novel Exquisite Corpse from First Second. Exquisite Corpse was actually published in 2010 as Cadavre Exquis in France, which makes this year the first time it gets published in North America and in…
A New Voice in LGBTQ Publishing: Interview with CL Miller, Publisher at Duet
Interlude Press, a boutique publisher of LGBTQ romantic fiction, came onto the scene in 2014. Earlier this year, they announced the future launch of a new imprint, Duet, to focus on LGBTQ fiction for young adults. I had the opportunity recently to talk with CL Miller, the Publisher at Duet, about what goes into starting…
She’ll Oni Work with the Young, the Brave, the Best: An Interview with Commissioning Editor Ari Yarwood
Comics editor Ari Yarwood was part of a wave of recent promotions at Oni Press. She caused a stir on Twitter by announcing that she was particularly looking to work with diverse queer and trans cartoonists telling their own stories. I caught up with her just as Oni was announcing an unprecedented period of open…