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I thought I’d continue where I left off from this post of awesome artists<\/a> that (as I put it) “get my feminist braincogs turning”.<\/p>\n
She’s pretty well known, but deserves a mention anyway. I love the
glimpse into (predominantly female) costume history I get from
Draw This
Dress<\/a><\/strong> – a shared project with award-winning fellow
illustrator Vera Brosgol<\/strong><\/a>. Her Valentine’s day comic last year,
Anu-Anulan and Yir’s Daughter<\/strong><\/a>, featured a lovely
romance between two women (well, one’s a goddess, but anyway).
Folklore-influenced The Hare’s Bride<\/strong><\/a> has a beautiful Carteresque
simplicity to it. I love her work, and you should too.<\/p>\n
I mentioned Sarah in the last post – working as
colourist, she’s one third of
The Peckham
Invalids<\/a><\/strong> team along with Howard
Hardiman<\/a> and Julia
Scheele<\/a>. Her blog is a great read and her art is
beautiful. The above wonderfully snooty lady is her own
take on one of the characters from the comic. She says:
“I’d like 2012 to be a year where I stop
hiding all my personal\/story work in my head, notebooks
and sketchbooks and get it out onto… the
internet”<\/em>. That really struck a chord with
me, because my own situation is very similar.1<\/a><\/sup> So I wanted to
cheer Sarah on. Hope that’s not too weird. Uh.
Yeah! Go Sarah, from a total stranger! And now, dear
reader, you must go and Do Similarly.<\/p>\n
Thought I’d go a bit more longstanding
– Patrice is pretty established, but she
is also awesome, so if you aren’t
familiar, here she is. Her work is soft-edged
and has a kind of instant, gentle appeal
– she’s done a lot of popular
children’s books and resources for
schools, but has a lifelong passion for
comics. She’s worked with Philip Pullman
and
Horrible Histories<\/strong> and on
The Snowman<\/strong> (CHILDHOOD
NOSTALGIA WIBBLY ALERT) and has signed up
to draw a story for new children’s
weekly comic The Phoenix<\/strong><\/a>. Hurrah for
getting children into comics! (TANGENT:
Check out this
sword-wielding art<\/a> for one of the
other stories. I’d have loved that
as a kid. I hope the story’s as
good as Neill Cameron’s art makes
it look.) The other reason I want her on
this post is she’s apparently
quoted here<\/a>2<\/a><\/sup> over on Ladies
Making Comics<\/a> as follows:
“Do-it-yourself is far duller
than do-it-together. We need to
champion each other. Drag the
male-dominated blinkered attitude
into the dustbin.”<\/em>
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Wise words indeed.<\/p>\n
I love Marc
Ellerby’s clean
lines and eye for
detail. His monsters are
bloody excellent –
you can feel how much
fun he’s had
dreaming them up. Also,
no one draws an
unimpressed
glare<\/em> (a
favoured expression of
mine, naturally, as a
Strident Feminist Blog
Editor) quite like
him. So of course,
I’m now madly in
love with
Chloe
Noonan<\/strong>,
his wonderfully
indignant teen
monster hunter
heroine. She’s
amazing. She hurls
bombs at monsters
and plays in a band
whilst loudly
cursing both
vocations and her
schoool-friend
sidekick is pretty
cool too (also,
female: BOOM BOOM
BECHDEL BUST). Check
her out. Buy the
comics. DO IT NOW.
That is all.<\/p>\n
You know, I
still<\/em>
don’t
think
I’m
done. There
is so much
visual
awesome out
there.
There’s
a huge
stream of
female
creators and
artists and
a rich seam
of great
heroines,
characters,
and attempts
at inclusive
projects out
there. They
need
shouting
about as
much as
possible.
While
we’re
here, though
not all my
choices on
this list
are female
creators,
the women
who work in
comics, for
example (and
I know
I’ve
I’ve
not really
differentiated
‘illustration’
from
‘comics’
here, but
anyway) give
the lie to
defensive
statements
on
why women
are so
frequently
left off
panels at
events<\/a>,
and so on.
They’re
around. You
just have to
look around
you.<\/p>\n
For
further
inspiration
for the
budding
artists
out there,
I leave
you with
this photo
of Patrice
Aggs in
action.3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n
More
soon.<\/p>\n
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Sarah Gordon<\/h3>\n
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Patrice Aggs<\/h3>\n
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Marc Ellerby<\/h3>\n
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\n“Chloe Noonan is a
monster hunter, but she
doesn’t have any
powers. She can’t
beat up bad guys, she
can’t run without
getting a stitch.
She’s kinda flakey
and really not bothered
about saving the world.
Plus she has to get the
bus everywhere. I know,
right?!”<\/em><\/p>\n
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