This 2017 graphic novel is a memoir about maturing, number skating, and coming out of the storage room. We discuss exactly how Walden came close to the project with support from her editor while we consider the comics sector as an entire and the tensions in between the book market and the direct market.
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– Spinning (https://amzn.to/2XcOPHu).
Added Resources:.
– Tillie Walden on the Queer Characters and Emotional Turmoil of Her New Comic, I Love This Part (https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/comics-phenom-tillie-walden-on-i-love-this-part.html).
– “Everything I Had to Say regarding My Life Is in That Book”: An Interview with Tillie Walden (http://www.tcj.com/everything-i-had-to-say-about-my-life-is-in-that-book-an-interview-with-tillie-walden/).
– How LGBT Ice Skating Graphic Novel ‘Spinning’ Defies Definition (https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2017/10/03/how-lgbt-ice-skating-graphic-novel-spinning-defies-definition/#4b4309e858ec).
– Tillie Walden: That In-Between State (http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/article/tillie_walden).
– Spinning’s Tillie Walden on the Power of Ending and pursuing Childhood Dreams (https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/09/spinnings-tillie-walden-on-the-power-of-pursuing-a.html).
– Women make history, and obtain past due acknowledgment, at 2018 Eisner Awards (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/07/23/women-make-history-and-receive-overdue-recognition-at-2018-eisner-awards/).
– ‘Spinning’ is a genuine graphic unique regarding number skating and teen life (https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/spinning-comic-tillie-walden-review/).
– Surprising New Data Shows Comic Readers Are Leaving Superheroes Behind (https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/10/08/surprising-new-data-shows-comic-readers-are-leaving-superheroes-behind/#4390ee1b4d68).
– All-Ages Week: The Direct Market vs. The Book Market (http://www.multiversitycomics.com/longform/all-ages-week-the-direct-market-vs-the-book-market/).