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Wrapping up our Creator Interview series of March, we've got Queenie Chan, mangaka and artist behind Women Who Were Kings, Fabled Kingdom, and The Dreaming. I recently met Queenie Chan on social media last year, and she's been a wealth of knowledge. Whether it's technical manga knowledge, publishing, or industry how-to's, Queenie Chan is someone all aspiring mangaka should be following and taking notes from.

With that intro out of the way, let's begin!

GlobalComix: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into making manga.

Queenie Chan: My name is Queenie Chan, and I was originally born in Hong Kong, who then moved to Australia when I was 6...

Today we're starting to wrap up our Women's History Month activities, we're shining the spotlight on women in comics and manga. Be sure to check out our past articles at the link above, and don't forget to view our GlobalComix Connects podcast this Friday with our guest Queenie Chan. For our article today, we'll be covering current and amazing women working in comics that you should be following, including Zoe Thorogood, Peach Momoko, Fiona Staples, and Joëlle Jones.

Zoe Thorogood

Zoe Thorogood, a graphic novelist and concept artist, hails from Bradford and currently resides in Middlesbrough, England.

Her academic journey began with a degree from De...

Get excited for another GlobalComix Connects podcast, a live stream we run on our YouTube channel, happening this Friday, March 29th, 2024 at 4 PM EDT. We'll be speaking to long-time manga creator Queenie Chan.

Some of the topics we'll cover during the stream:

• Traversing the Manga space as a Woman
• Writing Women in Manga
• Advice for how to write the women in your stories best
• Review of the top 10 most popular of March
• Staff Picks and comments from the community (That's you!)

There will also be a Q&A at the end of the livestream and we would love to answer any questions you may have. We've scheduled the GlobalComix Connects...

Today we're chatting with @Pluvias, creator of Entwined, for our Creator Interview series. Entwined placed 1st in all its 2023 end-of-year lists: Fantasy by creators, Webcomcis by creators, and Creators Overall on the platform. That's insanely impressive, and I'm so excited to get to connect with Pluvias and share some of her experiences and history with you. It's full of great advice that anyone can enjoy and learn from.

With that intro out of the way, let's begin!

GlobalComix: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into making webcomics.

Pluvias: I’m a self-taught artist and content creator. I was born in Iraq, raised in the Middle...

As part of Women's History Month activities, we're shining the spotlight on women in comics and manga. Every Tuesday, we'll feature amazing women who have left a mark on the comics and manga industries. Today, we're traveling the world and covering women from different corners of the world who have made incredible impacts lasting multiple generations: Rumiko Takahashi, Marjane Satrapi, Tove Jansson, and Marguerite Abouet.

Rumiko Takahashi

Rumiko Takahashi is a highly acclaimed mangaka renowned for her influential contributions to the manga industry. Takahashi began her career in the late 1970s with the publication of her debut manga series, Urusei Yatsura, which...

Next up for our Creator Interview series is Novelist Nickie, creator of No Strings. This webcomic was our #1 in the Romance genre by creators, #2 Webcomic by creators, and #3 most popular comic by creators of any format in 2023! That's a major accomplishment. We're so excited to get to sit down with Nickie, and talk about this amazing webcomic.

GlobalComix: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into making webcomics.

Novelist Nickie: You all know me as Novelist Nickie. I’m the creator of the mature, murder-mystery, romance webcomic “No Strings”. I’m passionate about writing. I work full-time in marketing, and I’m a mom. My...

As part of Women's History Month activities, we're shining the spotlight on women in comics and manga. Every Tuesday, we'll feature amazing women who have left a mark on the comics and manga industries. Today, we'll be covering Wimmen's Comix and some of the women speaking out for visibility for both women creators and characters.

Wimmen's Comix

Wimmen's Comix, later renamed Wimmin's Comix, emerged as a groundbreaking all-female underground comics anthology from 1972 to 1992. It followed the influential 1970 publication of It Ain't Me, Babe, the inaugural American comic solely crafted by women, spearheaded by the prominent figure Trina Robbins...

