Sarah Dyer is an

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writer and artist with roots in the zine movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1998, ''Action Girl'' was awarded with the "Lulu of the Year" award of

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Early life

Dyer was born in Louisiana, went to college in Gainesville, Florida and then moved to New York City. She showed an early interest in self-publishing and the

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philosophy by self-publishing her own zines and making her own clothes. At the age of 10, she published the "family newspaper" with comics in it.

Career

Zines

Dyer's first work was a small publication called ''The Silhouette.'' While in school in Gainesville, Florida in 1988, she worked on the ''

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'' fanzine with Var Thelin. Unsatisfied with not getting credit for her work to date, Dyer created ''Mad Planet'' as her first solo work, and started collecting female

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work. This collection grew into a project in 1992, when Dyer created and began distributing the ''Action Girl Newsletter''. This was a review zine, listing zines and mini-comics created by female writers and artists. In an interview, Dyer described the ideal audience of works such as ''Xena'' as "post-feminist women and girls." Dyer donated these zines, accumulated from reviewing for the ''Action Girl Newsletter'', to Duke University, where it formed the core of their Zine Collections at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Graphic novels

Her first comic book credit was for coloring the cover for ''Pirate Corp$'' #5 (December 1992). In October 1994, Dyer launched the all-female comics anthology '' Action Girl Comics'', which ran for a total of 19 issues and showcased comics and mini-comics by female artists and writers, as well as Dyer's own ''Action Girl'' series, which featured all-female characters and depicted the world from the viewpoint of a woman. This anthology has black and white contents, while also has colorful covers. In addition to her work with comics, Dyer has self-published manuals and articles on topics ranging from zine publishing to cooking to making clothing, all firmly rooted in

philosophy. Dyer has also colored

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's work including the cover art for several

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compilation albums in the 1990s. Dyer wrote for ''

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'', '' Superman Adventures'', and ''

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''.

Animation

Dyer worked with her husband,

, on the pilot episode for ''

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'' in 2002. The couple also wrote some episodes of the '' Superman: The Animated Series'', such as the episode "Live Wire", which introduced a new character of the same name. The pair contributed to the script of the 2006 English-language version of the anime '' Shin Chan'', which ran for six episodes.

Personal life

Dyer is married to fellow comics writer/artist

with whom she has a daughter named Emily.

Awards and nominations

Sarah Dyer was nominated for a Lulu Award in the category "Lulu of the Year" in 1997 and won in 1998 for her ''Action Girl'' series. Also in 1998, she was nominated for Best Colorist for ''Amy Racecar Color Special'' #1 by the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. In 1999 she and her husband

were nominated for the Annie Award for Best Writing for the ''

'' episode "Lawsuit".

References

External links

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Sarah Dyer's blog
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