#GoodRead | Why This Year's Eisner Awards Are a Turning Point for Women in Comics

"Why This Year's Eisner Awards Are a Turning Point for Women in Comics":

On Friday, the Eisner Awards — often called the Oscars of the comic book world — will take place at San Diego Comic-Con, crowning the best and most innovative voices in the comic book industry today.

This year’s awards have already garnered buzz for the record-breaking 61 nominations earned by 49 female creators. Among them are the artist Colleen Coover, nominated for her work on the fun indie Bandette, Monkeybrain’s comic about a Gallic teenage thief; Kelly Sue DeConnick, writer of the phenomenal Image Comics series Bitch Planet; and G. Willow Wilson, author of Marvel Comics’ acclaimed Ms. Marvel series, about a Pakistani teenage superhero.

Read Melissa Leon and Molly Hannon's full article at The Daily Beast here…

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