There are so many different jobs in the genre and today we’re highlighting comic book editing! The wonderful Janelle Asselin started as a writer covering and reviewing comics at Newsarama, then became an assistant editor at the now-defunct Fangoria Comics. She became an assistant editor at DC Comics, editing everything from Batman and...
Archive - July 2014
Are you heading down to the San Diego Comic-Con? If so, here’s something you won’t want to miss. GirlsDrawinGirls founder Melody Severns talked to us about working as a layout artist for The Simpsons by day and starting up GDG, a group of ladies doing art for shows like The Simpsons and South Park by day, and drawing sexy pin-up girls...
In today’s Legion of Leia profile, I’m chatting with actress and CEO Clare Kramer. As you know, Clare played the Goddess Glory in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She also played Courtney in Bring It On and Karly Brant in one of my all-time favorites, Big Ass Spider! Clare is the CEO and founder of the website GeekNation and an all-around...
You may know Adrianne Curry from her years of modeling, her win on the first season of America’s Next Top Model, or My Fair Brady. You may not know that she’s a huge fellow geek and does some of the best cosplay you’ll ever see! She’s had a show on the Stan Lee YouTube Channel, World of Heroes. She’s a huge Game of...
“Ohana” means “family.”, “Family” means “no one gets left behind….or forgotten” We’ve been covering a lot of grown, strong confident women on our profiles lately but how about we switch it up and talk about girls in Sci-Fi. One of the ones that springs to mind is Lilo from...
Joelle Sellner started off as an advertising copywriter, writing award-winning print, radio and television ads for clients such as Lexus, In-N-Out Burger, and Kleenex. While doing all of that, she started writing animation, including animated series featuring the Olsen Twins: Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action. Since then, she’s written for shows...
“Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed.” Meet Zoe Washburne: Fighter for Independence, second in command on the transport ship Serenity and an occasional, if reluctant, big damn hero. Portrayed by The Redoubtable Gina Torres in 14 episodes of “Firefly” and two glorious hours of...