Our second episode is an interview wth Diana Schutz--editor, writer, translator, and mentor of legend.  Our friends Bryan Stratton and Rob Milne of the Marvel By The Month Podcast. You should check it out, it's great!

The Direct Market

• Chuck Rozanski of the legendary Mile High Comics wrote a brief first-person account of the birth of the direct market.
• Dr. William Proctor,  Principal Lecturer in Comics, Film & Transmedia at Bournemouth University wrote an excellent piece detailing the birth of the market during breaking of the Diamond monopoly in the Covid-19 shutdowns.
• Publishers Weekly had a great piece earlier this year about how retailers are dealing with the current changes to the comics distribution system.

The Sim of It All

• Probably one of the better pieces about Sim comes from Comics Alliance.
• There is a famous Sequential Tart forum convo between Sim and Gail Simone. Unfortunately, the site is down and it's nearly impossible to find backups. If anyone has the text and would allow us to share it, please send it along.

Friends of Lulu

• In 2021, some of the Helioscope team interviewed Anina Bennett and Heidi MacDonald about their work on Friends of Lulu as part of their virtual con. It's a great convo, and definitely work checking out their perspective.

Diana's Reading Recommendations:

• Last Day In Vietnam by Will Eisner
• Love and Rockets by Jaime and Beto Hernandez

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OUR GUEST

Eisner- and Hugo- Award-winning writer Kelly Sue DeConnick got her start in comics adapting translations of manga on series like Slam Dunk, Black Cat, & Fruits Basket. She transitioned to writing her own comics in the mid-2000s. She is best known for her work on Captain Marvel, which saw Carol Danvers transition from Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel. Her run is the inspiration for the MCU film.  She also developed a following for her creator-owned work, such as Pretty Deadly and Bitch Planet.  In addition to writing comics, Kelly Sue develops for television with her husband/partner Matt Fraction as Milkfed Criminal Masterminds and co-founded Good Trouble Productions. She recently wrote the stage show Awakening, which you can catch at The Wynn Las Vegas.

• Selected Bibliography
  • Aquaman
  • Bitch Planet
  • Captain Marvel
  • Osborn: Evil Incarcerated
  • Pretty Deadly
  • Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons

The Invisible Woman

• The new Penguin Classics Marvel Collection of The Fantastic Four
•  “Invisible Girl's Quest for Visibility:Early Second Wave Feminism and the Comic Book Superheroine” by Laura Mattoon D'Amore in Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture

Genre & Form

• Library of Congress Genre/Form FAQ
• "What is Genre?" by Ehren Pflugfelder of Oregon State University

Barbie Comics

• "How Barbie Comics Have Changed Over The Decades" by Thayer Preece Parker for CBR
• "Marvel's Barbie Comic Was A Delightful Oddity" by Will Salmon for Games Radar
• "The Lackluster World of Barbie Comics" by Jessica Plumber for Book Riot

KELLY SUE'S BOOK RECS

• Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
• The Sandman by Neil Gaiman et al 
•  Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday
• Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja
• A Guest In The House by Emily Carroll

Thank you so much for listening to Visible Women, a podcast from the VisibleWomen project. Make sure you subscribe, rate, review our podcast; and tell your friends, too! It makes a huge difference in helping us spread our message and raise the profile of our guests.

Visible Women provides a platform for women and individuals from other marginalized genders to develop and showcase their talents, connect with industry professionals, and pave their way to successful careers. You can find resources and more at VisibleWomen.Work.

Your hosts are Katie Pryde of Books With Pictures in Portland, Oregon and Andréa Gilroy of Books With Pictures Eugene in Eugene, Oregon.

Be seen reading comics, be seen making comics, and see each other.