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    Creators on the Cusp: Mariko Tamaki makes and curates LGBTQ-focused graphic novels

    Our Creators on the Cusp series brings you people revolutionizing the world of comics and graphic novels. Mariko Tamaki's won a slew of awards for graphic novels and has worked in mainstream comics.
    by Etelka Lehoczky Mar 30, 2022 4 minutes
    Source: Meghan Collins Sullivan

    Our Creators on the Cusp series brings you writers, artists, editors and publishers who are revolutionizing the world of comics and graphic novels. We'll introduce you to the troublemakers and boundary-pushers who're taking comics in once-unimaginable directions.

    We start with Mariko Tamaki. She's won the Eisner Award, the Caldecott Honor and a slew of other awards for such graphic novels as This One Summer (co-written with her cousin, Jillian Tamaki) and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me.

    Unlike many writers of graphic novels, she's also made her mark in mainstream comics. She's helped shape the destiny of characters such as Spider-Man, Batman, Supergirl and Harley Quinn. Now came out in November. Two more andare set to publish soon.

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