Maia Kobabe
| Date of birth | 1991[1] |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American (United States of America) |
| Pronouns | e/em/eir[2] |
| Gender identity | Nonbinary |
| Occupation | author and illustrator |
| Known for | Gender Queer: A Memoir |
Maia Kobabe is a nonbinary, queer author and illustrator with an MFA in Comics from California College of the Arts. E has been self publishing comics since 2010.[3] Eir work focuses on themes of identity, sexuality, anti-fascism, fairy tales, and homesickness.[4] Maia has created a graphic novel memoir called Gender Queer: A Memoir (which won a Stonewall Honor award in 2020[5]) and short comics that have been published on The Nib.
Kobabe created the following comics:[3]
- Tom O'Bedlam (2015)
- The Thief's Tales #1 and #2
- The Non-Binary Bunny
E has also made short comics for these anthologies:[3]
- Alphabet (2015)
- Tabula Idem (2017)
- Mine! (2018)
- Gothic Tales of Haunted Love (2018)
- The Secret Love of Geeks (2018)
- Faster Than Light Y'all (2018)
- Advanced Death Saves (2019)
- How to Wait (2019)
- Shout Out (2019)
- Rolled and Told (2019)
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Watts, Katie (January 6, 2015). "Petaluma comic artist draws on passion". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ↑ Oliver, Andy (May 15, 2019). "Gender Queer: A Memoir – Maia Kobabe Explains What it Means to Be Non-Binary and Asexual in Eir Vitally Important Graphic Memoir from Lion Forge". Broken Frontier. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kobabe, Maia. “About.” About - Maia Kobabe, redgoldsparkspress.com/about.
- ↑ Kobabe, Maia. “Maia Kobabe.” The Nib, The Nib, 7 Feb. 2020, thenib.com/author/maia-kobabe/.
- ↑ http://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/award/stonewall/honored Archived on 17 July 2023
