Sarah Dyer is an American comic book writer and artist with roots in the zine movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
| Sarah Dyer | |
|---|---|
 Dyer at the Big Apple Comic Con 2008 | |
| Born | Louisiana, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colourist |
Notable works | Action Girl Comics |
| Awards | Lulu Award 1998 |
| Spouse(s) | Evan Dorkin |
| http://www.houseoffunstudio.com/ | |
In 1998, Action Girl was awarded with the "Lulu of the Year" award of Friends of Lulu.[1]
Early life
editDyer was born in Louisiana,[2] went to college in Gainesville, Florida and then moved to New York City. She showed an early interest in self-publishing and the DIY philosophy by self-publishing her own zines and making her own clothes. At the age of 10, she published the "family newspaper" with comics in it.
Career
editZines
editDyer's first work was a small publication called The Silhouette.[3] While in school in Gainesville, Florida in 1988, she worked on the No Idea fanzine with Var Thelin.[4] Unsatisfied with not getting credit for her work to date, Dyer created Mad Planet as her first solo work, and started collecting female zine work.[3] This collection grew into a project in 1992, when Dyer created and began distributing the Action Girl Newsletter. This was a review zine, listing zines and mini-comics created by female writers and artists.[4]
In an interview, Dyer described the ideal audience of works such as Xena as "post-feminist women and girls." Dyer donated these zines, accumulated from reviewing for the Action Girl Newsletter, to Duke University, where it formed the core of their Zine Collections[5] at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.[3]
Comic books
editHer first comic book credit was for coloring the cover for Pirate Corp$ #5 (December 1992).[6] In October 1994, Dyer launched the all-female comics anthology Action Girl Comics,[6] which ran for a total of 19 issues and showcased comics and mini-comics by female artists and writers, as well as Dyer's own Action Girl series, which featured all-female characters and depicted the world from the viewpoint of a woman. This anthology has black and white contents, while also has colorful covers. In addition to her work with comics, Dyer has self-published manuals and articles on topics ranging from zine publishing to cooking to making clothing, all firmly rooted in DIY philosophy.
Dyer has also colored Evan Dorkin's work[7] including the cover art for several ska compilation albums in the 1990s.[8] Dyer wrote for Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Superman Adventures, and Batman Beyond.[6]
Animation
editDyer worked with Dorkin on the pilot episode for Welcome to Eltingville in 2002. The couple also wrote some episodes of the Superman: The Animated Series, such as the episode "Live Wire", which introduced a new character of the same name. The pair contributed to the script of the 2006 English-language version of the anime Shin Chan, which ran for six episodes.
Personal life
editDyer is married to fellow comics writer/artist Evan Dorkin with whom she has a daughter named Emily.[9]
Awards and nominations
editSarah Dyer was nominated for a Lulu Award in the category "Lulu of the Year" in 1997[10] and won in 1998 for her Action Girl series.[11] Also in 1998, she was nominated for Best Colorist for Amy Racecar Color Special #1 by the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.[12] In 1999 she and her husband Evan Dorkin were nominated for the Annie Award for Best Writing for the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Lawsuit".
References
edit- ^ "Past Lulu Awards Winner". Friends of Lulu. 2007. Archived from the original on April 2, 2008.
- ^ "Sarah Dyer". Lambiek Comiclopedia. June 9, 2012. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Bingham Center Zine Collections |". Duke University Libraries. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ^ a b Piepmeier, Alison (2009). Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism. New York, New York: New York University Press. pp. 23–26. ISBN 978-0814767528.
- ^ "Guide to the Sarah Dyer Zine Collection, 1985-2005". Duke University Libraries. n.d. Archived from the original on May 11, 2016.
- ^ a b c Sarah Dyer at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Devlin, Desmond (August 14, 2013). "Idiot Spotlight: Desmond Devlin and Evan Dorkin's 'Chilling Thoughts 2013'". The Idiotical. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013.
- ^ "Toyzilla Interviews Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer". Toyzilla. 2000. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016.
I got to know a few bands and band members...and eventually was asked to do the art for an anthology album by the guys from Bim Skala Bim. Eventually I did a few more, and when I met Sarah we both worked on them. We've done over a dozen
- ^ Lane, Russ (June 21, 2008). "Heroes Con: The Creative Household Panel". Newsarama. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- ^ "Friends of Lulu 1997 Lulu Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015.
- ^ "Friends of Lulu 1998 Lulu Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016.
- ^ "1998 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. n.d. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017.
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