Official Press Release
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Deborah Vankin, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times (arts & culture entertainment and nightlife) and former editor-in-chief of the LA Times? alt weekly publications/websites, Metromix LA and Brand X, has?released a new graphic novel with indie publisher Image Comics.
Recently reviewed by The Washington Post, the book, Poseurs, is decidedly non-superhero as it follows three very different Los Angeles teenagers who meet in the underworld of LA parties and Hollywood nightlife. Deborah is going to be in San Diego for Comic-Con and will?be signing at the event July 23rd from 9:30 to 11:00 am and July 24th from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
ABOUT DC COMICS? MINX SERIES
Masterminded by longtime Vertigo editor Shelly Bond, MINX published original graphic novels aimed primarily at teenage girls and debuted with The Plain Janes?by ?Street Angel? artist Jim Rugg and novelist Cecil Castellucci, author of the?successful young adult novels, The Queen of Cool and Boy Proof. ?The line also?included works by novelists such as Rebecca Donner (Sunset Terrace) and Alisa?Kwitney (Flirting in Cars), as well as mainstream and acclaimed comics creators?like Mike Carey, Brian Wood and Andi Watson.
Bond was inspired to create MINX after observing the growing number of?teenage girls reading manga in bookstores. ?I started to wonder what was going?to happen in a few years when those readers would want something new,? she?said at the MINX launch in February, 2007. ?So I pitched this line as an?alternative to manga, but also as an alternative to traditional fiction,?because I thought that it was really about time that teenage readers had their?own imprint and that they could experience a brand new visual reading?experience.?
ABOUT THE BOOK
Poseurs follows three teenagers from distinctly different corners of Los Angeles who meet in the underworld of LA nightlife and Hollywood parties and get in over their heads! From the graffiti-tagged streets of LA?s eastside to the bloated, billion dollar mansions of Bel Air, it?s a full-blown party noir!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Deborah Vankin is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, where she covers arts & culture, entertainment and nightlife. Prior to that, she launched and served as Editor-in-Chief of the LA Times? alt weekly publications/websites, Metromix LA and Brand X. Deborah?s work has also appeared in LA Weekly, Variety and The New York Times, among many other places. Her essays and short fiction have been produced at Spoken Interludes and Word Theatre in Los Angeles. Originally from Philadelphia, POSEURS is her first foray into comics.
She?s currently working on her second graphic novel.
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978-1607063581 | Image Comics (April 5, 2011)
152 Pages | U.S. $16.99 | Distribution: Diamond
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About the author
Stephanie 'swoots' Wooten's first true obsession in life was the Baby-Sitter's Club but that was quickly thrown to the side once she discovered the X-Men and, more importantly, Rogue. She took a break during high school (where she tried to be 'cool' but realized that was no fun) and then got back into things in undergrad. She quickly consumed all things Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon, and a good majority of Grant Morrison and Alan Moore's work. Amongst her more recent comic book interests are Mike Carey, Ed Brubaker, Brian Michael Bendis, etc. In undergrad and grad school, Stephanie focused on television studies. She enjoys nothing more than the idea of delving into an entirely new, believable universe full of characters that you genuinely cared about as though they were real people. Amongst her favorite television shows are BSG, The X-Files, Dexter, Deadwood, Supernatural, Buffy (obviously), Firefly, The Avengers (1960s), and, of course, Doctor Who. The list could go on forever but basically it is a love for characters. These fictional worlds are what made her realize she is a nerd. For a long time she was on her own but now, thanks to the lovely folks at The Node, she has found a place where she can share the things she geeks out about on a daily basis.
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