Megan Kelso Explained

Birth Name:Megan Kelso
Birth Date:5 February 1968
Birth Place:Seattle, Washington, US
Area:Artist, Writer, Editor
Notable Works:Watergate Sue, Artichoke Tales, Queen of the Black Black
Awards:1993 Xeric Award, 2002 Ignatz Award

Megan Kelso (born February 5, 1968, in Seattle, Washington) is an American comic book artist and writer.

Early life and education

Kelso received her B.A. from Evergreen State University, where she studied history and political science.

Career

Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the minicomic, Girlhero, which won her a Xeric Foundation grant in 1993.[1] She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother.[2] In 2004, she was the editor of the female cartoonist anthology, Scheherazade: Stories of Love, Treachery, Mothers, and Monsters (published by Soft Skull Press). This anthology showcases the work of 23 major female graphic novelists of the time, including veteran and emergent graphic novelists.[3] [4]

From April 1 to September 9, 2007, Kelso published a weekly comic strip in The New York Times Magazine titled Watergate Sue.[5] [6] Her Artichoke Tales graphic novel for Fantagraphics Books was published in 2010.[7]

Among many other publications, Kelso had a story (which she co-created with Ron Rege) in SPX 2004, the annual anthology published by Small Press Expo (SPX). Kelso has also created work for several magazines, including the now-defunct Tower Records' Pulse Magazine.[8]

She received two Ignatz Awards in 2002, for Outstanding Artist (for Artichoke Tales #1 and her story in Non #5) and Outstanding Minicomic (for Artichoke Tales #1).[9]

Kelso has develop and led a workshop, "Comics for Writers," at various events, including the 2014 Seattle Graphic Novel Panel, hosted by the Graphic Artists Guild and sponsored by Fantagraphics.[10]

Selected bibliography

The Squirrel Mother: Stories (2006), Fantagraphics Books[11]

Artichoke Tales (2010), Fantagraphics Books[12]

Queen of the Black Black (2011), Fantagraphics Books[13]

Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories (2022) Fantagraphics Books[14] [15]

Personal life

She is married and lives with her husband and daughter in Seattle, Washington.

External links

References

  1. Web site: Groth . Gary . 13 February 2013 . The Megan Kelso Interview . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171009200920/https://www.tcj.com/the-megan-kelso-interview/ . 9 October 2017 . 24 March 2021 . The Comics Journal . en-US.
  2. Web site: Collins . Sean T. . 14 November 2011 . Queen of the Black Black . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200807124723/https://www.tcj.com/reviews/queen-of-the-black-black/ . 7 August 2020 . 24 March 2021 . The Comics Journal . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2004 . Kelso . Megan . Scheherazade : comics about love, treachery, mothers & monsters . 29 November 2022 . . en.
  4. Web site: 2004 . Scheherazade: Comics about Love, Treachery, Mothers, and Monsters . 24 March 2021 . Better World Books.
  5. Web site: MacDonald . Heidi . 3 April 2007 . Megan Kelso on "Watergate Sue" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206084229/https://www.comicsbeat.com/megan-kelso-on-watergate-sue/ . 6 December 2021 . 24 March 2021 . The Comics Beat . en-US.
  6. Web site: 24 June 2022 . Megan Kelso . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130003631/https://www.smallpressexpo.com/speakers/megan-kelso/ . 30 November 2022 . 29 November 2022 . SPX: The Small Press Expo . en-US.
  7. Web site: Megan Kelso: Comics Can Take Us Places . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129235807/https://www.humanities.org/speaker/megan-kelso/ . 29 November 2022 . 24 March 2021 . Humanities Washington . en-US.
  8. Web site: Weidenbaum . Marc . 26 February 2009 . The Index of Pulse! Magazine Comics . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528083312/https://disquiet.com/2009/02/26/index-pulse-comics-1992-2002/ . 28 May 2022 . 24 March 2021 . disquiet.
  9. Web site: 2 October 2002 . 2002 Ignatz Award Recipients . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161110100226/https://www.smallpressexpo.com/2002-ignatz-award-recipients/ . 10 November 2016 . SPX: Small Press Expo.
  10. Web site: 10 January 2014 . Fantagraphics at the 2014 Seattle Graphic Novel Panel and After-Party! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130000239/https://blog.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-at-the-2014-seattle-graphic-novel-panel-and-after-party/ . 30 November 2022 . 24 March 2021 . Fantagraphics Blog . en-US.
  11. Book: Kelso, Megan . The Squirrel Mother: Stories . Fantagraphics Books . 2006 . Seattle, WA . en.
  12. Book: Kelso, Megan . Artichoke Tales . Fantasgraphics Books . 2010 . Seattle, WA . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130004054/https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/megan-kelso/products/artichoke-tales . 30 November 2022 . live.
  13. Book: Kelso, Megan . Queen of the Black Black . Fantagraphics Books . 2011 . Seattle, WA . en.
  14. Web site: Davis . Brangien . 3 November 2022 . ArtSEA: Two Seattle museums rethink art through arrangement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221117064130/https://crosscut.com/culture/2022/11/artsea-two-seattle-museums-rethink-art-through-arrangement . 17 November 2022 . 29 November 2022 . Crosscut . en.
  15. Book: Kelso, Megan . Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories . Fantagraphics Books . 2022 . Seattle, WA . en.

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