Devin Grayson -- writer of comics, graphic novels, and prose novels
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Art by John Bolton, Brian Stelfreeze, Udon Studios, J.G. Jones and Carla Speed McNeil. 
Interviews, podcasts and other online musings
Below is an incomplete, growing collection of places online where I've said stuff.  
​If you're aware of something I'm missing, please feel free to contact me. Thanks!



​INTERVIEWS:

The Beat: Devin Grayson talks saving the Earth with Rewild, January 2022
     Rewild

The Comic Book Yeti: From Superspies to Fairy Tales: An Interview with Devin Grayson of Black Widow and Rewild, August 2021
    Black Widow| Yelena Belova | Origin Story | Batman | Rewild

Polygon: How Marvel’s biggest Black Widow writers got the character ready for the big time,  June 2021
     Black Widow | Yelena Belova

Comicosity: Devin Grayson on Arsenal and Lian Harper,  June 2021
     Green Arrow 80th Anniversary Special | Arsenal |  Green Arrow | Lian Harper

Newsarama: Devin Grayson returns to Black Widow Yelena Belova for Widowmakers,  November 2020
     Black Widow|Yelena Belova

Marvel.com: Writer Devin Grayson on Natasha Romanoff, Yelena Belova, and the History of 'Black Widow,'  May 2020
      Black Widow|Yelena Belova


Publishers Weekly, Black Girl Genius: Talking with Devi Grayson and Alitha Martinez,  March 2020
     Omni
   
'Omni' Interview, Previews World, July 2019
       Omni

12-Gauge Matador Interview, June 2019
      Matador CE | collaborative process | BFIAMDI* ​

Polygon Batman Interview,  March 2019   
      Batman |  comics industry/ changes in corporate comic culture
    
​The Human Trial Interview,  December 2018 
        Diabetes { Diabetes Alert Dogs | Cody
        Part 2

Comics Holky Interview, Comics Holky/Tumblr,  March 2018
          Batman | continuity | comics as literature | representation and #VisibleWoman | mentors

Raising a Rebellion in IDW’S STAR WARS FORCES OF DESTINY: HERA, StarWars.com, January 2018
          Star Wars: Forces of Destiny/ Hera

KATIE POWER Searches for the FUTURE FOUNDATION in POWER PACK #63, Newsarama, October 2017
         Power Pack

Devin Grayson on the MINE! Kickstarter for Planned Parenthood  FreakSugar, August 2017  
         MINE!, Planned Parenthood

Power Pack: The Pack is Back  Marvel.com, August 2017
          Power Pack

Devin Grayson And Marika Cresta Talk Bringing Back Power Pack In Marvel Legacy  Comicbook.com, August 2017 
          Power Pack
   
Devin Grayson Brings Vertigo's USER back online at Image  Newsarama, May 2017
          USER

Doctor Strange: The Fate of Devin Grayson, CG Magazine, 2016

          Doctor Strange novel | comics vs prose writing

Q&A with Fangirl, 2016
          Freelance writing | origin story | BFIAMDI* | diversity 

Fashionable Brainiac interview about sexism in the Comics Industry, 2015

          BFIAMDI* | writing male and female characters

The Batman Universe, 2014
          Catwoman | Titans | Batman: Gotham Knights | Nightwing | Tarantula controversy | Batwoman | Working for DC Comics

Bleeding Cool, "Nancy Collins Interviews her Co-Writers...About LoRS, 2013
          Red Sonja | writing and RPG | video game scripting vs comic scripting


Checkpoint Interviews, 2013
          Batman | researching stories | writing rituals | comic writing advice | character development

Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action, 2012

          Uglies | Womanthology | themes in writing | Nightwing | inspiration | writing: art or science?

La Bitacora de Maneco (en Español), 2012
         
Variación del cuestionario Proust (The Proust Questionnaire)

Los Informantes, Neo One on One (en Español and English), 2012
         
Historia de origen (origin story) |  inspiración (inspiration) | Escritura para cómics (writing for comics) | The Titans | Catwoman | Uglies | Argentina

The Fellowship of the Geeks, 2011
          Female and GLBTQ representation in comics | Womanthology | Uglies | Nightwing | The Tarantula controversy | Nightwing as Batman

Girls Read Comics Too, 2011
          Origin story | career development | advice

Girls Read Comics Too (with Scott Westerfeld), 2011
          Uglies

Techland/ TIME, 2009
          Kung-Foo! | MMORPGs | scripting for games vs scripting for comics

TenTonHammer.com, 2009
          Kung Foo!

