Tough Question: Black Women Creators
- Posted by Johanna on June 15, 2006 at 12:31 pm
- Category: LinkBlogging
Inspired by Cheryl Lynn … can you name a black female comic creator?
Update: Thanks to my knowledgeable readers! Here’s some links:
Spike — haven’t had time to read much of the webcomic yet, but the art is terrific! I can see why she’s been compared to Carla Speed McNeil (Finder).
Alitha Martinez — I can’t find any good examples of her work, and comics.org is down, but she has created art for Marvel titles, including Iron Man and Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four.
Barbara Brandon-Croft — she was recently the only African-American woman with a syndicated strip, although “Where I’m Coming From” ended earlier this year. Shame, it was good, both funny and thought-provoking. My local paper has few things to recommend it, but it was one of the very few at the end still running the strip.
The late Jackie Ormes — the first African-American woman with a syndicated comic, Torchy Brown.
That’s more than I knew before, but I wish there was at least one still working in print comics as a writer (because my biases are showing — I prefer story to art and print to web).
Update: For more on this topic, visit The Ormes Society, a website dedicated to the subject.
June 15, 2006 at 12:55 PM
Spike.
Alitha Martinez.
Back in the day Jackie Ormes.
June 15, 2006 at 1:16 PM
Rosario Dawson.
(Which only goes to show how far you have to go, on both points.)
June 15, 2006 at 1:44 PM
David, true … I’m curious to see that book if/when it comes out.
Heidi, do you mind educating me? What books did/do they do?
June 15, 2006 at 2:16 PM
Barbara Brandon-Croft who used to do a great strip called “Where I’m Coming From.”
June 15, 2006 at 2:40 PM
Yup, Spike rules, and here’s her webcomics site:
http://www.ironcircus.com/index.php?content=bio
Jane is totally amazed by Spikes “world-crafting” ability and puts it up there with Carla Speed and Linda Medley. Definitely worth checking out.
June 15, 2006 at 5:34 PM
Alitha Martinez drew Iron Man during the Quesada and Tieri runs and later worked on Voltron from Devil’s Due. Her manga-influenced art wasn’t my cuppa but it was alright.
June 15, 2006 at 8:26 PM
Bernyce Talley self-publishes La Menagerie.
January 4, 2011 at 11:18 PM
Marguerite Abouet! :)