Maia Kobabe Archives

And more often than not, the graphic novel Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, a non-binary coming-of-age graphic novel published by Oni Press is the declared bullseye of many of them and has been used by politicians to both win local elections – and also to lose them But earlier this year, things took to a new level as[...]

And more often than not, the graphic novel Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe and published by Oni Press is the declared bullseye of many of them and has been used by politicians to both win local elections – and also to lose them But ahead of the next electoral cycle in American politics, it seems that the outrage[...]

Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding is a comic book guide to gender-affirming care with real-life stories and research-backed advice about chest binding, from Gender Queer author Maia Kobabe and University of Michigan professor Doctor Sarah Peitzmeier, Intended to be a practical resource for trans and nonbinary people, it wil be based on Professor Peitzmeier's academic research, the[...]

While the books were unnamed, one was described as being about a "transgender teenager's life experiences", which was going to be Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. Now the Campbell County Public Library director Terri Lesley in Wyoming has been fired after 27 years after she refused to remove LGBTQ+ books from library shelves, including Gender Queer. In[...]

And a little animation. Maia Kobabe is the most censored author in the USA today for eir graphic memoir Gender Queer Political candidates have used it in their political campaigns, libraries have been closed down for even stocking the award-winning comic and Borders has had legal action launched by Virginian politicians against it All while the[...]

Bleeding Cool has been running many articles about recent news coverage about the graphic novel Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe as a new edition has come out from Oni Press. Initially marketed toward older audiences, winning an American Library Association Award in 2020 for "books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18"[...]

Maia Kobabe is the creator of the most-banned graphic novel in America – and one of its best-selling – Gender Queer: A Memoir That book, initially published in 2019, was not initially intended for kids, but won awards for its appeal to a younger audience However, the reaction from some parents – and politicians –[...]

Bleeding Cool has been running many articles about recent news coverage about the graphic novel Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe as a new edition has come out from Oni Press. Initially marketed toward older audiences, winning an American Library Association Award in 2020 for "books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through 18"[...]

The New Hampshire Union Leader reports that Brian O'Connell, the principal of Bow High School in Bow, New Hampshire had been targeted by parents of the school, concerned that the graphic novel Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe was in his school library. Local politician Manchester Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur had posted select pages to[...]

Bleeding Cool has been running many articles about recent news coverage about the graphic novel Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe as a new edition has come out from Oni Press Initially marketed toward older audiences, winning an American Library Association Award in 2020 for "books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults ages 12 through[...]

Bleeding Cool has been covering the increase in such activity in the US, concerning schools, school libraries, public libraries and commercial bookstores which have been targeted over a number of titles, specifically those concerning racial, sexual or gender issues, with Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe published by Oni Press getting the brunt[...]

Since then we had Banned Books Week which saw even more coverage of the graphic novel Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe as a new edition of Gender Queer is coming out from Oni Press. Initially, Gender Queer was marketed toward older audiences, but winning an American Library Association Award in 2020 for "books written for adults that have special[...]

As Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir by Maia Kobabe is about to become even well known just as a new edition of Gender Queer is coming out from Oni Press. Gender Queer: A Graphic Memoir Deluxe Edition The American Library Association, states there were 729 challenges last year and over 1,500 books were targeted, the highest number of[...]

It's been quite a week for Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe Again, I mean No sooner has it defeated obscenity lawsuits and been investigated by Plymouth police than it is back in the news as the most banned book of 2022, as it was 2021, at the same time as Oni Press publishes a[...]

Time Magazine gave an interview to Maia Kobabe over eir graphic novel, Gender Queer: A Memoir, which has been hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons, and occasionally the right ones Kobabe identifies as non-binary, prefers the use of non-binary pronouns e/em and eir, and eir journey towards that is much of what the graphic[...]

This mass market edition of FILTH & GRAMMAR: THE COMIC BOOK EDITOR'S (SECRET) HANDBOOK includes 8 new pages and an updated cover." Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe gets a new printing for a brand new audience from Oni Press Thanks Fox News! "In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic[...]

Maia Kobabe is named in the criminal lawsuit of obscenity brought against em and Oni Press over the graphic novel Gender Queer by Republican Virginian politicians as part of a political campaign that has previously proved successful They didn't sue Phoebe Kobabe, in what may be one of the few examples of a colourist being[...]

Gender Queer: A Memoir is a graphic novel by Maia Kobabe, first published by Lion Forge in 2019 and now republished from Oni Press But in recent weeks it has become a hot topic, and targetted as a book to be banned in public libraries and school libraries, generally by people who have not read[...]

It is available on Amazon US, Amazon UK or direct from the publisher.  Bleeding Cool has already run extracts from Taika Waititi, Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang, Cara Delevingne, Kieron Gillen & Sean Phillips, Callie Broaddus, Marguerite Bennett & Maia Kobabe and more. The full creator list is as follows: Adam Gardner, Alejandro Agag, Andy Serkis, Arizona Muse, Beatie Wolfe,[...]

She has worked around the world, photographing rhinos in Botswana, documenting sea level rise in the Marshall Islands, and leading Reserva's participation in research expeditions to the Ecuadorian Chocó. And for Rewriting Extinction, Callie Broaddus has c0-authored a comic book strip with comic book writer Marguerite Bennett and artist Maia Kobabe The Most Important Comic Book[...]

Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]

Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]

Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]

Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]

Su, Erika Lewis, Extrafabulous Comics, Fernando Fuentes, Frank Cvetkovic, Garth Ennis, Gavin Aung Than, Geoff Senior, George Kambadais, George Mann, Geraldo Borges, Gerry Duggan, Glenn Fabry, Goodbadcomics, Goran Gligovic, Greg Lockard, Guillermo Ortego, Hannah Hillam, Harry Venning, Hector Trunnec, Helen Buckland, Expert, Hugh Warwick, Isabella Tree and Sir Charlie Burrell, Jamie Woolley, Jeff Lemire, Jenny[...]

Tomorrow at San Diego Comic-Con, Lion Forge is sponsoring the Diversity and Inclusivity panel, but they aren't waiting until tomorrow to announce that they'll be publishing cartoonist Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir next spring What's that all about, you ask? A press release is happy to answer the question: Maia Kobabe (who uses the pronouns[...]

It also features work by some excellent talent from all corners of independent comics, including several first time creators: Tara Madison Avery, Kat Baumann, Mike Bernal, Kevin Budnik, Christopher Baggett, Chris "Chance!" Brown, Matteo Carlarino, Joel Carroll, Kevin Castaniero, Matt Digges, Taylor Esposito, Adrián Bago Gonzalez, Patrick Horvath, Mandy James, Ryan King, Maia Kobabe, Jonathan Lareva,[...]