Paige Braddock

Paige Braddock is an American cartoonist best known for her Eisner-nominated comic strip, Jane's World, the first gay-themed comic work to receive online distribution by a national media syndicate in the U.S.[1] Braddock concluded the comic strip after completing its 20-year run in 2018.[2]

Paige Braddock
Born
Bakersfield, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCartoonist, author
Known forJane's World comic strip

Early life

Braddock was born in Bakersfield, California. She spent most of her childhood years in Mississippi. Due to her father's job as a forester, Braddock and her family moved frequently across the country. By the time she reached high school in Brevard, North Carolina, they had moved 17 times.[3]

Career

Braddock decided at the age of 7 that she wanted to be a cartoonist.[4] She published her first cartoon, "Bart Winkle," in her junior year of high school in the local newspaper, The Transylvania Times. Cartoonist Dave Graue of the comic strip "Alley Oop" lived in the area and served as her mentor.[5]

Braddock earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1985. Early in her career she worked as an illustrator for several newspapers, including The Orlando Sentinel, The Chicago Tribune, and The Atlanta Constitution.[6][7]

Braddock began crafting her long-standing comic, Jane's World, in 1991.[8] In 2006, she received an Eisner Award nomination for best humor book for her work on the comic.[9] Braddock published the first novel inspired by the comic series, Jane’s World: The Case of the Mail Order Bride, in June 2016 with LGBTQ publisher Bold Strokes Books.[10] An anthology spanning 20 years of the comic, Love Letters to Jane's World, was released by Lion Forge Comics in August 2018.[11] In 2019 it was selected as a Lambda Literary finalist for best LGBTQ graphic novel. Installments of the comic strip can continue to be found at GoComics.[12]

In 1999, Braddock became the Creative Director at Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, Schulz's studio in Northern California. In 2018, Braddock assumed the position of Chief Creative Officer and in this role is charged with overseeing the visual and editorial direction for all Peanuts licensed products worldwide. The Schulz studio works in tandem with the licensing office in New York, Peanuts Worldwide.[13] As a professional cartoonist, she has illustrated several Peanuts children's books. The Snoopy U.S. postage stamp issued in April 2001 was designed by Braddock.[14]

Throughout Braddock's career as a cartoonist, she has published a diverse collection of comic works. In 2008, Braddock co-created the science fiction graphic novel series The Martian Confederacy with writer Jason McNamara.[15] In 2015, she began publishing a line of graphic novels for children with Andrews McMeel Publishing. There are currently three books in the Stinky Cecil series.[16] Braddock is publishing a new line of graphic novels for children with Viking Books for Young Readers titled, Peanut, Butter, & Crackers. The first book in the series, Puppy Problems, is due out in September 2020.

PB9 Comics/Girl Twirl Comics

PB9 Comics serves as the hub for all of Paige Braddock's independent comics. In 2001, Braddock launched her own publishing company, Girl Twirl Comics, to make Jane's World available in comic shops and bookstores.[8] In 2008, Girl Twirl Comics published Volume 1 of The Martian Confederacy graphic novel series. Volume 2 in the series was published in 2011.

As Missouri Vaun

In 2015, Paige Braddock began writing lesbian romance novels with publisher Bold Strokes Books under the pen name, Missouri Vaun.[17]

Vaun won two Golden Crown Literary Society awards in 2019.[18] Love at Cooper's Creek won a contemporary romance award and Proxima Five won an award in the science-fiction category.

Personal life

Braddock and her wife, Evelyn, live in Northern California.[19]

Selected works

Jane's World

  • Love Letters to Jane's World, Lion Forge, 2018
  • Jane's World: The Case of the Mail Order Bride, Bold Strokes Books, 2016
  • Jane's World, Volume 11, Girl Twirl Comics, 2014
  • Jane's World, Volume 10, The New Frontier, Girl Twirl Comics, 2011
  • Jane's World, Volume 9, Girl Twirl Comics, 2009
  • Jane's World, Volume 8, Girl Twirl Comics, 2008
  • Jane's World, Collection 1 (first 15 issues), Girl Twirl Comics, 2007
  • Jane's World, Volume 7, Girl Twirl Comics, 2007
  • Jane's World, Volume 6, Girl Twirl Comics, 2006
  • Jane's World, Volume 5, Girl Twirl Comics, 2006
  • Jane's World, Volume 4, Girl Twirl Comics, 2006
  • Jane's World, Volume 3, Girl Twirl Comics, 2005
  • Jane's World, Volume 2, Girl Twirl Comics, 2004
  • Jane's World, Volume 1, Girl Twirl Comics, 2003

