Carla Speed McNeil
Encyclopedia
Carla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana
, is an American
sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics
, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.
comic series Finder, which she has self-published since 1996 and has been available as a webcomic
since 2005.
She has written and illustrated comics for anthologies including Dignifying Science and Smut Peddler. She worked as an illustrator on the Oni Press
series Queen & Country in 2003 and supplied art for the Avatar Comics' one-shot, Frank Ironwine in 2004. She also provided a two-page guest-illustrator spot for Transmetropolitan
: Filth of the City. She is editor in chief and print manager of Saucy Goose Press, which produces Smut Peddler and other related projects. Her adaptation of D. J. MacHale's first Pendragon
book, The Merchant of Death
, was released on May 20, 2008.
, McNeil won the Lulu Awards' Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent
for her work on Finder and Shanda the Panda. McNeil also won the Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent in 1998.
McNeil was nominated for Lulu Award Lulu of the Year in 2001 and 2002, and for an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist in 2001. Finder won the Ignatz for Outstanding Series in 2004 and 2005. Her work has been nominated for Eisner Award
s in several categories over the years (including "Best Writer/Artist" in 2002 and 2003), and winning "Best Webcomic" for Finder in 2009.
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...
, is an American
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sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.
Career
McNeil's chief work is the ongoing science fictionScience fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
comic series Finder, which she has self-published since 1996 and has been available as a webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
since 2005.
She has written and illustrated comics for anthologies including Dignifying Science and Smut Peddler. She worked as an illustrator on the Oni Press
Oni Press
Oni Press is an American independent comic book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1997 by Bob Schreck and Joe Nozemack with the goal of publishing the kinds of comics and graphic novels they themselves would want to read...
series Queen & Country in 2003 and supplied art for the Avatar Comics' one-shot, Frank Ironwine in 2004. She also provided a two-page guest-illustrator spot for Transmetropolitan
Transmetropolitan
Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk comic book series written by Warren Ellis with art by Darick Robertson and published by DC Comics. The series was originally part of the short-lived DC Comics imprint Helix, but upon the end of the book's first year the series was moved to the Vertigo imprint as DC...
: Filth of the City. She is editor in chief and print manager of Saucy Goose Press, which produces Smut Peddler and other related projects. Her adaptation of D. J. MacHale's first Pendragon
The Pendragon Adventure
The Pendragon Adventure is a young adult series of science fiction/fantasy novels by D. J. MacHale. They follow the chronicles of Bobby Pendragon, a teenager who discovers that he, as well as his two best friends, Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde, must prevent the destruction of the universe.The...
book, The Merchant of Death
The Merchant of Death
The Merchant of Death is the first book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.-Plot introduction:The story takes place in a "territory" called Denduron...
, was released on May 20, 2008.
Awards
In 1997, at Comic-Con InternationalComic-Con International
San Diego Comic-Con International, also known as Comic-Con International: San Diego , and commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by Shel Dorf and a group of San Diegans...
, McNeil won the Lulu Awards' Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent
Kim Yale
Kim Yale was an American writer and editor of comic books for multiple comic book companies, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics and Warp Graphics....
for her work on Finder and Shanda the Panda. McNeil also won the Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent in 1998.
McNeil was nominated for Lulu Award Lulu of the Year in 2001 and 2002, and for an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist in 2001. Finder won the Ignatz for Outstanding Series in 2004 and 2005. Her work has been nominated for Eisner Award
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
s in several categories over the years (including "Best Writer/Artist" in 2002 and 2003), and winning "Best Webcomic" for Finder in 2009.