Book 1, Page 183
on May 31, 2023
at 9:39 am
Welcome, new readers! (And welcome back, if you’ve been following SuperButch for awhile)
Becky here. Barry and I had an awesome time at Rose City Comic Con last weekend–Sincerely, thank you to everyone who stopped by to pick up a minicomic or a business card!
We’ll also have copies of First Glance and Superbutch, Issue One at:
Small Press Expo in Bethesda, this weekend, table C-13
GeekGirlCon in Seattle, September 30-October 1st
However, my con-schedule and recent work-schedule have left very little time to draw without breaking my bod. So we’re taking 2 weeks off, and we’ll restart our weekly updates on Tuesday, 9/26.
Thanks for reading!
Here’s the “colors” only (no lines or lettering) of one of Becky’s “SuperButch” panels. This is from the page that we’ll be posting tomorrow. I love how cool looking Becky’s process is!
Barry Deutsch (co-plotter, writer and letterer) thought of the idea for SuperButch about 20 years ago, after reading Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold.
In addition to writing Superbutch, Barry writes and draws Hereville, a graphic novel series about “yet another 11-year-old troll-fighting Orthodox Jewish Girl.” Hereville books have been nominated for many awards, including an Eisner, and have won the Sydney Taylor Book Prize, the Oregon Book Award, and the Sybil, among others.
Barry also creates political cartoons, know variously as “Ampersand” or “Leftycartoons.” Barry’s political cartoons have won the Charles M. Schulz Award.
Barry lives in Portland, Oregon, with eight housemates, two cats, and an unknown but large number of fish. You can email him here.
Becky Hawkins (co-plotter and artist) spent much of her 20s traveling the world as a cruise ship musician. Now she makes comics in Portland with her tiny cartoon sidekick, Shoulder Angel. She is mostly known for doing watercolor cartoons on postcards. Aside from self-publishing at frenchtoastcomix.com, her work has appeared in Women’s Review of Books and anthologies such as The Strumpet, So Buttons, and Tankadere.
She was planning to stick with autobio and travel stories, but when local cartoonist Barry Deutsch asked her to collaborate on a 1940s lesbian superhero series, how could she say no?
Becky Hawkins
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- Becky Hawkins
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- Barry Deutsch
It’s SuperButch time!
Oh my god, I’m finally caught up and I’m on the edge of my seats for what happens next.
This webcomic is so special. Thank you both for making this work. As a bit of a nerd about 1940s-60s queer history as well as newspaper comics in that era, there are so many clever touches that make me so happy.
Thanks so much, Teddie! It’s especially nice to hear that from a fellow cartoonist (and one who also does historical queer noir!).
I suspect we won’t be updating again until the Fall, but we are NOT abandoning this comic!
Ahhh, that was a good binge. I am loving this! Cannot wait for more 👍👍👍
Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it. We’re taking a summer break, but there will be more pages coming in Fall!
What a cliffhanger! I’ve had a wonderful time catching up on this comic–I particularly loved the parts with Gladys Bentley! The watercolors are so gorgeous, too. Thanks for making and sharing such a wonderful work of art!
Thank you so much! And I agree, Becky’s art is incredible.