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hologramvin
hologramvin is a writer, poet, illustrator, game creator, musical artist, and transsexual. They frequently illustrate covers for zines and albums, and they’ve released their own sci-fi story and game expansion on Itch.io. Their projects include two minibooks, a sci-fi audio story, and some music. Most of their science fiction writing involves lesbianism and nonbinaryness and…
Sarah Rhea Werner
Sarah Rhea Werner is the creator of Write Now with Sarah Werner, a weekly podcast for writers and creators (aspiring to professional) looking to find a healthy work/life/writing balance. Get the encouragement, honest advice, and inspiration you need to pursue your passion and write every day. Recurring themes include books, coffee, rainy days, truth, beauty,…
MariNaomi
MariNaomi is a queer mixed-race Japanese-American visual storyteller and community organizer who’s published four graphic memoirs, a graphic novel trilogy called Life on Earth, and many many gags, strips, diary comics, essays, and more. They’re also the creator and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and the Disabled Cartoonists databases. These resources, which feature thousands of comics creators, are free…
OliveOilCorp
OliveOilCorp is Olivia Stephens, a graphic novelist, illustrator, and writer and graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Olivia has created work for a number of sites and publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. Her debut graphic novel, Artie and the Wolf Moon, came out…
Rowan MacColl
Rowan MacColl is a freelance illustrator/comic-artist who’s currently working on a webcomic called Kingfisher. Kingfisher is a popular occult mystery series, set in the 1920’s, about wannabe scholar Seymour and his friend/roommate/bodyguard Gabriel trying to survive in a strange city while deciphering the secrets of an even stranger puzzle, the Kingfisher Box. Together, they hunt…
Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams is content creator, comic editor/writer, and pop culture critic for notable publications such as SYFYFANGRRLS, Marvel, The A.V. Club, Nerdist, Den of Geek, and Rotten Tomatoes. You can hear her pop culture commentary on podcasts like The Lemonade Podcast and get a taste of her comic book expertise on the first two seasons…
Ana Mardoll
Ana Mardoll is a writer, known for the Earthside book series (modern paranormal-romance books set in Texas) and Rewoven Tales, as well as many published short stories and xer Ramblings blog, Shakesville pieces, Twitter rants, Furiosa review on The Mary Sue, or “that one Ross Geller post I wrote which went briefly internet-viral.” Mardoll is a a self-described “fat, physically disabled, mentally…
Black Girl in Maine
Black Girl in Maine is Shay Stewart-Bouley, the creator of BGIM Media, a digital space for in depth discussions on racism and white supremacy, a podcast series and public talks, centered around the belief that we need to look at who creates the narratives that we read and believe. Says Stewart-Bouley, “In most places, the narratives are fed to…
Liana Kangas
Liana Kangas is a full-time freelance comic artist and illustrator working in both digital & traditional formats. Her work includes drawing the creator-owned comic She Said Destroy, written by Joe Corallo and published by Vault Comics, co-writing Seeds of Eden with Joe at TKO Studios with artist Paul Azaceta, and her hugely successful Kickstarter for…