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Melanie Gillman
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
As the Crow Flies
www.melaniegillman.com

Melanie Gillman is an American queer nonbinary cartoonist, illustrator, and lecturer living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gillman is known for the LGBT webcomic As the Crow Flies,[1][2] and specializes in LGBTQ Young Adult comics.

Education

Gillman graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2012 with a Master of Fine Arts.[citation needed] Gillman received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado Boulder earlier.[citation needed]

Career

Gillman has taught Professional Practices at the California College of the Arts (CCA) since 2015, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Comics.[3] Gillman teaches other courses at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and the Art Students' League of Denver, and is also a writing fellow at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship program since 2017.[4]

Gillman's comics have been published by Boom! Studios,[5] Iron Circus Comics, Lion Forge Comics, Slate,[6] VICE,[7] Prism Comics, Northwest Press, and The Nib.[8]

Bibliography

Gillman's graphic novel, Smbitten,[9] about lesbians, swing-dancing, fancy hats, and vampires. Smbitten was Gillman's first graphic novel in coloured-pencil was part of Gillman's Masters thesis at the Center for Cartoon Studies[10]

As the Crow Flies[11] is a webcomic started in 2012 about a 13 year old queer girl of color who finds herself at an all-white Christian backpacking camp. The comic was nominated for a "Best Digital/ Webcomic" Eisner Award in 2014,[12] and for an Ignatz "Outstanding comic" award in 2016.[13]

Gillman is co-editor of and contributor to The Other Side,[14] an anthology of queer paranormal romance comics published in 2016. Gillman also worked on the Steven Universe comics series for Boom Studios in 2016.[5]

Awards

Gillman was awarded a gold medal for As the Crow Flies by the Society of Illustrators.[15]

Comic Cons

Gillman participated in the annual Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) in 2013 and 2016,[16][17] and the AnomalyCon in Colorado in 2017.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Drawn to Comics: As The Crow Flies Helps You Relive Your Awkward Camp Memories". Autostraddle. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  2. ^ "The Empowered (Not Defeated) Queeroes of Melanie Gillman". Out Front Magazine. September 7, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Melanie Gillman | California College of the Arts". www.cca.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  4. ^ SUN, SPECIAL TO THE. "Tulsa Artist Fellowship announces 2017 Cohort". The Edmond Sun. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  5. ^ a b "Boom Launches 'Steven Universe' Ongoing By Gilman and Farina". Comics Alliance. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  6. ^ Sturm, James (2013-10-22). "Radiant". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  7. ^ "The Best Walk - VICE". Vice. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  8. ^ Gillman, Melanie. "Witch Camp". The Nib. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  9. ^ "Smbitten". Gumroad. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  10. ^ "Smbitten". Gumroad. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  11. ^ "Growing Up Queer: Should You Be Reading 'As the Crow Flies'?". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2017-03-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced". Comic Vine. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  13. ^ Cavna, Michael; Cavna, Michael (2016-09-18). "Small Press Expo: Here are your 2016 Ignatz Award winners, including new talent Tillie Walden". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  14. ^ "About". othersideanthology.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  15. ^ "Comic and Cartoon Art Annual Short Form and Digital Media | Society of Illustrators". www.societyillustrators.org. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  16. ^ "Guest & Exhibitor List CAKE 2013". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ "Guest & Exhibitor List of CAKE 2016". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  18. ^ "Anomaly Con 2017 Artists". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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