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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 WinnerELEMENTS: 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 NomineeELEMENTS: Fire – A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color!, Edited by Taneka Stotts

Dink Denver Diversity NomineeELEMENTS: 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]