MORE ABOUT TANEKA
AWARDS
2020
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Nominee: Steven Universe Future – Fragments, Story by Taneka Stotts, Kate Tsang, Jack Pendarvis, Rebecca Sugar, Joseph D. Johnston, Alonso Ramirez Ramos
2019
Lambda Literary Award Best Anthology Nominee: Beyond II: The Queer Post Apocalyptic and Urban Fantasy Comic Anthology, Edited by Taneka Stotts.
2018
Will Eisner Industry Award Best Anthology Winner: ELEMENTS: Fire – A Comic Anthology By Creators of Color!, Edited by Taneka Stotts
Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medalist Winner Graphic Novel/Drawn Book – General: ELEMENTS: Fire – A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color!, Edited by Taneka Stotts
Dink Denver Small Press Nominee: ELEMENTS: Fire – A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color!, Edited by Taneka Stotts
Dink Denver Diversity Nominee: ELEMENTS: Fire – A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color!, Edited by Taneka Stotts
2017
Ignatz Winner: Outstanding Anthology for ELEMENTS: Fire A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color!, Edited by Taneka Stotts
Will Eisner Industry Award Nominee: Best Webcomic for Déjà Brew, Written and Created by Taneka Stotts
2016
bda Literary Winner: LGBT Anthology – Fiction for Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology
Ignatz Nominee: Outstanding Anthology or Collection for Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology
James Triptree Jr. Honors List: Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology
APPEARANCES
2022
Animafest Zagreb – Panel | April 4th
2021
2020
2019
USC – Women in Comics & Animation Panel | April 4th
2018
Comics Art LA – Tabling & Speaking | December 8th – 9th
11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival – Tabling & Speaking | November 3rd
Black Women Animate Boot Camp – Master Class Teacher – Cartoon Network | October 20th
Experiencing Comics Launch Party – Cellar Door Books | September 30th
SPX – Tabling at I1A & Speaking | September 15th – 16th
XOXO – Speaker | September 6th – 9th
San Diego Comic Con – Eisners & Paneling | July 20th – 22nd
Emerald City Comic Con – Tabling at P-14 | March 1st – 4th
Hillsboro Library Comic Fest – Tabling | February 24th – 25th
2017
Comics Arts LA – Exhibiting | December 9th – 10th
Rose City Comic Con – Guest & Tabling | September 8th – 10th
San Diego Comic Con – Eisner Nominee | July 20th – 23rd
WWU Queer Con – Guest & Tabling | April 29th
Queers & Comics – Panelist & Attendee | April 14th & 15th
Emerald City Comic Con – Exhibiting | March 2nd – 5th
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN – Special Guest Comics Arts Forum | Feb 2nd – 4th
NEWS
2022
05/31/22 – Taneka Stotts Dives Deep into Pinecone & Pony and Building a Truly Inclusive Creative Team – [Women Write About Comics]
05/23/22 – Why the ‘Pinecone & Pony’ Team Made Body Diversity a Pillar of the Animated Show’s Inclusive Storytelling – [The Hollywood Reporter]
05/20/22 – “Pinecone & Pony” Gives Us the Animated Queer Nonbinary Couple We’ve Been Waiting For – [Autostraddle]
05/18/22 – An Interview with Taneka Stotts, the Story Editor of ‘Pinecone & Pony’ – [Nerds That Geek]
04/14/22 – REVIEW: ‘Young Justice Phantoms,’ Episode 18 – “Beyond The Grip Of The Gods!” – [But Why Tho?]
03/17/22 – Kate Beaton’s PINECONE & PONY is going to become an animated series – [The Beat]
2021
10/19/21 – 20 Must-Read Queer Webcomics – [BOOK RIOT]
08/31/21 – LGBTQ characters of color are making animation history — but creatives of color can’t escape the industry’s discriminatory past – [Business Insider]
08/24/21 – ‘Magic: The Gathering’: Brandon Routh To Lead Voice Cast Of Netflix Animated Series – [Deadline]
08/20/21 – ‘Magic the Gathering’: Jeff Kline Leads Creative Team Of Netflix Animated Series After Russo Brothers Depart – [Deadline]
06/30/21 – Animation’s queer women, trans, and nonbinary creatives are pushing gender boundaries in kid’s cartoons their counterparts couldn’t — or wouldn’t dare – [Business Insider]
2020
06/29/20 – Sharing Stories – [TIME for Kids]
06/04/20 – 15 Black Comics Writers Whose Work You Need to Read – [CBR]
04/16/20 – Weekend Webcomics: Casual Hex, Ghost Lights & It Stems From Love Will Charm – [CBR]
02/17/20 – 12 NONBINARY WRITERS AND COMIC CREATORS CHANGING SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY – [SYFY Wire]
2019
12/21/19 – Read Taneka Stotts’ Reflections on Challenging the Status Quo of Comics – [Colorlines]
