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Just In Time, Shelly Bond Returns To Comics With Femme Magnifique, 30 Stories Honoring Game-Changing Women

Published Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:30:17 -0600

Inspired by the results of the election that saw Donald Trump inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States today, Shelly Bond is making a triumphant return to comics with an election-inspired anthology featuring thirty stories about important women from the fields of science, politics, music, and art. Discovered via a solicit on comiXology, the idea for the 100 page full color hardcover book came to Bond as soon as the election was over.

It was the perfect time to take a missed opportunity for women and channel our collective energy into something insightful, full of positivity, that we can pass on to future generations. FEMME MAGNIFIQUE is a graphic novel anthology designed to salute not only the fearless women who toppled the status quo, but also the outstanding writers and artists who infuse their personal stories of ambition and discovery onto the comic book page.

Bond teams with Hi-Fi Colour Design for Femme Magnifique, as well as a star studded list of comic book creators will contribute stories to Femme Magnifique, including but not limited to:

David Barnett (Calling Major Tom, The Guardian)

Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, InSEXts)

Corinna Bechko (Star Wars, Invisible Republic),

Aditya Bidikar (The Skeptics),

Philip Bond (Kill Your Boyfriend, The Invisibles),

Tamra Bonvillain (Doom Patrol, Moon Girl, Devil Dinosaur),

Chuck Brown (Rotten Apple),

Paige Braddock (Jane's World, Stinky Cecil),

Mark Buckingham (Fables) and Irma Page,

Mike Carey (Lucifer, The Girl with All the Gifts),

Cecil Castellucci (Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure, Shade, The Plain Janes),

Elsa Charretier (Harley Quinn),

Johnnie Christmas (Angel Catbird),

Jamie Coe (Art Schooled),

Tyler Crook (Harrow County),

Rob Davis (The Motherless Oven, Doctor Who),

Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet, Pretty Deadly),

Ming Doyle (Girl Over Paris, The Kitchen),

Kelly Fitzpatrick (Shade, the Changing Girl, Bitch Planet),

Chynna Clugston-Flores (Blue Monday),

Tess Fowler (Rat Queens),

Tee Franklin (Nailbiter: The Outfit, Love Is Love)

Karrie Fransman (Death of An Artist, The House that Groaned),

Kieron Gillen (Star Wars: Darth Vader, The Wicked + The Divine),

Che Grayson (Rigamo)

Sanford Greene (Power Man Iron Fist),

Peter Gross (Lucifer, The Unwritten),

Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets),

Betsy Houlton (New York Daily News),

Megan Hutchison (Rockstars),

Tini Howard (The Skeptics),

Lucy Knisley (Relish, Something New),

Eugenia Koumaki (Womanthology),

Teddy Kristiansen (It's A Bird, The Sandman),

Alisa Kwitney (Token, Convergence: Batgirl, Till the Fat Lady Sings)

Sonny Liew (The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, Doctor Fate),

Shawn Martinbrough (Luke Cage Noir, Thief of Thieves),

Shawn McManus (Fables, The Sandman)

Leah Moore (Albion),

Kristy Miller (Birds of Prey),

Brian Miller (Harley Quinn, Star Wars, Ziggy Stardust),

Hope Nicholson (The Secret Loves of Geek Girls),

Laurie Penny (The Guardian),

Rori! (100 Women/100 Days) and Gibson Twist (Pictures of You),

Jim Rugg (Street Angel, The Plain Janes),

Steven T. Seagle (It's A Bird, Big Hero 6)

Paula 7bergen (Window Pains, contributor to Bust),

Alison Sampson (Winnebago Graveyard, Jessica Jones),

Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra: Assassin),

Gail Simone (Batgirl, Clean Room),

Jill Thompson (Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, Scary Godmother),

Matt Wagner (Grendel),

Gerard Way (Doom Patrol, My Chemical Romance)

Maris Wicks (Science Comics),

Annie Wu (Black Canary)

Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats),

Marley Zarcone (Shade, the Changing Girl)

Bond, who was at DC Comics since 1993, saw her position as Executive Editor of Vertigo eliminated for "restructuring" last April. The move sparked outrage amongst journalists, critics, industry insiders, and fans, who pointed out a dissonance between getting rid of Bond while continuing to employ Superman group editor Eddie Berganza, who was the subject of multiple long-known but rarely mentioned sexual harassment complaints.

It's good to see her back.

Bond will launch a crowdfunding campaign in the future for the comic, and you can sign up for a mailing list to learn more about that when it begins.