APE IN A CAPE: Female Comics Creators On Tumblr?

gailsimone:

A while back, I asked for creators who identified as LGBTQ to announce themselves and promote their work in a massive thread right here on Tumblr. It got hundreds of responses and tons of links to some incredibly wonderful work, most of which has not yet received the exposure it deserves, quite a…

Hi, my name is Robyn, and I write/draw The Watcher of Yaathagggu, which is a sci-fi Lovecraftian horror. It started running March of 2009 and will start the 9th chapter this week.

In a nutshell, my webcomic deals with finding hope and perseverance in terrible odds while being punctuated with short ghost/horror stories. It’s terrible in some parts, but I’ve found it a great learning experience.

I’m also working on a three-issue comic for Broken Icon Comics illustrating a short 3-issue story, Ella’s Grine, for the Nightmare Unknown series. Ella’s Grine focuses on a young girl with a supernatural sleep walking problem.

I’ve also done some one-shot comics, such as Fun-Sized for The Midnight Tea Party.

And local magazines, such as Vox:

I’m 25 years old, which I’ve been told is old enough to do most of the fun stuff but not old enough to yell at kids to get off my lawn. I started out as a journalist, moved to IT, left that & I hope to end up working in design or with art in some form or fashion. I have some stories up in my head, but I love illustrating other stories.