CBR, "Homosexuality in Comics," panel,  2007
          Bisexuality| origin story | autobiographical anecdotes

The Comic Foundry, Shades of Grayson, 2005
          Comics industry | writing for mainstream comics | how comics are created | industry/ breaking in advice | writing mechanics - theme | writing advice

CBR, "The Nightwing Crisis," 2005
          Nightwing | Crises crossover | working for DC

Alvaro's ComicBoards.com, 2004

          Nightwing | Tarantula | War Games | working for DC Comics | the Tarantula controversy (pre-woke) | word association | msc

Fanzing, 1999
          Origin story | advice about breaking in | The Titans | Nightwing | Batman: Gotham Knights

Westfield Comics, 1999
          Black Widow | Yelena Belova| USER (then called "Mun") | Relative Heroes

ManWithoutFear.com, 1999

          Black Widow | character development


DC Fanzine: New Girl In Gotham, 1997
        Background | Batman | Nightwing | pre-woke discussion of portrayal of women in comics

Jamie Coville Blog, 1991
          Influences | message boards | Black Widow | USER | Relative Heroes

Sequential Tart (Date unknown)
          Inspiration (writers) | creative writing workshops | Batman: Gotham Knights | Relative Heroes | USER | working in the comics industry

Ladies Making Comics Profile Friday (Date Unknown)

          origin story | early career profile


COVERAGE AND REVIEWS:

Wildstorm Brought The Magic and Adventure of Everquest to Life - And it was Perfect,  CBR, December 2022

Marvel Movie Math: Comic Creators Claim it's "Bait and Switch" on Payments, The Hollywood Reporter, July 2022

DC Pride 2022 Review: DC's LGBTQ+ Celebration Makes an Electrifying and Poignant Return, comicbook.com, June 2022

Review – Strange Love Adventures #1: A Very DC Valentine. GEEKDAD, February 2022

Nightwing Let DC's Version of the Kingpin Die. screenrant, September 2021

Black Widow: Who is Yelena Belova, and why is she the next Black Widow?  SyFy Wire, July 2021

Black Widow: 3 comics to read if you want more Yelena Belova, Fansided, July 2021

Green Arrow: An Arrowverse Hero FINALLY Gets the Happiness He Deserves. CBR, July 2021

Green Arrow 80th Anniversary Special: A Boxing Glove Arrow Full of Love, COMICWATCH, July 2021

DC Round-up: A quiver full of candles for 80 years of Green Arrow, The Beat, June 2021

Berger Books brings Grayson & Adamovic’s REWILD to readers this fall, The Beat, April 2021

Rewild, Un Comic Mas, April 2021

Rewild annoucement, Publishers Weekly, April 2021

Best Marvel Comics and Graphic Novels for Fans of the MCU, Rolling Stone, January 2021

Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belove #1: Standing Apart From The Greater Flame, Monkeys Fighting Robots, November 2020

Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova #1 Review, CTG, November 2020

‘Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova,’ Issue #1, ButWhyTho podcast, November 2020


Edga Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood #2 review, AIPT, November 2020

Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood #2 is fun, surprisingly complex, Comics Bookcase, November 2020

Ahoy Comics Review: Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Blood #2, DCComicsnews.com, November 2020

Best Black Widow comics of all time, Games Radar, September 2020

Humanoids to Donate Omni Comixology Sales to Black Lives Matter,  CBR.com, August 2020

Lockdown Legends: Forces of Destiny #3, May 2020

Fabulize Blerd Womanist Review: Omni Vol 1, May 2020

The Beat, DC Round-Up: Happy 80th to the Birthday Boy (Wonder), March 2020

Humanoids' Critically Acclaimed Omni #1 Goes Back to Press, The Fanboy Factor, August 2019

8 New Comic Book Series for the End of Summer (featuring Omni), The New York Times, August 2019

Can a Story About a Serial Killer Be Beautiful? Matador is.  io9,  August 2019

'Omni' #1 review: A smart new chapter in the ongoing H1 saga, AiPT, August 2019

'Omni #1:' Advance Comic Book Review, Fanbase Press, August 2019

Marvel's OTHER Black Widow, Yelena Belova, Explained, CBR, June 2019

Gotham Calling: ‘No Man’s Land’ stories, January 2019

People to Know 2018, Diabetes Forecast, Volume 71, Issue 5, September/October 2018

