By Autumn Daughetee During World War II a lot of America’s workforce had been drafted into the military. Women stepped up to keep the country’s factories and businesses running. What you may not know, is that many of the male artists drawing comic books in the early 1940s were of draft age. When … [Read more...]
Wonder Woman never asked for permission
By D. Lynn Smith I’m a big fan of the television show Longmire. Last week as I was watching a new episode, one of the lines of dialog was, “Good girls ask for permission, bad girls ask for forgiveness.” UGH! What a load of bull… We women have been fed versions of this time and time again until it … [Read more...]
Nancy Holder Shares Her Excitement About Kymera Press, Victorian Horror
By Autumn Daughetee Our Kickstarter campaign is in its final week—closing July 7 at midnight. As this terrifying, stressful, wonderful journey draws to a close I’d like to introduce you to the final project Kymera Press would like to make a reality—Victorian women’s horror. This may seem an … [Read more...]
Girls and Women and Body Image in Comics
By Maggie Field One of the things that excites me the most about my involvement with Kymera Press is our commitment to depicting our female characters like real women. It’s all fine and well for them to be attractive—I mean, really, who wants to look at ugly unless it’s from the inside out? … [Read more...]
Get Furious With Us
By Autumn Daughetee Getting furious has never sounded like so much fun. By “furious” I am referring to the proposed comic book series The Furies. I recently had the opportunity to speak with the creator of The Furies, referred to here as WH in order to protect his or her secret identity. The … [Read more...]
Support Cats in Outer Space
By Autumn Daughetee Kymera Press is currently in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to fund a graphic novel of our first project—Gates of Midnight. We also hope the campaign is successful enough for us to fund additional projects. Among the projects under consideration is an adaptation of author … [Read more...]
The Kymera Press Launch Party was a Success
By D. Lynn Smith On Sunday, June 15, Kymera Press held a launch party in Studio City, California. Like all party-givers, Maggie and I were nervous no one would show up. After all, it was Father’s Day, not the best day to be holding a party. We needn’t have worried. The party was well attended, … [Read more...]
What will your Kickstarter contribution fund?
By Autumn Daughetee Kymera Press is dedicated to expanding the role of women in comics. It celebrates women creators, writers and artists. Kymera’s first project is Gates of Midnight, a comic book about a female combat paramedic, Raven Moon, who returns from Afghanistan to discover a supernatural … [Read more...]
Discover ‘Gates of Midnight’
By Autumn Daughetee Earlier this week I posted all about Kymera Press and why it was created. A big part of that was D. Lynn (Debbie) Smith’s Gates of Midnight. So, what exactly is Gates of Midnight? Stay tuned to find out. Simply put, Gates of Midnight is a supernatural thriller pitting … [Read more...]
Kymera Press invades the boys club
By Autumn Daughetee When I think of comic books I imagine a comic book store that looks a lot like the one on Big Bang Theory. When a woman walks in the door everyone freezes and stares. Since their inception, comic books have been the province of men. The ladies of Kymera Press are going to … [Read more...]