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| Rhoda Shipman | |
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| Born | January 30, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor |
Rhoda Shipman (born January 30, 1968) is a comic book writer from the United States.
Shipman and her husband Gary Shipman created, wrote and edited the independent comic book series Pakkins' Land , which tells the story of Paul, a young boy who finds himself in a magical world filled with talking animals. The series has received critical acclaim and received an international following and numerous award nominations. Certain characters in the Pakkins' Land stories are named after Shipman's three children.
William Erwin Eisner was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor, and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
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Lady Killer is a comic book series written by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich, illustrated by Joëlle Jones and colored by Laura Allred. It is published by Dark Horse Comics since January 2015. The comic had great critical reception and was nominated at the Eisner Awards as Best Limited Series in 2016.
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