Women In Comics – Nonfiction

In Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics, Margaret Stohl celebrates unsung yet critical contributors to comic lore’s “House of Ideas” from 1939 through today. Packed with biographies and illustrations from creators, interviews, graphical reprints, and excerpts of historic Marvel comics, it’s an essential read on the women who helped make Marvel one of the most successful comics and entertainment companies in the world. Joining her for this panel are Charlie Jane Anders, author of the New Mutants: Lethal Legion series; E. Lockhart, Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero; and Nnedi Okorafor, author of the LaGuardia series.
Buy Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics – Stohl
Buy Lessons in Magic and Disaster – Anders
Buy Death of the Author: A Novel – Okorafor

Authors

MARGARET STOHL is a New York Times bestselling novelist, comics writer, and game creator. Best known for the Beautiful Creatures series, Stohl has published 15 novels in 50 countries and 35 languages, and many Marvel comics, including The Life of Captain Marvel and Spider-Man Noir. As the co‑founder of the YALLFEST and YALLWEST book festivals, she continues to champion youth literacy and empower storytellers for all ages, in all formats. A longtime contributor to beloved game franchises ranging from Dune to Call of Duty, Stohl is the co-founder and CEO of Stone Kite, a (still in stealth) world-building studio. She co-wrote Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics (Gallery 13) with producer Judith Stephens and editor Jeanine Schaefer.

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