Comics Should Be Good are running the votes for Top Female Comic Creators, and I just can’t up with ten writers and artists, I mostly know female colorists.  So I thought I would at least promote the creative women that I’ve grown fond of over the years.

Writers – Devin Grayson and Gail Simone, both are mostly DC writers but both have written for the X-Men or X-Related projects.  Kathryn Immonen is another great female writer as in Marjorie Liu.  Of course, Ann Nocenti needs to be named, fantastic editor but famous for her Daredevil run.  Also, legendary Louise Simonson.  Kim Yale is a good writer, as well.

Artists – Jill Thompson, Alisson Borges, June Brigman, Elena Casagrande, Emily Warren, Colleen Coover, Vanessa Del Ray, Sara Pichelli, Ariela Kristantina, Sonia Oback, Alti Firmansyah, Yasmine Putri

Inker – Rachel Dodson

Colorists – Christie Scheele, June Chung, Laura Villari, Renee Witterstaetter, Marie Javins, Sasha Kimiatek, Lynn Varley, Michelle Wrightson, Laura Martin, Rachelle Rosenberg and the legend, Glynis Oliver (Wein)

Letterer Janice Chiang

For anyone who wants to vote, voting ends on March 16, here is a handy link

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/02/vote-for-the-top-50-female-comic-book-writers-and-artists-of-all-time/

Kelly Thompson, of She Has No Head! fame, has compiled a list of over a thousand women, so that list is here –

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/01/she-has-no-head-women-in-comics/2/

I really need to learn more female creators.  I was hoping compiling this list would have given me ten names on both sides.  I know we can group Pencilers and Inkers together but that still doesn’t get me to ten.

I went through the 49 pages of Tags that I have on this blog and came up with the above names.

I need three more writers before I can make my list official.  That’s a lot more ladies than I thought I have read or seen their work.  I really only thought I knew a small handful but look at the artists, alone, is impressive.

Okay, I was going to make a separate post but here is my list –

Ten Writers

1. Louise Simonson
2. Ann Nocenti
3. Marjorie Liu
4. Devin Grayson
5. Kathryn Immonen
6. Kim Yale
7. Gail Simone
8. G. Willow Wilson
9. Kelly Sue DeConnick
10. Kelly Thompson

I’m being a little cute with those last three.  Wilson is writing X-MEN, that I haven’t read and DeConnick is writing Ms. Marvel, that I’ve heard good things.  I figured Thompson must be getting a few votes, so I threw her name up there, as I do like some of her columns.  I also got those two names from just reading the comments section of the Voting thread, I figured someone had to write some names down that I would recognized, that’s all I was asking for.

Ten Artists

1. Sara Pichelli
2. Rachel Dodson
3. Jill Thompson
4. June Brigman
5. Colleen Coover
6. Ariela Kristantina
7. Altri Firmansyah
8. Yasmine Putri
9. Alisson Borges
10. Sonia Oback

I will put the results when the final list comes out.  Besides the top two artist, I am okay with anyone making the list.

I’m very excited about Simonson and Nocenti’s placement.  Actually, I want Liu to place highly on the list too, Immonen, I’ve only read the one thing of hers (AvX vs 6) and I’ve own a few issues of X-Men Evolution, written by Grayson, so I do want all five to be on the list.  I can only imagine that the Top Ten of both, will be dominated by American comic creators.  That just makes sense with who is voting on the list.

EDIT ON MARCH 16, 2015 –

I felt bad for not including Marguerite Bennett so Kelly Thompson was nice enough to let me edit my list.  Good bye, DeConnick and hello Marguerite Bennett!  I thought it would be in poor taste to knock Kelly off of her own list, or keep her in the tenth slot, so I bumped her up one.  That’s the least I could do.

Ten Writers

1. Louise Simonson
2. Ann Nocenti
3. Marjorie Liu
4. Devin Grayson
5. Kathryn Immonen
6. Kim Yale
7. Gail Simone
8. G. Willow Wilson
9. Kelly Thompson
10. Marguerite Bennett

Ten Artists

1. Sara Pichelli
2. Rachel Dodson
3. Jill Thompson
4. June Brigman
5. Colleen Coover
6. Ariela Kristantina
7. Altri Firmansyah
8. Yasmine Putri
9. Alisson Borges
10. Sonia Oback

Results start on March 21 and I’m now pretty jazzed about it