Bitches on Comics

We talk to Hamish Steele, creator of Dead End: Paranormal Park, about his new Netflix series, what it was like to transition from the page to the screen with their original story, why fatphobia sneaks its way into animation, and why trans and queer representation thrives when it’s both overt and subtextual. Not only does the lovely Ayoola Solarin join to interview Hamish, but Ayoola sticks around to give us a super special peek behind the scenes of Dead End: Paranormal Parkwhich Ayoola worked on as a Production Coordinator and behind-the-scenes writer! Watch the trailer for Dead End: Paranormal Parkhere and watch the whole series on Netflix starting June 16th! Follow Hamish Steele at: @hamishsteele on Instagram and Twitter (link goes to Twitter) Follow Ayoola Solarin at: @ayoolasolarin on Twitter You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie Williams is back on the pod! And, this time we’re talking DC Pride, Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, Trial of the Amazons, and everything else Steph has been up to! We dive deep on the love between Nubia and Io (NubIo, if you will), how Io manifests her love in Nubia's new weapon, and why we all cry so much at these two cuties being together! We also talk Black queer representation and relationships, and why it matters so much to make Philipus canonically the mom of Diana and wife of Hippolyta. Plus, so so much more. Get ready to laugh, y’all! Learn more about Stephanie Williams at: whysteph.com Follow Stephanie Williams at: @steph_i_will on Instagram and Twitter (link goes to Twitter) Check out The Boys After Show featuring Steph and Kay-B. And make sure to get talking DC Pride, Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, and all the rest of Steph’s titles at your local comic bookstore! You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We kick off our Pride Month Extravaganza with the insightful Nadia Shammas talking about her graphic novel Squire, her upcoming graphic novel Where Black Stars Rise, and so much more. We get into writing about empire, gender feels, and the importance of Palestinian stories, while talking about the tropes and stories that formed Nadia as a creator. What a way to kick off pride, people! Learn more about Nadia Shammas at: @Nadia_Shammas_ on twitter and @nadiashammas on Instagram Follow Nadia Shammas at: nadiashammas.com Pick up Squire now and pre-order Where Black Stars Rise on Tor. You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview Grace Ellis, creator of Lumberjanes and Moonstruck, about her new graphic novel with Hannah Templer: Flung Out of Space, Patricia Highsmith’s impact on our culture and literature, and how we grapple with the legacies of influential, yet undeniably terrible LGBT historical figures like Highsmith. We also get into Ellis’ deep love of queer comics, the limits of coming out stories, I Care A Lot, and Imagine Me & You. Learn more about Grace Ellis at: ohheygraceellis.com Follow Grace Ellis on Twitter at: @gracecellis Read Sara’s article discussed in this episode: The Queer Villain Trope and I Care A Lot Read S.E.’s article discussed in this episode: Imagine Me and You Gave Us a Fun, Queer Romcom Before We Were Ready—and Right When I Needed It You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to three comic creators to answer listener questions. Danny Lore (Lunar Room, Queen of Bad Dreams, James Bond) and Natasha Alterici (Heathen, Eat the Rich) discuss the best way to support queer and trans comic creators, getting into buying floppies, checking books out from the library, and much more. Jay Edidin (Captain America Infinity, X-Men: Marvels Snapshots) answers a listener question about transmasculine representation in comics and which comics he recommends. Learn more about Danny Lore at: @weredawgz on Twitter Learn more about Natasha Alterici at: @alterici on Twitter Learn more about Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men at: xplainthexmen.com and @XplaintheXmen on Twitter and Tumblr (link goes to Twitter) and follow Jay Edidin at: @NotLasers on Twitter You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview writer and editor Jay Edidin about his comics X-Men: Marvels Snapshots and Captain America: Infinity, as well as his zine Ruby Quartz Panic Room, getting into the representation of neurodivergence and queer and trans identities, the White Supremacist appropriation of history, and the pitfalls of bothsidesism. We also cover such hard-hitting topics as: how Wolverine would handle Zoom meetings, whether Cyclops’ skill with geometry is related to his mutant gene, and how Cap feels about unions. Learn more about Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men at: xplainthexmen.com and @XplaintheXmen on Twitter and Tumblr (link goes to Twitter) Follow Jay Edidin at: @NotLasers on Twitter You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview the incredible Crystal Frasier and Val Wise about their lovely YA graphic novel Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms. We talk about sports stories, teen queer romance, the power of centering a trans girl’s story, and learning to move from performative allyship to actual allyship. We go deep on trans identities, femininity, and how we’re all impacted by misogyny. Learn more about Crystal Frasier at: @amazonchique on Twitter or thecrystalfrasier.wordpress.com Follow Val Wise at: @valkwise on Twitter, Instagram, and everywhere else (link goes to Twitter) or valkwise.com And make sure to get Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms written by Crystal Frasier, art by Val Wise, and letters by Oscar O. Jupiter from your local comic store, from Oni Press, or read it online! You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk to Dailen Ogden and Brittany Matter about their new surreal, trippy comic Dead Dreams: The Lucid Chronicles—click below to support the Zoop campaign to fund Issue #1! We also get into the collaborative process of creating comics, translating the dream state to the page, and questioning the nature of reality. Learn more about and support Dead Dreams: The Lucid Chronicles at: zoop.gg/c/deaddreams Learn more about Dailen Ogden at: dailenogdenillustration.com Follow Dailen at: @dailenogden on Twitter and @dailendailen on Instagram Learn more about and follow Brittany Matter on Twitter and Instagram at: @brittanymatter (Link goes to Twitter) You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: @saracentury (Instagram and Twitter), S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor (Instagram and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. Follow our sound editor Kate on Twitter. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a few updates for y'all! We discuss Sara's growing menagerie, the podcast's new format, and introducing our new host Monika Estrella Negra! You've heard her on the pod before--and now she's back with a vengeance! (slash microphone) You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts on Instagram and Twitter: Sara Century: @saracentury S.E. Fleenor: @se_fleenor and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We interview Stephanie Williams, writer of Nubia and the Amazons, about getting to write Nubia, why our new queen absolutely rules, and making Themiscyra more trans and queer than ever! We talk about the romance between Nubia and Io, discuss the lovely and important Bia, the first known Black trans woman on Themiscyra, and talk about why we love Wonder Woman and the surrounding mythos so much. Stephanie gets into writing horny panels, shipping your own characters, and envisioning a Black, queer and trans inclusive future for Themiscyra. Learn more about Stephanie Williams and Nubia and the Amazons at: whysteph.com Follow Stephanie on Twitter and Instagram at: @steph_i_will (link goes to Twitter) And, check out our queer Wonder Woman reading list (from this conversation and our panel at FlameCon in 2021): https://bitchesoncomics.com/queer-ww-reading/ You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and Twitter @BitchesOnComics and you can follow our hosts on Instagram and Twitter: Sara Century @saracentury and S.E. Fleenor @se_fleenor Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Learn more about Queer Spec at:QueerSpec.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices