Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed The World by Shelly Bond
A comic book anthology salute to 50 magnificent women who take names, crack ceilings, and change the game in pop, politics, art, and science. The Kickstarter sensation that united over 100 comic book writers and artists from around the globe is now available in paperback with new content, including a new cover by Tess Fowler (Kid Lobotomy, Rat Queens). 50 female trailblazers of yesterday and today each get a 4-color sequential tribute in Femme Magnifique. This collection features 3-page short stories about women from the arenas of pop music, politics, art, and science. From astronauts and archaeologists to muckrakers and mathematicians, Femme Magnifique will stimulate and educate. Part mini biopic, part personal inspiration, this collection also features new material including a foreword, behind-the-scenes process pages, and more Creators from South Africa, India, England, Denmark, the U.S. and other locales converge to share stories of personal heroines Kate Bush, Octavia Butler, Rumiko Takahashi, Ada Lovelace, Misty Copeland, Margaret Sanger, Michelle Obama, Sally Ride, Harriet Tubman and more Comic book luminaries Gail Simone, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bill Sienkiewicz, Kieron Gillen, Sanford Greene, Jill Thompson, Gilbert Hernandez, Gerard Way and Marguerite Bennett, to name a few, lend their talents to a celebration of kickass women who are truly magnifique.Shelly Bond is the curator/editor of IDW's creator-owned label Black Crown, which sits at the intersection of comics and chaos. Kid Lobotomy, Assassinistas, and Punk's Not Dead are among the first titles released. Bond and her son, Spencer, live in Los Angeles with her favorite comic book artist/husband, Philip. She's equally at ease with red pencils and tap shoes.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781684053209 |
| ISBN 10 | 168405320X |
| Title | Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed The World |
| Author | Shelly Bond |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Idea & Design Works |
| Year published | 2018-09-25 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |