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When Everything Is Pink: Sarah Stern On Color And Creativity
When Everything Is Pink: Sarah Stern On Color And Creativity
When Everything Is Pink: Sarah Stern On Color And Creativity
Sarah Stern is an up-and-coming talent in the world of comics. She primarily provides color art for comics like Goldie Vance and Brave Chef Brianna, but she's also created storyboards for animation, and recently created a webcomic, Cindersong, which she writes, illustrates, and colors herself. ComicsAlliance had the chance to talk to Stern at Emerald City Comicon, where we nerded out about how the heck colorists create magic on the page, and talked about fantasy worldbuilding and making friends in the comics world.
MVP: The Top Ten Golden Age Heroines
MVP: The Top Ten Golden Age Heroines
MVP: The Top Ten Golden Age Heroines
In the debut edition of MVP, we asked for your votes to determine the greatest heroine of the Golden Age of comics, and the votes have now been tallied, giving us a solid top ten of some of the most iconic heroes in comics. While a few of the entrants on the list may come as no surprise, there's one or two entrants who cracked the top ten that could benefit from a modern age revival.
Make The Moves Up As I Go: The ‘Mockingbird’ Mixtape
Make The Moves Up As I Go: The ‘Mockingbird’ Mixtape
Make The Moves Up As I Go: The ‘Mockingbird’ Mixtape
Chelsea Cain, Kate Niemczyk and Rachelle Rosenberg's eight-issue series about the life and times of Mockingbird is one of the best Big Two comics I’ve ever read. It made me a fan of the character and everyone involved in the making of it, so much so that it inspired me to compile a mixtape in tribute to last year's cult-favorite. I like to imagine these are the songs Mockingbird AKA Bobbi Morse listens to when she’s in waiting rooms, on the way to missions, when she’s working out, or driving around.
In Her Element: The Art of Ramona Fradon
In Her Element: The Art of Ramona Fradon
In Her Element: The Art of Ramona Fradon
Ramona Fradon is one of the greatest comic book artists of DC's Silver Age, and indeed one of the most important comics artists of all time. She was a woman working in a male-dominated industry back in what we 21st Century folks like to call the Mad Men era. As such, she hasn't always gotten the same respect as her male peers, but her work nevertheless helped built what we now think of as the language of superhero comics.
The Lord of Storms Returns: Should You Be Reading 'GodSlave'?
The Lord of Storms Returns: Should You Be Reading 'GodSlave'?
The Lord of Storms Returns: Should You Be Reading 'GodSlave'?
GodSlave is a webcomic about a young woman who goes to a museum only to have her entire life change. And not in one of those hokey, “oh, she saw something inspirational” ways --- more in the, “she set free a God and now has his powers and also he’s a sardonic talking... dog, maybe?” It's Buffy meets... Egypt.
Embracing Color: Tamra Bonvillain Talks Style And Credit
Embracing Color: Tamra Bonvillain Talks Style And Credit
Embracing Color: Tamra Bonvillain Talks Style And Credit
Tamra Bonvillain is one of the hardest working people in comics. She's coloring a ton of comics: Doom Patrol, Wayward, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Nighthawk... the list goes on and on. If you're into comics, whether it be Marvel and DC superhero books, or creator-owned comics, you've read something colored by Bonvillain. ComicsAlliance sat down with Bonvillain at Emerald City Comicon to talk about her history in comics, her coloring style, and giving credit where credit is due.
Unmasked: Should You Be Reading 'Strong Female Protagonist'?
Unmasked: Should You Be Reading 'Strong Female Protagonist'?
Unmasked: Should You Be Reading 'Strong Female Protagonist'?
The Strong Female Character trope is in some ways as damaging as the Damsel in Distress; an archetype that rejects the feminine, and thus presents new limits to what a woman can be. Alison Green, the actual protagonist of Strong Female Protagonist, is indeed physically strong --- the strongest on Earth --- but she transcends the trope. She’s just a girl, standing in front of a world, asking it to let her live a normal life.
VanCAF's Andrea Demonakos on Cons, Creators, and Fans
VanCAF's Andrea Demonakos on Cons, Creators, and Fans
VanCAF's Andrea Demonakos on Cons, Creators, and Fans
Andrea Demonakos is one of the many women in comics whose hard work is never properly appreciated. Working as an organizer and coordinator at Emerald City Comicon, then ReedPOP, and named last year as the new festival director for the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Demonakos is an integral figure in the comics convention and festival scene, and that gives her a great perspective on the comics community. ComicsAlliance reached out to Demonakos post-ECCC to find out more about what it takes to run a comic con, why comic conventions are so important for creators, and what advice she has for first-time attendees.
Talking Body: Kat Verhoeven's Dishes on 'Meat & Bone'
Talking Body: Kat Verhoeven's Dishes on 'Meat & Bone'
Talking Body: Kat Verhoeven's Dishes on 'Meat & Bone'
If you are what you eat (or at least what you dream about swallowing whole), Meat & Bone's Anne Verbeek is soon destined to become Jane Fonda's Barbarella. To clarify: Anne isn't a cannibal, but her deep-seated body issues are manifesting in ways that are catching both Anne and her friends off guard. ComicsAlliance spoke with Meat & Bone creator Kat Verhoeven about her queer slice-of-life webcomic, the far-reaching influence of body image, and well-rendered chins.

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