Womanthology
Thanks to Kickstarter, and of course all of the humans surrounding the project, $109,000 was raised in order for this anthology graphic novel to see print. What is it exactly? Well, according to the official site, Womanthology is an anthology graphic novel created entirely by women for Charity, the purpose of which is to showcase the works of female creators of every age and experience levels.
I definitely backed this. It's not brand-spanking-new news that there are so few women working in mainstream comics. Fine. But, girls who are interested in comics and the like should know of and have access to things like this. It allows for inspiration. They see someone like them doing it and they get the confidence to realize their own potential.
I saw a lot, read a lot, heard a lot, and ate a lot of stuff this year, but nothing felt bigger than this. Heck, even I got into it and donated the second I found out about it (thanks, Twitter!). Got myself a sketchbook. And, the opportunity to buy this book at Amazon. That's pretty great to me.
