Femme Magnifique TPB (2018 IDW) comic books 2016-2018

1st printing.

Cover by Tess Fowler.

Fifty female trailblazers of yesterday and today get a four-color sequential tribute in Femme Magnifique. This collection features three-page short stories about women from the arenas of pop music, politics, art, and science. From astronauts and archaeologists to muckrakers and mathematicians, Femme Magnifique will stimulate and educate. Part mini biopic, part personal inspiration, this collection also features new material including a foreword by Cindy Whitehead, behind-the-scenes process pages, and more!

Creators from South Africa, India, England, Denmark, the U.S. and other locales converge to share stories of personal heroines Kate Bush, Octavia Butler, Rumiko Takahashi, Ada Lovelace, Misty Copeland, Margaret Sanger, Michelle Obama, Sally Ride, Harriet Tubman, and more!

Comic book luminaries Gail Simone, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bill Sienkiewicz, Kieron Gillen, Sanford Greene, Jill Thompson, Gilbert Hernandez, Gerard Way, and Marguerite Bennett, to name a few, lend their talents to a celebration of kickass women who are truly magnifique.

Softcover, 240 pages, full color.

NOTE: Edited by Shelly Bond. Page one illustration by Jill Thompson. Title page illustrations by Shawn Martinbrough. Wraparound cover design by Philip Bond. Introduction by Cindy Whitehead with art by Raúl Treviño.

Stories/contributors: "Kate Bush" by Gail Simone and Marguerite Sauvage; "Mary Anning" by Corinna Bechko and Shawn McManus; "Sylvia Earle" by Maris Wicks; "Hillary Clinton" by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Elsa Charretier; "Nellie Bly" by Janet Harvey and Aud Koch; "Margaret Hamilton" by Alisa Kwitney and Jamie Coe; "Peggy Guggenheim" by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen; "Björk" by Kieron Gillen and Annie Wu; "Margaret Sanger" by Lucy Knisley; "Hatshepsut" by Kristy Miller and Eva Cabrera; "Shirley Jackson" by Matt Wagner and Christine Norrie; "Sally Ride" by Cecil Castellucci and Philip Bond; "Agnes Underwood" by Christina Rice and Jon Davis-Hunt; "Ellen Stewart" by Ronald Wimberly; "Dale Messick" by Paige Braddock; "Kat Blaque" by Tess Fowler; "Ursula K. Le Guin" by Robin Furth and Devaki Neogi; "Abbi Jacobson/Ilana Glazer" by Liz Prince; "Margery Booth" by David Barnett and Rachael Stott; "Misty Copeland" by Lauren Moyer and Cara McGee; "Aida Page" by Irma Page and Mark Buckingham; "Beth Ditto" by Leah Moore and Alison Sampson; "Ada Lovelace" by Megan Hutchison; "Mary Blair" by Casey Gilly and Jen Hickman; "Rosalind Franklin" by Mike Carey and Eugenia Koumaki; "Laurie Anderson" by Peter Gross; "Judith" by Mags Visaggio and Brett Parson; "Elizabeth Choy" by Sonny Liew; "Carrie Fisher" by Alisa Kwitney and Alain Mauricet; "Shirley Chisholm" by Gibson Twist and Rori!; "Brenda Fassie" by Lauren Beukes and Nanna Venter; "Diane Di Prima" by Tini Howard and Ming Doyle; "Ellen Armstrong" by Dani Colman and Sarah Gordon; "Marlo Thomas" by Dan Parent; "Louise Fitzhugh" by Gillian Goerz; "Maria Bonita" by Thedy Corrêa and Rafael Albuquerque; "Anonymous" by Karrie Fransman and Rob Davis; "Margaret Atwood" by Hope Nicholson and Johnnie Christmas; "Roz Kaveney" by Laurie Penny and Emma Vieceli; "Michelle Obama" by Tee Franklin and Antonio Fuso; "Hedy Lamarr" by Gilbert Hernandez; "Judy Blume" by Paula Sevenbergen and Claire Roe; "Ruth Kluger" by Betsy Houlton and Tyler Crook; "Kristy Miller" by Brian Miller and Eva Cabrera; "Octavia Butler" by Che Grayson and Jason Shawn Alexander; "Artemisia Gentileschi" by Marguerite Bennett and Jen Bartel; "Joan of Arc" by Gerard Way and Marley Zarcone; "Rumiko Takahashi" by Chynna Clugston-Flores; "Cindy Whitehead" by Jim Rugg; and "Harriet Tubman" by Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene.

Bonus material: Character Sketches and Design - art by Elsa Charretier, Tess Fowler, Philip Bond, Bill Sienkiewicz, Shawn McManus and Marguerite Sauvage; What Does a Feminist Look Like? - by Kristy Miller with art by Brian Miller; Trust the Witch: Why I Love Lydia - an essay by Cathi Unsworth with art by Billy Chainsaw; Afterword - by Shelly Bond with art by Lee Garbett; Editor's Backlogue - The Kickstarter Story; Process - by Shelly Bond and Jim Rugg; Create Your Own - Femme Magnifique tribute; and Contributor Bios. Cover price $29.99.