Comic Book and Animation Series Concept

“see things from a different point of view”

Women have higher college graduation rates

compared to men

Men disproportionately outnumber women in the number of STEM

degrees received

In 2008 only 21% of women received

degrees in computer science

2004 approximately 192,900 female engineers in the US compared to 1,515,000 men

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In 1999 women made up 1/4 of all engineers

under 25

In 1999 women made up 1/20 of all engineers

over 49

In 2 states, NO girls took AP Computer Science last year

In 2003 approximately 20% of new engineers were women, compared

with about 80% of men

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80%

Women have majored in engineering

programs at lower rates than men

Why?

Traditional “male breadwinner”

model

Socialized early in their childhoods, girls are raised

where science, engineering, and mathematics are promoted as

“male professions”

Media rarely profiles prominent female engineers

How can we change?

Girls need more role models

Women with one or two engineering parents are said to

be more likely to major in engineering

Encouragement from teachers, counselors, administrators have

positive impact

Grade school involvement and exposure is critical

Social changes are needed to support female engineers

What do executives say?

we need & want more woman in tech...

…enter…

A kid-focused comic book and animation series about

Ella…a coder

Ella uses her engineering smarts to solve everyday

problems

Each episode supports the concept of software

engineering through problem solving techniques

At the end of each episode, kids learn how to do a simple coding challenge and go offline to a website and/or app to see

the results

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Anthony Onesto, Founder, Executive Producer - Anthony created the Ella the Engineer concept and executive produced the series, has a degree in accounting and has been involved in early entrepreneurial/high growth startups, software companies and social/digital marketing and consulting with Razorfish. !Bobby Timony, Artist - New Jersey born artist, Bobby has been writing and illustrating comics and drawing storyboards for over a decade. Bobby’s career in professional art started with some of America’s top advertising agencies – including Bates Advertising, JWT, and BBDO, where he drafted storyboards for M&M, Campbell’s Soup, and Gillette. In 2007, Bobby, along with his collaborator and twin brother Peter, debuted his paranormal detective webseries “The Night Owls” with DC Comics. In 2009, “The Night Owls” was nominated for multiple Harvey Awards for Best New Series and Best Online Series, and earned Bobby a nomination as the Best New Talent. When the print edition of “The Night Owls” debuted in 2010, the book received a Lulu nomination for Best Female Character and a a Cybil Award nomination for best Young Adult Graphic Novel. His work has been featured on MTV, Comic News Insider, Publishers’ Weekly, and The Examiner. Most recently Bobby has been hard at work on his own comics like Goblin Hood and The Horror Lovers on Comixology and Detectobot at Monkeybrain. !Valerie D'Orazio, Writer - Valerie is a comic book writer and editor who has worked for Marvel, DC, IDW, MTV, Valiant, BOOM!, Bluewater Productions, and Kymera Press. She’s been interviewed by Newsweek, CNN, MSNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, CNET, USA Today, The New York Post, CTV, and The New York Daily News. She most recently successfully received funding on Kickstarter for the comic book “The Horror Lovers." !Ron Perazza, Producer - Ron is a creative jack of all trades; a professional a writer, artist, editor, creative director, game designer (and more) with nearly twenty years of experience developing creative projects in the comic book industry. With Marvel Comics he co-created and managed the companies largest collectible card game, oversaw the development of their digital comics program, and pioneered “adaptive audio” digital storytelling. While overseeing DC Comics’ digital business he founded and ran their first ever digital publishing imprint - ZUDA Comics - winning both critical acclaim and industry awards. Ron sits on the Editorial Advisory board for The Comics Grid, an open access, peer reviewed academic journal for comics scholarship, is the co-founder of Comic Book Think Tank, a creative forum for experimentation with digital storytelling, and the founder of Union Combine, a digital publishing imprint specializing in progressive genre fiction. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and children.

The Ella Hackers

Looking for sponsorships, media connections, funding and good karma.

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Contact: !

Anthony L. Onesto aonesto@gmail.com

347.744.9070 !

A dad with two girls (and a son) who would like to help drive more interest in coding for young kids.

*Ella and all characters, concepts, stories, etc are wholly owned by Verrazano Ventures, LLC.