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FEMME MAGNIFIQUE: 50 MAGNIFICENT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD. SEPTEMBER 2018. FIRST PRINTING. Copyright © 2018 by Shelly Bond, Kristy Miller, & Brian Miller. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

LEGAL CONSULTING & CONTRACTS by Lillian LasersonPROOFREAD by Arlene LoLETTERING by Aditya Bidikar COLORS by Claudia Aguirre, Jordie Bellaire, Tamra Bonvillain, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Irma Kniivila, Lee Loughridge, Fabi Marques, Rick Taylor, and Hi-FiDESIGN by Hi-Fi with Megan Hutchison and Philip BondSTORIES CURATED by Shelly Bond, Kristy Miller, and Brian Miller EDITED by Shelly Bond with Editorial Assistance by Megan Hutchison and Chase MarotzSPECIAL THANKS TO: Elsa Charretier for illustrating the Femme Magnifique cover icon.Jill Thompson for the page one painted illustration.Shawn Martinbrough for the title page illustrations.Tess Fowler for providing the main image on the front cover art.Philip Bond for wraparound cover design.

FOR HI-FI:Flats: Chris Canibano, Rebekah Cleveland, Bernie Fritts, Stephanie Letterson, Marcia Patricio, and Jana SiefkasColors: Michael Birkhofer, Owen Jollands, Brian Miller, Melinda Timpone, Sapphire Trickett, and Dustin YeeLayout & Design: Bernie Fritts and Brian MillerProduction Coordination & Accounting: Kristy Miller

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 7BY CINDY WHITEHEAD WITH ART BY RAÜL TREVIÑO

KATE BUSH story 1 9BY GAIL SIMONE & MARGUERITE SAUVAGE

MARY ANNING story 2 13BY CORINNA BECHKO & SHAWN MCMANUS

SYLVIA EARLE story 3 17BY MARIS WICKS

HILLARY CLINTON story 4 20BY KELLY SUE DECONNICK & ELSA CHARRETIER

NELLIE BLY story 5 25BY JANET HARVEY & AUD KOCH

MARGARET HAMILTON story 6 29BY ALISA KWITNEY & JAMIE COE

PEGGY GUGGENHEIM story 7 33BY STEVEN T. SEAGLE & TEDDY KRISTIANSEN

BJÖRK story 8 36BY KIERON GILLEN & ANNIE WU

MARGARET SANGER story 9 41BY LUCY KNISLEY

HATSHEPSUT story 10 45BY KRISTY MILLER & EVA CABRERA

SHIRLEY JACKSON story 11 48BY MATT WAGNER & CHRISTINE NORRIE

SALLY RIDE story 12 53BY CECIL CASTELLUCCI & PHILIP BOND

AGNESS UNDERWOOD story 13 57BY CHRISTINA RICE & JON DAVIS-HUNT

ELLEN STEWART story 14 61BY RONALD WIMBERLY

DALE MESSICK story 15 65BY PAIGE BRADDOCK

KAT BLAQUE story 16 69BY TESS FOWLER

URSULA K. LE GUIN story 17 73BY ROBIN FURTH & DEVAKI NEOGI

ABBI JACOBSON/ILANA GLAZER story 18 77BY LIZ PRINCE

MARGERY BOOTH story 19 81BY DAVID BARNETT & RACHAEL STOTT

MISTY COPELAND story 20 85BY LAUREN MOYER & CARA MCGEE

AIDA PAGE story 21 89BY IRMA PAGE & MARK BUCKINGHAM

BETH DITTO story 22 93BY LEAH MOORE & ALISON SAMPSON

ADA LOVELACE story 23 97BY MEGAN HUTCHISON

MARY BLAIR story 24 101BY CASEY GILLY & JEN HICKMAN

ROSALIND FRANKLIN story 25 105BY MIKE CAREY & EUGENIA KOUMAKI

LAURIE ANDERSON story 26 109BY PETER GROSS

JUDITH story 27 113BY MAGS VISAGGIO & BRETT PARSON

ELIZABETH CHOY story 28 117BY SONNY LIEW

CARRIE FISHER story 29 121BY ALISA KWITNEY & ALAIN MAURICET

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM story 30 125BY GIBSON TWIST & RORI!

BRENDA FASSIE story 31 129BY LAUREN BEUKES & NANNA VENTER

DIANE DI PRIMA story 32 133BY TINI HOWARD & MING DOYLE

ELLEN ARMSTRONG story 33 137BY DANI COLMAN & SARAH GORDON

MARLO THOMAS story 34 141BY DAN PARENT

LOUISE FITZHUGH story 35 145BY GILLIAN GOERZ

MARIA BONITA story 36 149BY THEDY CORRÊA & RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

ANONYMOUS story 37 153BY KARRIE FRANSMAN & ROB DAVIS

MARGARET ATWOOD story 38 157BY HOPE NICHOLSON & JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS

ROZ KAVENEY story 39 161BY LAURIE PENNY & EMMA VIECELI

MICHELLE OBAMA story 40 165BY TEE FRANKLIN & ANTONIO FUSO

HEDY LAMARR story 41 169BY GILBERT HERNANDEZ

JUDY BLUME story 42 173BY PAULA SEVENBERGEN & CLAIRE ROE

RUTH KLUGER story 43 177BY BETSY HOULTON & TYLER CROOK

KRISTY MILLER story 44 181BY BRIAN MILLER & EVA CABRERA

OCTAVIA BUTLER story 45 185BY CHE GRAYSON & JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER

ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI story 46 189BY MARGUERITE BENNETT & JEN BARTEL

JOAN OF ARC story 47 193BY GERARD WAY & MARLEY ZARCONE

RUMIKO TAKAHASHI story 48 197BY CHYNNA CLUGSTON-FLORES

CINDY WHITEHEAD story 49 201BY JIM RUGG

HARRIET TUBMAN story 50 204BY CHUCK BROWN & SANFORD GREENE

CHARACTER SKETCHES & DESIGN 208ART BY ELSA CHARRETIER, TESS FOWLER, PHILIP BOND, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, SHAWN MCMANUS & MARGUERITE SAUVAGE

WHAT DOES A FEMINIST LOOK LIKE? 214BY KRISTY MILLER WITH ART BY BRIAN MILLER

TRUST THE WITCH: WHY I LOVE LYDIA 216AN ESSAY BY CATHI UNSWORTH WITH ART BY BILLY CHAINSAW

AFTERWORD 218BY SHELLY BOND WITH ART BY LEE GARBETT

EDITOR’S BACKLOGUE 220THE KICKSTARTER STORY

PROCESS 226BY SHELLY BOND & JIM RUGG

CREATE YOUR OWN 230FEMME MAGNIFIQUE TRIBUTE

CONTRIBUTOR BIOS 232

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