Stinky Cecil

  • Stinky Cecil in Mudslide Mayhem, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2018
  • Stinky Cecil in Terrarium Terror, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2016
  • Stinky Cecil in Operation Pond Rescue, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2015

The Martian Confederacy

  • The Martian Confederacy, Volume 2, with Jason McNamara, Girl Twirl Comics, 2011
  • The Martian Confederacy, Volume 1, with Jason McNamara, Girl Twirl Comics, 2008

Anthology Contributions by Paige Braddock

  • Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, by Shelly Bond, IDW, 2018
  • Love is Love, by Marc Andreyko, IDW, DC Entertainment, 2017

Missouri Vaun

  • Chasing Sunset, Bold Strokes Books, 2019
  • Spencer's Cove, Bold Strokes Books, 2019
  • Proxima Five, Bold Strokes Books, 2018
  • Take My Hand, Bold Strokes Books, 2018
  • Love at Cooper's Creek, Bold Strokes Books, 2018
  • Crossing the Wide Forever, Bold Strokes Books, 2017
  • Birthright, Bold Strokes Books, 2017
  • Privacy Glass, Bold Strokes Books, 2017
  • Smothered and Covered, Bold Strokes Books, 2017
  • One More Reason to Leave Orlando, Bold Strokes Books, 2016
  • Death By Cocktail Straw, Bold Strokes Books, 2016
  • Valley of Fire, Bold Strokes Books, 2016
  • Whiskey Sunrise, Bold Strokes Books, 2016
  • All Things Rise, Bold Strokes Books, 2015
  • The Ground Beneath, Bold Strokes Books, 2015
  • The Time Before Now, Bold Strokes Books, 2015

Anthology Contributions by Missouri Vaun

  • Girls Next Door, by Sandy Lowe and Stacia Seaman, Bold Strokes Books, 2017
  • Absolute Power: Tales of Queer Villainy!, by Erica Friedman, Northwest Press, 2016

See also

References
  1. Sen, Jai (2013-10-18). "Paige Braddock Changes the World Without Bending or Breaking It". The Clyde Fitch Report.
  2. Gustines, George Gene (2018-10-19). "'Jane's World' Goes Out With a Marriage". The New York Times.
  3. Braddock, Paige (2011). Jane's World, Volume 10, A New Frontier. Girl Twirl Comics. p. 85. ISBN 0979420792.
  4. "Q&A: Cartoonist Paige Braddock". Oxford American. June 12, 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  5. Braddock, Paige (2011). Jane's World, Volume 10, A New Frontier. Girl Twirl Comics. p. 86. ISBN 0979420792.
  6. "Paige Braddock bio". Peanuts Studio Blog.
  7. https://alumni.utk.edu/s/1341/alumni/interior_alumni.aspx?pgid=4561&gid=2&cid=11485
  8. Braddock, Paige. "Official website". Bio. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  9. "The Banal and the Profane: Paige Braddock". Lambda Literary. August 24, 2013.
  10. "Bold Strokes Books book page".
  11. ""The Daily Cartoonist Interview: 'Jane's World' Creator Paige Braddock"".
  12. "GoComics Jane's World page".
  13. ""'Jane's World' Comic Strip Goes Out With a Marriage"". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  14. McLeod, Susanna. "Paige Braddock, Creator of 'Jane's World'". The Cartoonists. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
  15. ""io9 Talks to Jason McNamara About Martian Outlaws and Pop Culture Gods"". io9. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
  16. ""Stinky Cecil in Operation Pond Rescue Review"". CBR. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  17. ""Easton and My Video Interview with Carsen Taite"". MissouriVaun.com.
  18. ""Winners Announced for 15th Annual Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) Awards"". goldencrown.org (Press release).
  19. "Paige Braddock bio".

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