Valerie D'Orazio

Valerie D'Orazio
D'Orazio at the Big Apple Con, November 15, 2008.
Born	Valerie D'Orazio
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Assistant Editor, Blogger, Writer, Film maker
Pseudonym(s)	Val Occasional Superheroine Kamikaze Girl The Video Store Girl
Notable works	Occasional Superheroine

Valerie D'Orazio is an American comic book writer and editor.

She formerly worked as an assistant editor at Acclaim and DC Comics. At Acclaim Comics she helped edit Shadowman and Magnus Robot Fighter and at DC Comics she assisted on such titles as Justice League of America and Identity Crisis.

D'Orazio has also worked as President of Friends of Lulu, a charitable organization that works to promote females in the comic book industry and its readership.

Career

After her two and a half year stint with Acclaim Entertainment under the direction of editors such as Madeleine Robins, Evan Skolnick, and Fabian Nicieza, D'Orazio joined the DC Comics staff in 2000 as Coordinator in their Creative Services department. In March 2002,^[1] she was promoted to assistant editor for Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello.

After leaving DC, D'Orazio began a career as a writer and blogger with a regular feature at Silver Bullet Comics, entitled Kamikaze Girl. Shortly thereafter, she began her own blog, Occasional Superheroine.

In November 2006, she erased the former contents of her blog on comics and began posting a biographical story of her experiences as a female fan of the superhero genre and her work in the industry entitled Goodbye to Comics.^[2] Her story includes many references to sexism in the American comic book industry as well as tales of struggles with her health.^{[citation needed]}

D'Orazio's blog was widely commented on and discussed in publications and forums related to comic book criticism.^[3][4][5]

She is also developing a creator-owned title called Vamptopia, an "Anne Rice meets Quentin Tarantino meets Kurt Vonnegut Jr."^[6] story which she is looking to adapt into various multi-media. D'Orazio is also involved in film, and has had her piece "Fathom" displayed at the Invisible Film Series hosted by New Vision Cinema and the Millennium Film Workshop. In July 2007,^[7] she was announced as the co-host and videocaster for New Rage Order for Comic-Con International.

D'Orazio, along with her husband David Gallaher, was interviewed by Shari Goldhagen for Penthouse magazine.^[8]

She is now the editor of MTV.com subsidiary MTV Geek.^[9]

Charity work

In September 2007, D'Orazio was named national president of the Friends of Lulu organization.^[10]

Bibliography

Acclaim Comics

• The Tick - A World Full of Pain(t), (assistant editor)
• Darque Passages, (assistant editor)
• Shadowman, (assistant editor)
• Magnus: Robot Fighter, (assistant editor)

DC Comics

• Aquaman, 4th Series - Ongoing Series, #1-4 (assistant editor)
• Catwoman: Selina's Big Score, (assistant editor)
• Batman: Black and White, Volume II, (assistant editor)
• The New Frontier - Limited Series, #1-6 (assistant editor)
• Identity Crisis - Limited Series, (assistant editor)
• JLA - Ongoing Series, #91-99 (assistant editor)
• JLA: Scary Monsters - Limited Series, #1-6 (assistant editor)
• JSA: All Stars - Limited Series, (assistant editor)
• Justice League Elite - Limited Series, (assistant editor)
• Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, (editor)
• Rose and Thorn, (assistant editor)
• Hawkman, (assistant editor)

Marvel Comics

• Punisher MAX: Butterfly (one-shot)
• X-Men Origins: Emma Frost (one-shot)
• Girl Comics (mini-series)

See also

• List of women comics writers and artists
• List of American comics creators

Notes

1. ^ "DC hires online editor, promotes two from within" (Press release). Comic Book Resources. March 26, 2002. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=988. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 
2. ^ "Goodbye to Comics". Occasional Superheroine. http://occasionalsuperheroine.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_occasionalsuperheroine_archive.html. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 
3. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (November 30, 2006). "Women in Comics". The Beat. Publishers Weekly. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/11/30/women-in-comics/. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 
4. ^ "Occasional Superheroine vs. DC Comics". Message Board. The Comics Journal. http://www.tcj.com/messboard/viewtopic.php?t=852. Retrieved 2007-05-29. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "More Than Occasionally Super, Perhaps". Blog@. Newsarama. http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/11/24/more-than-occasionally-super-perhaps/. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 
6. ^ Marnell, Blair. "The Future is Now". All The Rage. Comics Bulletin. http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/rage/11519999044950.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 
7. ^ "Sometimes the Biggest Fanboy is A Fangirl". New Rage Order. http://www.newrageorder.com/?p=182. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 
8. ^ Shari Goldhagen (June 19, 2009). "Geek Love". Penthouse. http://penthousemagazine.com/features/geek-love/. 
9. ^ http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/04/25/mtv-geek-editor-valerie-d%E2%80%99orazio-and-comic-scribe-david-gallaher-tie-the-knot/
10. ^ Friends of Lulu (2008). "Friends of Lulu's 2008 Board of Directors". Friends of Lulu. http://www.friends-lulu.org/board.php. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 

References

• Valerie D'Orazio at the Grand Comics Database
• Valerie D'Orazio at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Official website

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