#the strumpet

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My spaceman / mermaid story features in here along with many other great comics by female creators. I really recommend it and by pre-ordering you get cool goodies you can't get once it hits the shops :D

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House on Thurman Street in the Strumpet

This 7-page comic is from Strumpet 5, international anthology of comics by women that came out in September 2017.  The theme of the issue is Origin stories, and answering that theme, I made this compressed story about growing up in NW Portland, my mother's Alzheimer's, and the artists and writer who influenced me.   

Ursula LeGuin, acclaimed author of the Earthsea Books and so many more, lived a few houses away from where I grew up.  Her words that originated from a place so close to home have inspired me since I first read her books in the 1980s.  Her sense of justice and depth of integrity, her exploration of political and social situations through fiction, her vivid descriptions of place have all affected the way I go about my own work.  She died last week on Jan 22, 2018. 

After I finished this comic in spring 2017, I sent Ursula LeGuin a copy and a fan letter.  A few weeks later, she wrote back, one page, sympathizing with my parents' situation, and saying that she'd always envied the sleeping porch on our house.  She'd had one in Berkeley, CA where she grew up.    

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The Strumpet Launch

I'm excited to be a part of the launch of Strumpet #5 in New York.  There will be live comics readings, refreshments, great company, and fun.

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Buy a copy at table 17b 💕 a story about an astronaut and a mermaid is in it!

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What I wore to Demon Dayz Festival (my first ever proper festival).

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Break Out Of Your Shell And Check Out The Strumpet's 'Origin Stories'

Break Out Of Your Shell And Check Out The Strumpet’s ‘Origin Stories’

[Strumpet 5 cover by Glynnis Fawkes, type design by Elliott Baggott.] As we’ve mentioned on Comicon.com before, the progressive indie comics anthology The Strumpet is underway in its fifth volume, collecting work from some of the most innovative and challenging cartoonists working today on a “transatalantic” level. This time, their theme “Origin Stories” takes creators into an autobiographical…

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Psst The Strumpet Volume 5 is Coming

I'm gonna be in it and if you identify as a female and are a graphic novelist you can be in it too!

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The New Strumpet is all about friendship -- from best friends forever to friend with a question mark.

The latest volume of the all female-created graphic story anthology is ready for pre-order and my six page comic, Dominos is featured (sample in the video)! By pre-ordering you have access to limited edition extras that won't be available when the graphic novel compilation hits the shops!

This issue features art by: Anna Bas Backer, Audrey Weber, Becky Hawkins, Casandra Grullon, Cliodhna Lyons, Colleen Frakes, Dre Grigoropol, Ellen Lindner, Evie Fridel, Francesca Cassavetti, Glynnis Fawkes, Hayley Gold, Kasia Zawadka, Katie Fricas, Lara Antal, Noel Franklin, Patrice Aggs and me: Rachel Yelding.

You can see more samples / extras from my story here!

Please share with everyone you think might be interested in supporting female graphic novelists in all stages of their careers!