User:Papaya99/Diana Green cartoonist
Diana Green is a queer comics creator and is among one of the first transgender cartoonists to include openly transgender characters in her comics. She is known for her debut comic strip Tranny Towers. Throughout her career, she has contributed to various LGBTQ publications, such as Gay Comix and "Omaha" the Cat Dancer, as well as publishing her own works.
| Diana Green | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Graphic design, storyboarding, drawing, illustration, writing |
Notable works | Tranny Towers |
| http://trosper-ignatz-gentlegiant.blogspot.com | |
Personal Life
[edit]Green spent her early years of childhood in New Mexico.[1] Her parents were both in the United States Air Force, so Green moved around numerous times before she settled down in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Diana Green came out as transgender in 1985, and underwent gender reassignment surgery a couple of years later. She is an outspoken activist for state-funded surgeries.[2] She is also an advocate for AIDS victims and donates to LGBTQ+ charities and organizations.
Education
[edit]Diana Green received a BFA in Comic Book Illustration from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD).[3] She is credited as the first transsexual woman to earn this BFA. She has a Master's Degree in Liberal Studies from Hamline University, with a focus on creative nonfiction and screenwriting.[4]
Career and Works
[edit]Notable Works
[edit]Green made her comic debut in 1993 with the publication of "Little Athena in Genderland" in the 18th issue of Gay Comix.[5] It is recognized as one of the earliest forms of transgender representation in LGBTQ+ comics, and tackles issues of body dysmorphia, gender norms, and alienation.
Tranny Towers, her first reoccurring comic strip, was published in Lavender Magazine from the years 1994-1995. It was viewed as a landmark work as one of the earliest self-identified transgender comics.[6] This strip showcased some of the first explicitly transgender characters in comics.
Green interned for Reed Waller and contributes to the popular erotic comic "Omaha" the Cat Dancer. Her work can be seen in issues 13 and 14.
Diana Green was also a staff cartoonist for the magazine TransSisters between 1994 and 1996. Created by Davina Gabriel, TransSisters served as a "Journal of Transsexual Feminism."[2] The magazine included discussions of transgender theory, socio-political issues related to the transgender community, interviews with queer women, and various short comics and illustrations. Diana Green worked in collaboration with other artists and writers, such as Alison Bechdel, Leslie Feinberg, and Rachel Pollack.
References
[edit]- ^ “Interview with Diana Green.” University of Minnesota, https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:99?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender%2BOral%2BHistory%2BProject&q=Interview%2Bwith%2BDiana%2BGreen.
- ^ a b Brown, Candice, et al. “Interview with the Transsexual Vampire: Sandy Stone’s Dark Gift.” TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism. Vol. 1, no. 8, 1995.
- ^ “Diana Green.” Diana Green | Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MCAD, https://www.mcad.edu/faculty-alumni/diana-green.
- ^ “Diana Green.” Prism Comics, https://www.prismcomics.org/profile/dianagreen/.
- ^ Green, Diana. “Little Athena in Genderland.” Gay Comics #18, vol. 1 no. 18, Bob Ross, 1993, pp. 31.
- ^ Abate, Michelle Ann et al. The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions. University Press of Mississippi, 2022.
Peer Review (Paola)
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