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She Makes Comics

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She Makes Comics traces the fascinating history of women in the comics industry. Despite popular assumptions about the comics world, women have been writing, drawing, and reading comics since the medium’s beginnings in the late 19th century. And today, there are scores of women involved in comics and its vibrant fan culture. Featuring dozens of interviews with such vital figures as Ramona Fradon, Trina Robbins, Joyce Farmer, Karen Berger, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and Becky Cloonan, She Makes Comics is the first film to bring together the most influential women of the comics world.

Date: 11/15/2014

Rating: 6.9

Cast: Rileah Vanderbilt, Clare Grant, Milynn Sarley, Tiffany Smith, Chris Claremont, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Janelle Asselin, Karen Berger, Christina Blanch, Shelly Bond, Barbara Brandon-Croft, Jenna Busch, Blair Butler, Amy Chu, Becky Cloonan, Nancy A. Collins, Colleen Coover, Jennifer Cruté, Amy Dallen, Joan of Dark, Colleen Doran, Jackie Estrada, Joyce Farmer, Ramona Fradon, Autumn Glading, Nancy Goldstein, Karen Green, Felicia D. Henderson, Lea Hernandez, Joan Hilty, Jenette Kahn, Miriam Katin, Alan Kistler, Hope Larson, Miss Lasko-Gross, Kate Leth, Paul Levitz, Marjorie Liu, Heidi MacDonald, Alicia Marie, Carla Speed McNeil, Ann Nocenti, Michelle Nolan, Molly Knox Ostertag, Jill Pantozzi, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Grace Randolph, Portlynn, Trina Robbins, Chondra Echert Sanchez, Amanda Schaefer, Liz Schiller, Ariel Schrag, Gail Simone, Louise Simonson, Candice Stephens, Raina Telgemeier, Lauren St. Laurent, Jill Thompson, Andrea Tsurumi, Shannon Watters, G. Willow Wilson, Karuna Tanahashi, Paul Gebeau, John Karyus, Jessie Pridemore, Cynthia Tyler, LeeAnna Vamp

Rileah Vanderbilt