Valerie D'Orazio
| Valerie D'Orazio | |
|---|---|
 D'Orazio at the Big Apple Con, November 15, 2008. | |
| Born | Valerie D'Orazio February 23, 1974 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Assistant Editor, Blogger, Writer, Film maker |
| Pseudonym(s) | Val Occasional Superheroine Kamikaze Girl The Video Store Girl Beatrix Kyle |
Valerie D'Orazio (born February 23, 1974) is an American comic book writer and editor.
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,[1] 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 an autobiographical series about her experiences with sexism in the American comic book industry, fandom and her health struggles entitled Goodbye to Comics.[2][3]
D'Orazio wrote three stories for Marvel Comics: Punisher MAX: Butterfly, X-Men Origins: Emma Frost and a short story for Girl Comics (mini-series). She also wrote two stories for Bluewater Comics: Beyond: Edward Snowden, and Beyond: The Joker: The Man Who Laughs.
From 2010 to 2013, she was the editor of MTV.com subsidiary MTV Geek.[4]
D'Orazio was President of Friends of Lulu,[5] a non-profit organization that promoted women comic book creators and readers. She served from 2007-2010, after which the group was disbanded.[6][7]
She was married to comic book writer David Gallaher.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "DC hires online editor, promotes two from within" (Press release). Comic Book Resources. March 26, 2002. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ "Page not found — The Beat". The Beat.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)[permanent dead link] - ^ "More Than Occasionally Super, Perhaps". blog.newsarama.com. November 24, 2006. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2007.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Blogger".
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Draper Carlson, Johanna. "Friends of Lulu Done and Gone". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Heidi MacDonald. "Friends of Lulu to end in September". The Beat. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ ca-staff (18 March 2015). "A Statement Regarding Chris Sims and Val D'Orazio". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016.
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External links
- Valerie D'Orazio at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Valerie D'Orazio at the Grand Comics Database
Media related to Valerie D’Orazio at Wikimedia Commons