10/05/19 – NYCC ’19: The future is bright now that we know about STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE – [The Beat]
09/16/19 – Meet Taneka Stotts of Ascend Comics in Burbank – [VoyageLA]
09/06/19 – PW Star Watch 2019 Honorees – [Publishers Weekly]
08/09/19 – Crowdfunding Comics Round-Up: ELEMENTS: Earth, YOU DIED, & 3 other campaigns we love – [The Beat]
08/05/19 – ELEMENTS: Earth – A Comic Anthology By Creators of Color Launched – [Kickstarter]
Summer – Frame X Frame Taneka Stotts Gets Fired Up – [KEYFRAME The Animation Guild Quarterly]
07/30/19 – Star Watch 2019 Honorees Named – [Publishers Weekly]
06/04/19 – Interview: The Comics and Confidence of Taneka Stotts – [The MNT]
03/15/19 – INDIE COMICS SPOTLIGHT: TANEKA STOTTS IS UNAPOLOGETICALLY DEDICATED TO MARGINALIZED CREATORS – [SYFY Wire]
03/07/19 – Announcing the 2019 Lambda Literary Awards Nominations – [THEM]
2018
12/21/18 – ‘We Are Here’: Questions For Comics Creator Taneka Stotts – [NPR]
09/07/18 – Reviews ELEMENTS: Fire – [The Comics Journal]
07/21/18 – ‘Monsters,’ and ‘Monstress,’ Win Big at 2018 Eisner Awards – [Publishers Weekly]
07/21/18 – Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List – [The Hollywood Reporter]
07/17/18 – Talking Diversity with Comic Creator Taneka Stotts – [PRIDE]
04/26/18 – 2018 Eisner Awards Nominations – [Comic-Con International]
04/11/18 – 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards General Results – [Independent Publisher]
04/06/18 – DINK 2018 Nominees – [Dink Denver]
02/13/18 – “Feedback Is Not Important to Me”: An Interview with Taneka Stotts – [The Comics Journal]
02/13/18 – Announcing the nominees for the 2018 Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity – [Comics Beat]
02/03/18 – Celebrating Black Creators Day 2: Taneka Stotts – [Panel Patter]
2017
11/4/17 – Taneka Stotts On Throwing Fire And Investing In Herself – [OPB State of Wonder]
10/11/17 – BEHIND THE INK: TANEKA STOTTS AND GENUÉ REVUELTA – [Nerds of Prey]
09/22/17 – Wow! Webcomics! Review: Love Circuits by Taneka Stotts and Genué Revuelta – [POMEmag]
09/18/17 – Emil Ferris’s graphic novel ‘Monsters’ tops diverse slate of 2017 Ignatz Award winners – [Washington Post]
08/31/18 – E34: QUEERING AND MELANATING THE COMIC WORLD (W/ TANEKA STOTTS) – [Racist Sandwich]
08/17/17 – SPX Ignatz Award nominees: Books tackling bigotry top ‘the Spirit Awards of comics’ – [Washington Post]
08/07/2017 – The Comic Book Industry Officially Has No Excuse Not To Hire Women – [HUFFPOST]
07/31/2017 – We Have Voices, Too: Milkshakes with Taneka Stotts – [Women Write About Comics]
06/22/2017 – PASSION FRUIT: A QUEEROTICA ANTHOLOGY – [BOOK RIOT]
06/14/2017 – W3 THR33 by Genué Revuelta and Taneka Stotts – [The Portland Mercury]
06/01/2017 – Monster & Stotts Go Beyond Once More with New Queer Comics Anthology – [CBR]
05/13/2017 – Review of Elements: Fire Anthology – [TheBlerdGirl]
05/02/2017 – THE 2017 EISNER AWARD NOMINEES – [icv2]
04/07/2017 – Two new superb indie offerings highlight the power of—and need for—marginalized voices in comics – [A.V. CLUB]
04/07/2017 – With Afar, Image Comics makes a major play for the YA graphic novel market – [A.V. CLUB]
2016
12/29/2016 – Black Comics Creators Fund Diversity on Kickstarter – [Publishers Weekly]
08/18/2016 – Small Press Expo: Clowes, Tomine and Walden among leading 2016 SPX Ignatz Award nominees – [Washington Post]
08/08/2016 – Taneka Stotts’ ‘Elements’ is a comic anthology by creators of color – [Blavity]
07/26/2016 – Taneka Stotts & Sara DuVall Conjure Reflections on Race, Queerness and Coffee Shop Magic in Deja Brew – [PASTE Magazine]
07/10/2016 – BGN #81 | Elements, Bad Dad Rehab and Cell! – [Black Girl Nerds]
07/02/2016 – The ELEMENTS: Fire Anthology is LIVE on Kickstarter! – [Black Girl Nerds]
07/01/2016 – Editor Taneka Stotts Brings the Fire to ‘Elements’ – [Comics Alliance]
03/04/2016 – Weekender: Small Press Day, Ron Wimberley and ‘Full Circle’ – [Comics Alliance]
2015
10/06/2015 – Drawn to Comics: ‘Beyond’ Anthology is Packed Full of Terrific Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy – [AutoStraddle]
07/15/2015 – The Harpy Agenda Amplifies Diverse Intersectional Voices in Comics – [Comics Alliance]
04/27/2015 – Queerness Without Question: Sfe Monster Brings the ‘Beyond’ Anthology to Kickstarter – [Comics Alliance]
04/02/2015 – Help Bring This Queer Science Fiction Comics Anthology To Life – [io9]
03/25/2015 – Your Brief And Wondrous Guide To Contemporary Queer Comics – [HUFFPOST]