Comicbook.com; 10 Reasons 'Marvel Rising: Alpha' Is an Essential New Story, June 2018

Do You Even Comic Book: Review: Marvel Rising #0, May 2018

The Marvel Report:, Review Marvel Rising #0: One for the Win Column,  April 2018

Marvel Rising #0 Review on Comics:The Gathering, April 2018

Geek Mom: IDW’s Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Are the Stories of My Girlhood Dreams, January 2018

Coffee with Kenobi: IDW Star Wars Comics Review: Star Wars: Forces of Destiny — Hera, January 2018Publisher's Weekly Fiction Book Reviews, September 2017 (USER)

‘TMNT Dimension X’ A Triumph In Weird  Monkeys Fighting Robots,  August 2017

AIPT! USER Hardcover Review, May 2017

Page 45 Comic and Graphic Novel Reviews, May 2017 (USER)

Role-Play Your Way to a Fluid USER on BIFF! BAM! POP!,  May 2017

Paste Magazine Required Reading: Comics, May 2017 (USER)

​Erased and Ignored: Dick Grayson's Rromani Identity Comes to Light, The Nerds of Color, 2017 (Nightwing)

Best Batman Comic Ever: @NerdGerhl discusses Batman: Gotham Knights on Polygon, 2016

The LA Times covers LGBTQ Diversity panels at Wondercon, April 2015

Comics Alliance, "Why is Nightwing Hot," 2015


PODCASTS:


Dark Horse Comics: Earth Day Celebration, 2022 
          Rewild

Geek Hard: Episode 608, 2022
          Rewild | Yelena Belova

Gotham Outsiders: A Batman Bookclub, 2021
          Batman | Bat-fam/Alfred | Nightwing | Tarantula controversy | Rewild

The Humanoise Podcast, Episode Three, 2020
        Omni

Dialogos de Comic 76: Devin Grayson (con subs en espanol), 2020
       Casual conversation |  comics industry |  Batman | Nightwing | Black Widow


Nightwing New #53: Nightwing #93 Discussion with Devin Grayson: 80 Years of Grayson Capes and Lunatics , 2020
       Batman | Nightwing

Paley Center, paleymatters.org: Batman Everlasting; Happy 80th Birthday to the Dark Knight, 2019
        Batman panel moderated by 
David Bushman, featuring Michael Uslan, Arlen Schumer, Brian Cronin​ and me

Attilan Rising, episode 49,  2018
        Marvel Rising |  Ember Quade | gender representation | Batman | Comicsgate | origin story | gaming | diabetic alert dogs
        (dedicated to Cody and Ozzie <3)

Drunken Dork Podcast, episode 57,  2017
         Origin 
 story | writing | Batman | Doctor Strange novel | USER | Power Pack

Women of Marvel Podcast, episode 129,  2017
          Doctor Strange novel | GraphicAudio clip | origin story/ breaking in  

Comics Shenanigans, episode 428,  2016
          Doctor Strange novel

Nuff Said Bullpen | Doctor Strange: The Fate of Dreams, 2016
          Doctor Strange novel

Before the Bat: The Gotham Podcast, 2015
          Batman | Nightwing
​

Comics Shenanigans, episode 316, 2015
          Origin story | working for DC Comics | Batman: Gotham Knights | Nightwing | The Titans

Word Balloon Comics Podcast with John Siuntres, 2014
          SuperMOOC

Jennifer "V" Doudney reads and creates a graphic presentation for an email interview, 2012


BOOKS AND PRINT:

Batman Serenata Nocturna, by David Hernando (en Español), 2014

How Geek Girls Will Rule the World, by Jennifer Thorpe-Moscon, 2013

WOMANTHOLOGY, Inside the Creator's Studio (online transcript), 2011

The Advocate, 2001

Wizard #88 (online transcript), 1998


ONLINE:


How Diabetic Alert Dogs Have Changed My Life on Healthline

Dear Devin 1: Calling Out Fiction
at 13th Dimension
                        
 Dear Devin #2: Gender in Introductions  at SuperMOOC

What I'm Reading at 13th dimension, March 2014



OTHER:

Blog Post FAQs: Yelena Belova's Sexuality

Amazon Author Page

Facebook Fan Page

CBR Top 25 Female Comic Book Writers

"What I'm Reading," at 13th Dimension, 2014

"Eve and I" (essay) at Women In Refrigerators, date unknown



     * BFIAMDI = "Being female in a male-dominated industry"
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