Women’s History Month Edition
Syfy Wire presents State of the Genre: Women’s History Month Edition. A conversation between women in Sci-Fi and Comics, moderated by Cher Martinetti with special guest Vlogger Akilah Hughes, illustrator Colleen Duran, and comic creator Afua Richardson. Watch the Interview Below.
The Panel
Meet the Ladies of the Round table
Cher Martinetti is an NYC based entertainment & pop culture journalist, humor writer, and host. She's the managing editor of Syfy Wire’s Fangrrls, a female-centric genre vertical on Syfy Wire that she launched in 2016. She’s the host of the popular podcast The Churn, the official post-show wrap-up podcast of Syfy’s critically acclaimed space opera The Expanse. You can find her on Twitter, where her sarcastic musings occasionally garner a little more attention than she expects them to.
https://www.chermartinetti.com/
Afua Richardson is a comic creator best known for her work on Black panther world of wakanda.
Big Personality. Even Bigger Hair. NYC by way of Cincinnati. Girl About Town. Comedy Person. YouTuber. Writer for EVERYWHERE.
http://itsakilahobviously.com/
Colleen is the artist responsible for creating the original art for AMAZING FANTASTIC INCREDIBLE STAN LEE, the graphic novel autobiography of the legendary Marvel Comics creator, which topped the New York Times bestseller list. She has also adapted the work of Neil Gaiman and illustrated the graphic novel TROLL BRIDGE, by Neil Gaiman, which made the New York Times bestseller list in October 2016.