by Rick Coste | Jan 22, 2021 | Illustrators, Modern Age, Writers
Jill Thompson When DC Editor Karen Berger hired Jill Thompson to illustrate Wonder Woman, there was no way she could have known she was hiring a future multi-Eisner award winner. There were hints, and they became gradually more evident when Neil Gaiman spotted her...
by Rick Coste | Jan 13, 2021 | Modern Age, Writers
Mindy Newell How many women can say they’ve written for Wonder Woman? The list has grown over the years (thankfully), and Mindy Newell was one of the first few to have done so. Hired to work for DC by editor Karen Berger, Newell scripted issues of Action Comics, as...
by Rick Coste | Jan 11, 2021 | Modern Age, Writers
Margaret Stohl If you’ve ever read the “Caster Chronicles” book series, you’ve come across Margaret Stohl’s work. A novel writer and former game designer, Stohl found her way to comics in 2014 when she was asked to write a series of novels about the Black Widow for...
by Rick Coste | Jan 8, 2021 | Illustrators, Modern Age
Sana Takeda If you’re familiar with her work on Marjorie Liu’s Monstress, you’re already a fan of Sana Takeda. For those who have not had the pleasure, Sana Takeda is a Japanese artist. She worked as a designer with Sega before moving to comics. Before Monstress, you...
by Rick Coste | Jan 7, 2021 | Bronze Age, Colorist, Editors, Modern Age, Writers
Louise Simonson How many people can say they’ve edited, written, and even colored comics? Louise Simonson can. Since starting her career as an editor for Creepy and Vampirella in the 1970s, Simonson brought her talents to Marvel Comics to edit Uncanny X-Men, Star...
by Rick Coste | Jan 6, 2021 | Illustrators, Modern Age
Adriana Melo Artist Adriana Melo’s first job was on Iron Man #320 (1995). Since then, she has worked on Fantastic Four Unplugged, DC’s Rose & Thor, Bird of Prey, and a Plastic Man mini-series with writer Gail Simone. A comic book reader since childhood, Melo had...
