Melanie Gillman

Melanie Gillman
Nationality American
Area(s) Cartoonist
Notable works
 As the Crow Flies
Awards Society of Illustrators gold medal
www.melaniegillman.com

Melanie Gillman is an American queer non-binary cartoonist, illustrator, and lecturer, specializing in LGBTQ comics for Young Adult readers, including the webcomic As the Crow Flies.[1][2] Their comics have been published by Boom! Studios,[3] Iron Circus Comics, Lion Forge Comics, Slate,[4] VICE,[5] Prism Comics, Northwest Press, and The Nib.[6]

Education

Gillman received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2012.

Career

Gillman's first graphic novel Smbitten – about lesbians, swing-dancing, fancy hats, and vampires – was produced as part of their Masters thesis at the Center for Cartoon Studies.[7][8]

In 2012 they began As the Crow Flies,[9] a webcomic about a 13-year-old queer girl of color who finds herself at an all-white Christian backpacking camp. The first volume of As the Crow Flies was funded through Kickstarter.[10] It was nominated for the "Best Digital/Webcomic" Eisner Award in 2014,[11] and for the "Outstanding Comic" Ignatz Award in 2016.[12] The Society of Illustrators awarded Gillman a gold medal for it.[13]

Gillman began teaching Professional Practices at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in 2015, and was later appointed Senior Lecturer in Comics.[14] They teach courses at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and the Art Students' League of Denver, and have been a writing fellow with the Tulsa Artist Fellowship program since 2017.[15]

Gillman was co-editor and a contributor to The Other Side,[16] an anthology of queer paranormal romance comics published by in 2016. In 2016, they began writing an ongoing Steven Universe comics series for Boom Studios.[3]

Personal life

Gillman lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

As a person who identifies as non-binary gender, Gillman uses the gender-neutral pronouns they and their.[17]

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. 1 2 "Boom Launches 'Steven Universe' Ongoing By Gilman and Farina". Comics Alliance. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  4. ↑ Sturm, James (2013-10-22). "Radiant". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  5. ↑ "The Best Walk - VICE". Vice. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  6. ↑ Gillman, Melanie. "Witch Camp". The Nib. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  7. ↑ "Smbitten". Gumroad. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  8. ↑ "Smbitten". Gumroad. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "As the Crow Flies: Volume One!". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  11. ↑ "2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced". Comic Vine. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "Comic and Cartoon Art Annual Short Form and Digital Media | Society of Illustrators". www.societyillustrators.org. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  14. ↑ "Melanie Gillman | California College of the Arts". www.cca.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  15. ↑ SUN, SPECIAL TO THE. "Tulsa Artist Fellowship announces 2017 Cohort". The Edmond Sun. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  16. ↑ "About". othersideanthology.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  17. ↑ "As the Crow Flies - About". www.melaniegillman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
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