As part of Women's History Month activities, we're shining the spotlight on women in comics and manga. Every Tuesday, we'll feature amazing women who have left a mark on the comics and manga industries. Today, we'll be covering some of the earliest notable women of comics as well as two organizations and their impacts and contributions.
 

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is an American non-profit organization started in 1986. Its mission is to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, and retailers covering legal expenses. Originally established to fund the legal defense of Michael Correa,...

Women have been making history in comics for decades, and their impact is only getting stronger. In celebration of Women's History Month, we will have a series of features this week. Earlier this month, we asked women in comics to share their GlobalComix links in a tweet. Uplifting creator voices is important to us, so we've got a list of comics with LGBTQ+ themes written by women. It's more important than ever to share these themes with the world, and we are sure you'll enjoy them.

Sleeping Magic, 29 pages - Published by Tired Turtle Comics, (cc/ @TinyTiredTurtle)

Long ago, magic used to define how the world ran, but a catastrophe caused humanity to move on and...

Women have been making history in comics for decades, and their impact is only getting stronger. In celebration of Women's History Month, we will have a series of features this week. Earlier this month, we asked women in comics to share their GlobalComix links in a tweet. Women have brought us some amazing inventions and technologies, and they've also brought us some amazing comics!

The Space Between, 25 pages - Published by Wave & Squimoo, (cc/ @Wave-n-Squimoo)

The Space Between is a sci-fi adventure comic which takes place in a distant galaxy and follows Ferelith Caprical, a frustrated employee of an interplanetary conservation agency, and Vexen, a little freak even...

Women have been making history in comics for decades, and their impact is only getting stronger. In celebration of Women's History Month, we will have a series of features this week. Earlier this month, we asked women in comics to share their GlobalComix links in a tweet. Today's we've got a diverse list from many genres, horror, crime, sci-fi, romance, and more! Diverse lists for diverse women, please enjoy our feature today!

51Hundred, 124 pages - Published by New Friday - A Lev Gleason Imprint, (cc/ @AllisonD)

This is the 21st-century, and science still has no idea what life is like after death. With their lives tragically cut short, tentative trio Sugar, Zip, and...

Women have been making history in comics for decades, and their impact is only getting stronger. In celebration of Women's History Month, we will have a series of features this week. Earlier this month, we asked women in comics to share their GlobalComix links in a tweet. So we made some lists and today, we'll be featuring our fantasy creators!
 

METAMORPHOSIS: We As Mortals, 489 pages - Published by Jester On Mars, (cc/ @JesterOnMars)

“Have the Gods abandoned us? Or do They revel in the monstrous nature of Their creations killing for sport?” The world is on its final breath. It hopelessly tries to recover after the merciless assault from 20 years ago by...

Women have been making history in comics for decades, and their impact is only getting stronger. Let's continue to support and celebrate the amazing women characters of the stories we love! In celebration of Womens History Month, we will have a series of features this week, starting with our Popular Last Week covering our most popular comics with Leading Ladies!
 

1. 9mm Girls, 136 pages - Published by SK6, (cc/ @KohariAsh)

Aya and Hazel are business partners that have a private security business called 9mm Girls, where they provide bodyguard and surveillance services and they're damn good at it. But one day, they get into this job that turns out to be more than...

When the idea for this article about the impact of women on the comic industry came up, I couldn’t think of more than a handful of names right away. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the actual number of contributions women have made.

Comics have been, traditionally, thought of as a boy’s club industry. At least that has been my impression since I was a young girl in the 90's and 2000's. While it is true that comics have been predominantly male-centered in terms of creators, women have played a hand in many well known series. I’m going to be completely honest here, I knew it wasn't necessarily true that women couldn't make comics, but why...

Alright, ladies, it's our time to shine! March is Women's History Month, so for our first What's Trending article of the month, we are going to feature comics and manga with Leading Ladies. These women don't mess around!

With that, here are six titles to set Women's History Month off to a fantastic start!

1. Offtask, 490 pages - Published by Alin Laphel, (cc/ @alaphel)

Two friends are determined to make a graphic novel and fulfill a dream they had back in high school. Despite being determined, they often find themselves off task and doing an assortment of other things. Will they ever finish their story or is it just a far off dream to move on from?...