Valerie D'Orazio
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 of her.[15] The issue was covered extensively in the comics press.[16][1]
Personal life
D'Orazio was born in Brooklyn.[17] She was previously married to comic book writer David Gallaher.[18]
Bibliography
- As writer, unless otherwise noted
Marvel Comics
- Punisher MAX: Butterfly (May 2010)[19]
- X-Men Origins: Emma Frost (July 2010)
- "A Brief Rendezvous," Girl Comics #1 (May 2010)
Bluewater Comics
- Beyond: Edward Snowden (2014)[20][21][22][23]
- Beyond: The Joker Complex: The Man Who Laughs (2018)
See also
References
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