Valerie D'Orazio
D'Orazio at the Big Apple Con,
November 15, 2008
BornValerie D'Orazio
(1974-02-23) February 23, 1974
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Blogger, writer, editor
Pseudonym(s)Occasional Superheroine
Kamikaze Girl
The Video Store Girl
Beatrix Kyle
Notable works
President, Friends of Lulu (2007–2010)

Valerie D'Orazio (born February 23, 1974) is an American comic book writer and editor. She is known as a vocal advocate for women in the comics industry, and for sharing stories of her own struggles with being bullied and harassed.[1]

Career

D'Orazio was hired as assistant editor at Acclaim in 1997. She joined the Creative Services Department at DC Comics in 2000. In 2002,[2] she became assistant editor to Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello on titles such as Aquaman, Batman Black and White, and JLA.

After leaving DC in 2004, D'Orazio began a career as a blogger under a variety of pseudonyms. In 2006, she wrote a series of posts about her experiences with sexism in the American comic book industry, fandom, and her health struggles, entitled Goodbye to Comics.[3][4] Soon afterward, in the period 2007–2010,[5] D'Orazio was repeatedly bullied and harassed online by Chris Sims, an independent blogger.[6]

It was announced at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con that D'Orazio would be writing a five-part Cloak and Dagger limited series for Marvel.[7][8] The series was never published.

D'Orazio served as a judge for the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards.[9]

D'Orazio was President of Friends of Lulu,[10] a non-profit organization that promoted women comic book creators and readers.[11] She served from 2007 to 2010, after which the group was disbanded.[12][13]

From 2010 to 2013, D'Orazio was the editor of MTV.com subsidiary MTV Geek.[14]

In 2015, when Chris Sims was hired as a writer for Marvel, D'Orazio wrote about his prior harassment and bullying.[15] The issue was covered extensively in the comics press.[16][1]

Personal life

D'Orazio was previously married to comic book writer David Gallaher.[17]

Bibliography

As writer, unless otherwise noted

Marvel Comics

Bluewater Comics

See also

References

  1. 1 2 MacDonald, Heidi (Oct 1, 2015). "How a toxic history of harassment has damaged the comics industry". The Beat.
  2. ↑ "DC hires online editor, promotes two from within" (Press release). Comic Book Resources. March 26, 2002. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
  3. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi. "Women in Comics". The Beat. Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2007-12-28.
  4. ↑ "More Than Occasionally Super, Perhaps". blog.newsarama.com. November 24, 2006. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2007.
  5. ↑ Sims, Chris (March 18, 2015). "Ask Chris: Being Part of the Problem". ComicsAlliance.
  6. ↑ ca-staff (18 March 2015). "A Statement Regarding Chris Sims and Val D'Orazio". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Siegel, Lucas (July 27, 2008). "SDCC '08 – The Return of Cloak and Dagger". Newsarama.
  8. ↑ Richards, Dave (July 28, 2008). "CCI: D'Orazio talks 'Cloak & Dagger'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 31 Aug 2008.
  9. ↑ "The 2009 Glyph Comics Awards nominations". PopCultureShock. 16 Feb 2009. Archived from the original on 20 Jun 2009.
  10. ↑ Friends of Lulu (2008). "Friends of Lulu's 2008 Board of Directors". Friends of Lulu. Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  11. ↑ Spurgeon, Tom (February 10, 2008). "CR Sunday Interview: Valerie D'Orazio". The Comics Reporter.
  12. ↑ Draper Carlson, Johanna. "Friends of Lulu Done and Gone". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  13. ↑ Heidi MacDonald (28 July 2010). "Friends of Lulu to end in September". The Beat. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ↑ "Resume". Occasional Superheroine. Archived from the original on 28 Dec 2013.
  15. ↑ D'Orazio, Valerie (17 Mar 2015). "'Are you going to cry, little girl?'". ValerieDorazio.com. Archived from the original on 1 Apr 2015.
  16. ↑ Jusino, Teresa (Mar 28, 2015). "[UPDATED] Writer Valerie D'Orazio Calls Out Marvel's New X-Men Writer Chris Sims for Online Harassment: This isn't about The Comics Industry - it's about human decency". The Mary Sue.
  17. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (April 25, 2011). "Congrats to Valerie D'Orazio and David Gallaher". The Beat.
  18. ↑ Phillips, Dan (Mar 4, 2010). "Punisher MAX: Butterfly #1 Review: A femme fatale blows the whistle on the mob, with deadly results". IGN.
  19. ↑ Williams, Ashley M. (May 21, 2014). "Edward Snowden gets own comic book". USA Today.
  20. ↑ Cavna, Michael (May 21, 2014). "COMICS: EDWARD SNOWDEN: As NSA leaker gets his own comic book today, the writer 'leaks' her inspiration and motivations". The Washington Post.
  21. ↑ Whelan, Nora (May 27, 2014). "Neighbor Valerie D'Orazio On Her Graphic Novel, "Beyond: Edward Snowden"". Bklyner.
  22. ↑ Burton, Bonnie (June 3, 2014). "Edward Snowden stars in a comic book". CNET.
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