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Centipede Writer: Robin FurthArtist: Carli IdheColors : Ronda PattisonLetters : Robbie Robbins

Womanthology created by Renae DeLiz. We can't thank her enough!

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WOMANTHOLOGY: SPACE #3. DECEMBER 2012. FIRST PRINTING. Womanthology © and ™ Womanthology, LLC 2012. © 2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea andDesign Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. Withthe 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.

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CountdownWriter: Rachel EdidinArtist: Sophia Foster-Dimino

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The Vesta Writer: Jennifer DeGuzmanArtist: Leigh DragoonLetters : Robbie Robbins

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Lily Renee: She Fought Nazis With Pen and InkWriter: Trina Robbins

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JENNIFER DE GUZMANJennifer de Guzman, world traveler and dreamcaretaker, was born during a drought-endingrainstorm in the San Francisco Bay Area. She hasworked as a professional writer and in the comicsindustry for more than a decade, spending manyof those years as editor-in-chief at SLG Publishing.In 2007, she received the Friends of Lulu Womanof Distinction Award. Currently, she is the PR andMarketing Director at Image Comics. Her comicswork can be found in two anthologies from thatpublisher, Take the Book Off the Shelf and This Is aSouvenir. She wears a portrait of Morrissey aroundher neck.

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LEIGH DRAGOONLeigh Dragoon, an instructional designer by day,writer and comics creator by night... andweekends, lunch breaks, early mornings, and whatshould be vacations. Her credits include comicscripts for Fraggle Rock and the Vampire Academygraphic novel adaptations. She lives in Sacramentowith her loving husband, a houseful of adorablecats, and three pet chickens. You can visit her blogat www.leighdragoon.com.

CARLI IHDECarli Ihde is a relatively new member of the comicbook community. A recent graduate of the KubertSchool's class of 2011, Carli has been publishedin Vertigo comics and has worked with a numberof companies as a freelance illustrator. Her workcan be found in a number of different mediumsand venues and her style changes depending onthe project. Carli is constantly trying to widen herartistic horizon with new and unique projects suchas pumpkin carving and henna tattoo design, buther true passion will always be in the art of comicbooks and sequential illustration. Carli hopes thatone day her passions will grow into a lifelongcareer that will open the door to sharing her loveof the arts with the rest of the world.

SOPHIA FOSTER-DIMINOSophia Foster-Dimino is an illustrator living in SanFrancisco with her husband, Roman. She has aBFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island Schoolof Design. Her favorite films set in outer space areMoon, Alien, and Solaris. Her favorite comic set inspace is Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library #19.

RACHEL EDIDINRachel Edidin is a writer and editor. She lives inPortland, Oregon, with her husband Miles and alumpy cat, and abuses twitter as @RaeBeta. ROBIN FURTH

Robin Furth is the coauthor of Marvel’s bestsellingDark Tower comic book series. The first twocollections,The Gunslinger Born and The Long RoadHome both won YALSA’s Great Graphic NovelAward for 2008. The Gunslinger Born was alsonominated for an Eisner and a Harvey Award. Shehas adapted Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Lords of Avalonseries into graphic novel form and has contributedto Marvel’s Legion of Monsters and to several otheranthologies. She is the author of Stephen King’s TheDark Tower: A Concordance, Volume I (nominated fora Locus Award), Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: AConcordance, Volume II, and Stephen King’s The DarkTower: The Complete Concordance, all of which grewout of her long-time work as Stephen King’sresearch assistant. As well as continuing to dofreelance work for the Master of Horror, she isfinishing up a novel.

TRINA ROBBINSAward-winning herstorian and writer Trina Robbinshas been writing books, comics, and graphic novelsfor over forty years. Her 2009 book, The BrinkleyGirls: the Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons from 1913-1940 (Fantagraphics), and her 2011 book, TarpeMills and Miss Fury, were nominated for Eisnerawards and Harvey awards. Her 2010 all-agesgraphic novel, Chicagoland Detective Agency: TheDrained Brains Caper, first in a 6-book series, was aJunior Library Guild Selection. Her graphic novel,"Lily Renee: Escape Artist," was awarded a goldmedal from Moonbeam Children’s Books and asilver medal from Sydney Taylor Awards.

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