Valerie D'Orazio (born February 23, 1974) is an
American comic book writer
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In comics, a script may be preceded by a plot outline, and ...
and
editor.
Career
D'Orazio was hired as assistant editor at
Acclaim in 1997. She joined the Creative Services Department at
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
in 2000. In 2002, she became assistant editor to Editorial Art Director
Mark Chiarello on titles such as ''Aquaman'', ''Batman: Black and White'', and ''JLA''.
After leaving DC in 2004, D'Orazio began a career as a
blog
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ger under a variety of pseudonyms. In 2006, she wrote an autobiographical series about her experiences with
sexism
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in the
American comic book industry, fandom and her health struggles entitled ''Goodbye to Comics''.
D'Orazio wrote three stories for Marvel Comics: ''Punisher MAX: Butterfly'', ''X-Men Origins: Emma Frost'' and a short story for ''Girl Comics (mini-series)''. She also wrote two stories for Bluewater Comics: ''Beyond: Edward Snowden'', and ''Beyond: The Joker: The Man Who Laughs''.
From 2010 to 2013, she was the editor of
MTV.com subsidiary MTV Geek.
D'Orazio was President of
Friends of Lulu
Friends of Lulu was a non-profit, national charitable organization in the United States, which operated from 1994–2011 to promote readership of comic books by women and the participation of women in the comic book industry.
Membership was op ...
, a non-profit organization that promoted women comic book creators and readers. She served from 2007-2010, after which the group was disbanded.
She was married to comic book writer
David Gallaher
David Matthew Gallaher (born June 5, 1975, in Honolulu) is an American video game writer, graphic novelist, podcaster and editor, known primarily for his work in comics and video games: ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint'', '' Vampire: The Mas ...
.
See also
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List of women comics writers and artists
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List of American comics creators
This is a list of American comics creators. Although comics have different formats, this list covers creators of comic books, graphic novels and comic strips, along with early innovators. The list presents authors with the United States as their c ...
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American bloggers
Comics critics
Female comics writers
Living people
Valiant Comics
Place of birth missing (living people)
American women bloggers
American comics writers
American writers of Italian descent
1974 births
21st-century American women