by Rick Coste | Dec 24, 2020 | Editors, Modern Age, Writers
Bobbie Chase As a writer and editor, Bobbie Chase has worked on many of Marvel and DC’s significant titles. She is known for her editing work on Peter David’s The Incredible Hulk, a title she edited for a decade, as well as Captain America, Iron Man, Thor,...
by Rick Coste | Dec 24, 2020 | Illustrators, Modern Age, Writers
Becky Cloonan If the last few years are any indication, Becky Cloonan’s career has been on an upward trajectory. In a 2015 CBR poll of top female artists and writers, Cloonan made both lists, at #3 and #14, respectively. Only three years earlier, in 2012, she was the...
by Rick Coste | Dec 23, 2020 | Modern Age, Writers
Amber Benson Fans of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer will remember the character Tara Maclay, played by Amber Benson. They may not know that Benson went on to keep Tara alive in a series of Dark Horse comics in the early 2000s, working with Christopher Golden...
by Rick Coste | Dec 23, 2020 | Modern Age, Writers
Madeleine Blaustein In 1994 the world was introduced to police officer Marisa Rahm in the DC’s Milestone Media series Deathwish. What distinguishes the character, written by Madeleine Blaustein and Yves Fezzani, is that Rahm is transgender – one of the first to...
by Rick Coste | Dec 22, 2020 | Bronze Age, Illustrators, Modern Age, Writers
Trina Robbins Who can say they’ve had a song written about them by Joni Mitchell, knew Jim Morrison, appeared in the documentary She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, written more than a dozen books, and was the very first woman to illustrate Wonder Woman (as well as a...
by Rick Coste | Dec 22, 2020 | Illustrators, Modern Age, Writers
Sarah Andersen When Sarah Andersen started publishing her webcomic Fangs on Tapas, she couldn’t have known at the time it would lead to a spot on the New York Times Bestseller list under the graphic books category in October 2020. She shouldn’t be surprised. Her...
