Valerie D'Orazio

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Valerie D'Orazio
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D'Orazio at the Big Apple Con, 2008
Born (1974-02-23) February 23, 1974 (age 50)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Area(s)Blogger, writer, editor
Pseudonym(s)Occasional Superheroine
Kamikaze Girl
The Video Store Girl
Beatrix Kyle
Notable works
President, Friends of Lulu (2007–2010)

Valerie D'Orazio (born February 23, 1974) is an American comic book writer and editor. She is known as a vocal advocate for women in the comics industry, and for sharing stories of her own struggles with being bullied and harassed. [1]

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Career

D'Orazio was hired as assistant editor at Acclaim in 1997. She joined the Creative Services Department at DC Comics in 2000. In 2002, [2] she became assistant editor to Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello on titles such as Aquaman , Batman Black and White , and JLA .

After leaving DC in 2004, D'Orazio began a career as a blogger under a variety of pseudonyms. In 2006, she wrote a series of posts about her experiences with sexism in the American comic book industry, fandom, and her health struggles, entitled Goodbye to Comics. [3] [4] Soon afterward, in the period 2007–2010, [5] D'Orazio was repeatedly bullied and harassed online by Chris Sims, an independent blogger. [6]

It was announced at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con that D'Orazio would be writing a five-part Cloak and Dagger limited series for Marvel. [7] [8] The series was never published.

D'Orazio served as a judge for the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards. [9]

D'Orazio was President of Friends of Lulu, [10] a non-profit organization that promoted women comic book creators and readers. [11] She served from 2007 to 2010, after which the group was disbanded. [12] [13]

From 2010 to 2013, D'Orazio was the editor of MTV.com subsidiary MTV Geek. [14]

In 2015, when Chris Sims was hired as a writer for Marvel, D'Orazio wrote about his prior harassment and bullying of her. [15] The issue was covered extensively in the comics press. [16] [1]

Personal life

D'Orazio was born in Brooklyn. [17] She was previously married to comic book writer David Gallaher. [18]

Bibliography

As writer, unless otherwise noted

Marvel Comics

Bluewater Comics

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "DC hires online editor, promotes two from within" (Press release). Comic Book Resources. March 26, 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2007.
  3. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi. "Women in Comics". The Beat. Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on December 28, 2007.
  4. ↑ "More Than Occasionally Super, Perhaps". blog.newsarama.com. November 24, 2006. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2007.
  5. ↑ Sims, Chris (March 18, 2015). "Ask Chris: Being Part of the Problem". ComicsAlliance .
  6. ↑ ca-staff (March 18, 2015). "A Statement Regarding Chris Sims and Val D'Orazio". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ Siegel, Lucas (July 27, 2008). "SDCC '08 – The Return of Cloak and Dagger". Newsarama.
  8. ↑ Richards, Dave (July 28, 2008). "CCI: D'Orazio talks 'Cloak & Dagger'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on August 31, 2008.
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  10. ↑ Friends of Lulu (2008). "Friends of Lulu's 2008 Board of Directors". Friends of Lulu. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
  11. ↑ Spurgeon, Tom (February 10, 2008). "CR Sunday Interview: Valerie D'Orazio". The Comics Reporter.
  12. ↑ Draper Carlson, Johanna. "Friends of Lulu Done and Gone". Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  13. ↑ Heidi MacDonald (July 28, 2010). "Friends of Lulu to end in September". The Beat. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ↑ "Resume". Occasional Superheroine. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013.
  15. ↑ D'Orazio, Valerie (March 17, 2015). "'Are you going to cry, little girl?'". ValerieDorazio.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015.
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  17. ↑ @TheVallyD (January 20, 2024). "My Wikipedia apparently says I was born in Boston. I love Cape Cod, but I was born in Brooklyn" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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