![]() I passed them to my friends between classes. I loved my comic books I read through each issue multiple times, bent the pages, creased the spines. Collecting comics wasn’t on my radar as a kid. KS: Where did comics fit into that? Were you a casual reader, a serious collector, a little of both? There wasn’t a lot of representation for us queer girls then, so I took to the page to tell my own stories about us. I wanted to see myself - an out lesbian - reflected in the media, especially back in the early aughts when I first came out. ![]() I have always made art, built things, been creative. ![]() KS: I like to try and find the origin point - if possible - where someone decides on a career in the arts. Tana Ford: I’ve always loved storytelling, and I read comics as a kid. ![]() Your specialties (artist/writer/letterer/inker/etc.): Artistįanbase Press Contributor Kevin Sharp: What’s the appeal for you of working in the comics artform? This is only a sampling of Tana Ford’s credit list, an artist who used the springboard of her Queer Press Grant-winning debut graphic novel to launch herself into a career with room to explore representation in comics beyond the usual superhero fisticuffs. Artist on Silk, Black Panther, Star Trek, Jem and the Holograms. ![]()
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