Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them

In Chicks Dig Comics , editors Lynne M. Thomas (Hugo-Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords ) and Sigrid Ellis bring together essays by award-winning writers and artists who celebrate the comics medium and its creators, and who examine the characters and series that they love. Gail Simone ( Birds of Prey ) and Carla Speed McNeil ( Finder ) describe how they entered the comics industry. Colleen Doran ( A Distant Soil ) reveals her superhero crush, while Jill Thompson ( Scary Godmother ) confesses to being a comics junkie. Jen Van Meter ( Hopeless Savages ) sings the praises of 1970s horror comics, and Seanan McGuire (the October Daye series) takes sides in the Jean Grey vs. Emma Frost battle. Other contributors include Marjorie Liu ( Dark Wolverine ), Rachel Edidin (Dark Horse Comics), Jill Pantozzi (Newsarama), Kelly Thompson (Comic Book Resources), and SF/F authors Sara Ryan, Delia Sherman, Sarah Monette, and Elizabeth Bear. Also featured: an introduction by Mark Waid ( Kingdom Come ) and exclusive interviews with Amanda Conner ( Power Girl ), Louise Simonson ( Power Pack ), Greg Rucka ( Queen & Country ), and Terry Moore ( Strangers in Paradise ).