In Chicks Dig Comics, editors Lynne M. Thomas (Hugo-Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords) and Sigrid Ellis bring together essays by award-winning writers and artists who celebrate the comics medium and its creators, and who examine the characters and series that they love. Gail Simone (Birds of Prey) and Carla Speed McNeil (Finder) describe how they entered the comics industry. Colleen Doran (A Distant Soil) reveals her superhero crush, while Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) confesses to being a comics junkie. Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages) sings the praises of 1970s horror comics, and Seanan McGuire (the October Daye series) takes sides in the Jean Grey vs. Emma Frost battle.Other contributors include Marjorie Liu (Dark Wolverine), Rachel Edidin (Dark Horse Comics), Jill Pantozzi (Newsarama), Kelly Thompson (Comic Book Resources), and SF/F authors Sara Ryan, Delia Sherman, Sarah Monette, and Elizabeth Bear. Also featured: an introduction by Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) and exclusive interviews with Amanda Conner (Power Girl), Louise Simonson (Power Pack), Greg Rucka (Queen & Country), and Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise).
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Contributors include: Gail Simone, Carla speed McNeil, Colleen Doran, Jill Thompson, Jen Van Meter, Seanan McGuire, Marjorie Jiu, Sara Ryan, Delia Sherman, Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear and Mark Waid.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Robin Burks
Format:Paperback
I was fortunate enough to get a review copy of Chicks Dig Comics and I have been reading it on my lunch breaks every day. It's full of essays by wonderful women (and a few men), including those in the industry and those who are just fans of comics, like me.
I'll have to admit that I fell out of comics fandom over 10 years ago, but re-discovered them recently thanks to digital versions. Collecting comics got so expensive back in those days and I initially had the intent to buy every single Vertigo title ever written. Needless to say, I ran out of money before that happened and lost interest.
I'm back in the game, though, thanks to Comixology and other comics readers. Right now, my favorite, without a doubt, is the Locke & Key series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. I've also recently been turned on to Fables, as well as Alabaster.
So back to the book. I'll admit that I related to almost everything these women had to say. My favorite essay had to be by Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman, Deadpool), who stated that women have secretly won the war in the comics industry. When Simone says "They are going to have to produce product that the female reader enjoys to survive," I believe it.
I also related to Erica McGillivray's essay on being an accidental cosplayer. When referring to preparing for her first cosplay event, she attributed it to being more important than getting read for the prom. And she's right. She goes into mentioning how more women are now being seen at both comic book stores and conventions and how we tend to embrace fandom at a higher participatory level. I was a first-time cosplayer a few years ago. And now? I'm always actively planning outfits.... Read more ›
I'll have to admit that I fell out of comics fandom over 10 years ago, but re-discovered them recently thanks to digital versions. Collecting comics got so expensive back in those days and I initially had the intent to buy every single Vertigo title ever written. Needless to say, I ran out of money before that happened and lost interest.
I'm back in the game, though, thanks to Comixology and other comics readers. Right now, my favorite, without a doubt, is the Locke & Key series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. I've also recently been turned on to Fables, as well as Alabaster.
So back to the book. I'll admit that I related to almost everything these women had to say. My favorite essay had to be by Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman, Deadpool), who stated that women have secretly won the war in the comics industry. When Simone says "They are going to have to produce product that the female reader enjoys to survive," I believe it.
I also related to Erica McGillivray's essay on being an accidental cosplayer. When referring to preparing for her first cosplay event, she attributed it to being more important than getting read for the prom. And she's right. She goes into mentioning how more women are now being seen at both comic book stores and conventions and how we tend to embrace fandom at a higher participatory level. I was a first-time cosplayer a few years ago. And now? I'm always actively planning outfits.... Read more ›
By Larissa
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I don't know about you, but I felt inspired by reading this. I thought it was refreshing and I wanted to write comics myself - it was fantastic reading what comics or characters mean to these fantastic women and it also made me feel confident and reassured me that I can love comics too! Thanks again ladies!
3 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Matthew Lane
Format:Paperback
Wowser, this book took a serious trip to get to me. It was purchased in the states, was resold in a second hand book store, purchased by a friend of mine who was on a trip, survived being rerouted to god knows what other country when her luggage was redirected & eventually made it to my hands when she said "you should check this book out, you'll hate it."
An honestly that story was more interesting then most of this book.
An to think that i tried to like this book, just to spite my friend... Unfortunately she was right, i did hate it.
Upon returning the book said friend said to me "did you find it disgustingly girly" to which i had to say "yep, about 50% of it." At which point she surprised me by telling me she found it much of it too girly to read too... This being shocking in that she is a comic book fan who also happened to be by purest coincidence a girl.
Well needless to say, as critics of the form we sat down and discussed it for the better part of three hours, laughing at particular lines in the book as being completely nonsensical. We belly laughed our way through some of the articles which contained silly revisionist history, the kind that focuses on unimportant details blowing them up until giant issues, while minimising other much more important elements. Most of all we discussed at length how the book seemed to be more about "being female" then "being a fan of comics, while also being female."
But most of all our take away was that there was just entirely to much patting ones self on the back, in the form of that kind of childish, jingoistic, girl power rah-rah, double talk, that comes when you give people an uninterrupted soap box to shout nonsense from.... Read more ›
An honestly that story was more interesting then most of this book.
An to think that i tried to like this book, just to spite my friend... Unfortunately she was right, i did hate it.
Upon returning the book said friend said to me "did you find it disgustingly girly" to which i had to say "yep, about 50% of it." At which point she surprised me by telling me she found it much of it too girly to read too... This being shocking in that she is a comic book fan who also happened to be by purest coincidence a girl.
Well needless to say, as critics of the form we sat down and discussed it for the better part of three hours, laughing at particular lines in the book as being completely nonsensical. We belly laughed our way through some of the articles which contained silly revisionist history, the kind that focuses on unimportant details blowing them up until giant issues, while minimising other much more important elements. Most of all we discussed at length how the book seemed to be more about "being female" then "being a fan of comics, while also being female."
But most of all our take away was that there was just entirely to much patting ones self on the back, in the form of that kind of childish, jingoistic, girl power rah-rah, double talk, that comes when you give people an uninterrupted soap box to shout nonsense from.... Read more ›
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