Amy Dallen Talkin' Comics: Wondrous Women

In which Amy shares a few favorite "fabulous females" (in the words of Stan Lee) from comics, and tries not to just talk about Marvel characters the whole time, in which she is... mostly successful.

Books and things mentioned herein:

"Alias"
(Marvel)
Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos
http://marvel.com/comics/series/672/a...
(note: as you can probably surmise from the shameful state of the series page on Marvel's website, Alias is being seriously neglected right now. The first volume has been unavailable for direct reorder for some time, but is hopefully available on the secondary market or from your local library)

"Lazarus"
(Image)
Greg Rucka, Michael Lark
https://www.imagecomics.com/comics/re...
Also see Stumptown (Oni), Batwoman (DC) and Gotham Central (DC) (among many others)

"Fray"
(Dark Horse)
Joss Whedon, Karl Moline
http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/11-750...
Also see "Sugarshock" (Dark Horse)

Joss Whedon's 2006 Equality Now speech (as a "Men on the Front Lines Honoree") on being asked the question, "Why do you write these strong women characters?"
(video posted by Equality Now)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoEZQf...

"Plain Janes"
(Minx) (an imprint of DC)
Cecil Castellucci, Jim Rugg
http://castellucci.wordpress.com/book...

"Death: The Time of Your Life"
(Vertigo) (also an imprint of DC)
Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham
Can be found in the recently release "Death: The Deluxe Edition"
http://www.vertigocomics.com/graphic-...

"The Legend of Bold Riley"
(Northwest Press)
Leia Weathington & various artists
http://northwestpress.com/shop/the-le...

"No Girls Allowed:
Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure"
(Kids Can Press)
Susan Hughes, Willow Dawson
http://www.kidscanpress.com/canada/No...

"We Have Always Fought: Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative" by Kameron Hurley
(article at "A Dribble of Ink")
http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-a...

"Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas"
(First Second)
Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks
http://us.macmillan.com/primates/JimO...

Couldn't resist adding in references to:
Y: The Last Man (Vertigo)
Saga (Image)
Gail Simone (especially Birds of Prey & Secret Six) (DC)
Kelly Sue DeConnick (especially Captain Marvel) (Marvel)

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