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 work and asked...
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 well as Legion...
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 Marvel. After...
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 Wars, and Indiana...
Marjorie Liu
After graduating from law school, Marjorie Liu gave the world of attorneys a go before deciding she wanted to do something else… write. It wasn’t long before she wrote stories for Marvel, contributing to titles Such as Marvels’ Astonishing X-Men (concluding Marvel’s...
Ann Nocenti
Ann Nocenti is not only a writer, editor, and filmmaker - she is also a comic book character. Don’t believe me? She has appeared multiple times (more than some actual fictional characters can say). If you look closely, you will see Tigra standing on a fire escape at...
Emma Ríos
A self-taught artist, Emma Ríos has worked on some of the most recognizable titles in the industry, including Marvel’s flagship title The Amazing Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Osborn (whose she worked on with writer Kelly Sue Deconnick). Ríos worked again with...
Gail Simone
Wonder Woman, Deadpool, Batgirl, Lara Croft, Birds of Prey, and the list goes on. What do they all have in common? They were all brought to life at one time or another by writer Gail Simone. The list is impressive, but it becomes even more so when you consider it's...
Tania del Rio
Among her many credits, artist/writer Tania Del Rio can list such various titles as Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Sonic the Hedgehog for Archie Comics, as well as Spider-Man/Araña: The Hunter Revealed for Marvel. She is currently working on the Warren the 13th series...
Colleen Doran
With New York Times bestsellers in her list of credits (Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee & Neil Gaiman’s Troll Bridge), writer/artist Collen Doran has had a storied career. It started when she won her first art contest at the age of five and, at the age of...