Maia Kobabe

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Maia Kobabe (/ˈmaɪə koʊˌbeɪb/, born c. 1991)[1][2] is an American cartoonist and author.

Life and career

Kobabe, who uses Spivak pronouns,[3] graduated with an MFA in Comics from California College of the Arts.[4] Kobabe's work features themes of "identity, sexuality, anti-fascism, fairy tales and homesickness."[5]

Kobabe's graphic nonfiction work has been featured in The Nib, The Press Democrat, and SF Weekly, among other publications.[6]

Kobabe's first full-length book Gender Queer: A Memoir was published by Lion Forge Comics in 2019.[7] It was made available in some school libraries but was subsequently banned by a school district in Alaska, due to its sexually explicit content. Kobabe responded to the controversy with an opinion piece in The Washington Post, suggesting that accusers were upset less by the sexually explicit images and language than by the LGBTQ themes of the book. [8][9] Gender Queer: A Memoir was listed as one of the most banned or challenged books in September 2021 by The American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF).[10][11] Kobabe responded to this in a Washington Post op-ed.[12]

On the subject of the early 2022 wave of book censorship in the United States, Kobabe has stated the following in a Slate interview: "What I’m learning is that a book challenge is like a community attacking itself. The people who are hurt in a challenge are the marginalized readers in the community where the challenge takes place. That is readers who are younger, readers who do not have the financial means to buy books if they’re not available for free in the library. That is queer teens who might not feel comfortable bringing a book with such an obvious title into their home, if they have more conservative parents who would only feel safe reading the book secretly in the library without even checking it out. So yes, it upsets me because what I’m seeing is resources being taken away from queer marginalized youth, which does hurt. That does hurt me."[13]

Anthologies

Kobabe has published short comics in the following anthologies:

  • Alphabet (Stacked Deck Press, 2016)[14]
  • Tabula Idem: A Queer Tarot Comic Anthology (Fortuna Media, 2017)[15]
  • The Secret Loves of Geeks (Dark Horse Comics, 2018)[16]
  • Gothic Tales of Haunted Love (Bedside Press, 2018)[17]
  • Mine!: A Celebration of Liberty And Freedom For All Benefiting Planned Parenthood (ComicMix, 2018)[18]
  • Faster Than Light, Y’all (Iron Circus Comics, 2018)
  • Advanced Death Saves (Lost His Keys Man Comics, 2019)
  • How to Wait: An Anthology of Transition (edited by Sage Persing, 2019)
  • Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers (Northwest Press, 2019)[19]
  • Rolled and Told Vol. 2 (Oni Press, 2020)[20]
  • Be Gay, Do Comics (IDW Publishing, 2020)[21]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Kobabe, Maia. "Audio Name Pronunciation". TeachingBooks. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ Watts, Katie (January 6, 2015). "Petaluma comic artist draws on passion". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  3. ^ a trans podcast [@gendereveal] (January 28, 2020). "While I'm threading, I'll add that this person emailed me to tell me about e/em pronouns as if he invented them. He didn't; those are Spivak pronouns. So I directed him to our interview with Maia Kobabe, a Spivak-using author and perfect human: https://t.co/6ouk4mOL94" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2021-10-05 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "About - Maia Kobabe". redgoldsparkspress.com. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  5. ^ "Maia Kobabe: Gender Queer". Cartoon Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  6. ^ "Maia Kobabe – Wernick & Pratt Agency". wernickpratt.com. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  7. ^ Kobabe, Maia (28 May 2019). Gender Queer: A Memoir. ISBN 978-1549304002.
  8. ^ "Opinion | Maia Kobabe: Schools are banning my book 'Gender Queer.' But queer kids need queer stories". The Washington Post. 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  9. ^ Goodykoontz, Emily (18 Nov 2021). "Anchorage School District bans 'Gender Queer' book from its libraries". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 19 Nov 2021.
  10. ^ ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom Staff (13 Oct 2021). "Lawn Boy and Gender Queer: The Trend Toward Book Challenges". Intellectual Freedom Blog, The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association. Retrieved 19 Nov 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Mazariegos, Miranda; Sullivan, Meghan Collins (2022-04-04). "Efforts to ban books jumped an 'unprecedented' four-fold in 2021, ALA report says". NPR. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  12. ^ Kobabe, Maia (October 29, 2021). "Schools are banning my book. But queer kids need queer stories". Washington Post.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Kois, Dan (2022-03-22). "What to Do When Your Kid Is Reading a Book That Makes You Uncomfortable". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  14. ^ "ALPHABET | Prism Comics". Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  15. ^ "The Contributors". Tumblr. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  16. ^ Atwood, Margaret (2018). The Secret Loves of Geeks. ISBN 978-1506704739.
  17. ^ Various; Beiko, Samantha (22 February 2018). Gothic Tales of Haunted Love. ISBN 978-1988715070.
  18. ^ Gaiman, Neil; Rivera, Gabby; Castellucci, Cecil (16 January 2018). Mine!: A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood. ISBN 978-1939888662.
  19. ^ Hall, Justin; Tyler, William O. (2019). Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers!. Seattle: Northwest Press. ISBN 9781943890477. OCLC 1135459868.
  20. ^ Reed, M. K. (2020-07-14). Rolled and Told Vol. 2. ISBN 978-1-62010-745-4.
  21. ^ The Nib; Bors, Matt; Lubchansky, Matt; Harris, Eleri; Mirk, Sarah (September 2020). Be Gay, do Comics. ISBN 978-1684057771.
  22. ^ "SPX 2016 Ignatz Awards Nominees | SPX: The Small Press Expo". 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  23. ^ "SPX 2019 Ignatz Nominees | SPX: The Small Press Expo". 22 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  24. ^ "YALSA". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  25. ^ "Gender Queer: A Memoir | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  26. ^ admin (2009-09-09). "Stonewall Book Awards List". Round Tables. Retrieved 2020-10-23.

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