Megan Kelso

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Megan Kelso
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Megan Kelso at the 2010 Alternative Press Expo
BornMegan Kelso
(1968-02-05) February 5, 1968 (age 56)
Seattle, Washington, US
Area(s)Artist, Writer, Editor
Notable works
Watergate Sue, Artichoke Tales, Queen of the Black Black
Awards1993 Xeric Award, 2002 Ignatz Award

Megan Kelso (born February 5, 1968, in Seattle, Washington) is an American comic book artist and writer.

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Early life and education

Kelso received her B.A. from Evergreen State University, where she studied history and political science. [1]

Career

Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the minicomic, Girlhero, which won her a Xeric Foundation grant in 1993. [2] She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother. [3] In 2004, she was the editor of the female cartoonist anthology, Scheherazade: Stories of Love, Treachery, Mothers, and Monsters (published by Soft Skull Press). This anthology showcases the work of 23 major female graphic novelists of the time, including veteran and emergent graphic novelists. [4] [5]

From April 1 to September 9, 2007, Kelso published a weekly comic strip in The New York Times Magazine titled Watergate Sue. [6] [7] Her Artichoke Tales graphic novel for Fantagraphics Books was published in 2010. [1]

Among many other publications, Kelso had a story (which she co-created with Ron Rege) in SPX 2004, the annual anthology published by Small Press Expo (SPX). Kelso has also created work for several magazines, including the now-defunct Tower Records' Pulse Magazine. [8]

She received two Ignatz Awards in 2002, for Outstanding Artist (for Artichoke Tales #1 and her story in Non #5) and Outstanding Minicomic (for Artichoke Tales #1). [9]

Kelso has develop and led a workshop, "Comics for Writers," at various events, including the 2014 Seattle Graphic Novel Panel, hosted by the Graphic Artists Guild and sponsored by Fantagraphics. [10]

Selected bibliography

Personal life

She is married and lives with her husband and daughter in Seattle, Washington. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Megan Kelso: Comics Can Take Us Places". Humanities Washington. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Groth, Gary (13 February 2013). "The Megan Kelso Interview". The Comics Journal. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Collins, Sean T. (14 November 2011). "Queen of the Black Black". The Comics Journal. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Kelso, Megan, ed. (2004). "Scheherazade : comics about love, treachery, mothers & monsters". WorldCat . Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Scheherazade: Comics about Love, Treachery, Mothers, and Monsters". Better World Books. 2004. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (3 April 2007). "Megan Kelso on "Watergate Sue"". The Comics Beat. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Megan Kelso". SPX: The Small Press Expo. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  8. ↑ Weidenbaum, Marc (26 February 2009). "The Index of Pulse! Magazine Comics". disquiet. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "2002 Ignatz Award Recipients". SPX: Small Press Expo. 2 October 2002. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Fantagraphics at the 2014 Seattle Graphic Novel Panel and After-Party!". Fantagraphics Blog. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  11. ↑ Kelso, Megan (2006). The Squirrel Mother: Stories. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  12. ↑ Kelso, Megan (2010). Artichoke Tales. Seattle, WA: Fantasgraphics Books. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022.
  13. ↑ Kelso, Megan (2011). Queen of the Black Black. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books.
  14. ↑ Davis, Brangien (3 November 2022). "ArtSEA: Two Seattle museums rethink art through arrangement". Crosscut. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  15. ↑ Kelso, Megan (2022). Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books. Archived from the original on 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2022-11-30.


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