Sina Grace Explained

Sina Grace (born August 3, 1986) is an American comics writer, artist, memoirist, and social media personality. He is known for writing and drawing for various publishers, including DC Comics, Marvel, Image, and BOOM! Comics, including Iceman (2017–2018; 2018–2019), Go-Go Power Rangers, and Self-Obsessed (both 2019–present).

Early life

Grace grew up in the suburbs of Santa Monica, in Los Angeles, California, deciding on a career in comic books in elementary school, when he would copy Batman stories and draw them himself on printer paper. Grace extended his passion for comic books throughout high school, interning for Top Cow Comics after school prior to enrolling at the University of California-Santa Cruz, majoring in creative writing.[1]

Career

After graduating from UC Santa Cruz,[2] Grace illustrated Among The Ghosts[3] for Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Amber Benson, and soon after became Editorial Director,[4] and the very first employee, for Robert Kirkman's Skybound Comics.[5] While at Skybound, Grace worked on titles such as The Walking Dead and Invincible,[6] while simultaneously providing artwork for the Image Comics series The Li'l Depressed Boy[7] with Isabell Struble (under S. Steven Struble).[8]

Upon his departure from Skybound, Grace embarked on a journey of self-discovery, writing and doing artwork for the one-off releases Not My Bag[9] (2012) and Self-Obsessed[10] (2014), both published and released via Image Comics.[10] [11] Grace also released the video game send-up series Burn The Orphanage[12] with Daniel Freedman, as well with Image Comics.[12] During this time Grace would also produce a web-series based on his work in Self-Obsessed,[13] along with providing artwork for musician and actress Jenny Lewis.[14] Grace would culminate his series of memoirs with Nothing Lasts Forever[15] in 2017, published once again by Image Comics.[15]

In 2017 Grace was hired by Marvel Comics to write the first series for long-running character Iceman[1] who had recently come out.[16] Despite the series being cancelled after 11 issues in March 2018,[17] sales and fan support were so overwhelming that the series returned for another run[18] culminating in a reboot and another five-issue series arc ending in January 2019.[18] After his run with Marvel had ended, Grace posted an essay outlining his experiences working for Marvel on his personal Tumblr account.[19] Among the topics within the essay, Grace has stated that he felt a lack of support for LGBTQIA+[20] content and its creators, as well as turning a blind eye when the creator was attacked online for his work celebrating a major queer storyline.[21]

Grace is currently working on several titles, including writing Jughead's Time Police for Archie Comics,[22] co-writing Go Go Power Rangers for BOOM! Comics,[23] and writing his own original series Ghosted in L.A.[24] for BOOM! Comics.

Bibliography

Skybound Comics

Image Comics

Marvel Comics

BOOM! Comics

IDW

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Middle-Eastern American writer behind Marvel's Iceman, the most visible gay superhero yet. Ephrat. Livni. Quartz.
  2. Web site: L.A. Native Comic Book Author Sina Grace Has Hit It Big Penning Marvel's Openly Gay Iceman. Michael. Ciriaco. July 29, 2017. LA Weekly.
  3. Web site: Sina Grace: The Man With Ice In His Veins. Comic Lounge.
  4. Web site: SINA GRACE | Tucson Comic-Con. www.tucsoncomic-con.com.
  5. Web site: The Top Five Reasons Why This is Sina Grace’s Spring [Interview]]. March 10, 2014. Multiversity Comics.
  6. Web site: Sina Grace. Jeremy. Nisen. undertheradarmag.com.
  7. Web site: The Li'l Depressed Boy. Image Comics.
  8. Web site: Indie Comics Spotlight: Sina Grace on Jughead, mutant drag queens, and ghost sex. Karama. Horne. June 14, 2019. SYFY WIRE.
  9. Web site: Committed: NOT MY BAG - Sina's Scathing Fashion Comic Interview. CBR.com.
  10. Web site: Sina Grace is SELF-OBSESSED. Image Comics.
  11. Web site: Self-Obsessed One-Shot. Image Comics.
  12. Web site: Burn The Orphanage. Image Comics.
  13. Web site: Get 'Self-Obsessed' With New Comic Webseries (Exclusive Trailer). The Hollywood Reporter.
  14. Web site: Exclusive: Jenny Lewis & Sina Grace Team Up for "Girl On Girl" ACLU/Planned Parenthood Benefit Print. May 5, 2017. pastemagazine.com.
  15. Web site: Nothing Lasts Forever. Image Comics.
  16. Web site: All-New X-Men #40 uses the superhero genre to ask big questions about identity. AUX.
  17. Web site: And Now Iceman is Confirmed Canceled Too. Jude. Terror. December 20, 2017. Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.
  18. Web site: Iceman Came Out. Now He’s Coming Back in His Own Series.. George Gene. Gustines. June 28, 2018. NYTimes.com.
  19. Web site: As Pride Month comes to a close, it’s time I spoke candidly about my experience at Marvel Comics.. SINA GRACE.
  20. Web site: Iceman Writer Sina Grace Reveals Struggle With Marvel Comics Over Book. June 28, 2019. CBR.
  21. Web site: Iceman's Sina Grace Calls Out Marvel's LGBTQ+ Support . . 2019-06-29 . 2021-02-11.
  22. Web site: JUGHEAD’S TIME POLICE returns to the future in June from Sina Grace and Derek Charm. Ron. C. February 15, 2019. Archie Comics.
  23. Web site: Sina Grace On Joining Go Go Power Rangers. Den of Geek.
  24. Web site: Sina Grace & Siobhan Keenan Get Ghosted in LA from BOOM! Studios. March 29, 2019. pastemagazine.com.

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