Meet Your Wonder Woman Judges!

The Wonder Woman winner and finalists are just around the corner, but before we make that announcement, I'd like to introduce everyone to our guest-judges: the crew from Girls Read Comics! They have been fantastic to us over the course of this contest, so get to know them, please thank them in the comments, and be sure to bookmark GRC! We'll be back in a couple of days with the winner and runners up, and our thoughts on the submissions.

My name’s Chantaal, and I’m a girl (woman, really) who reads comics. Surprise!

I’m 26 and live in southern California. I’ve made mine Marvel for years, but am finally beginning to branch out. My top five heroes are Siryn, Ms Marvel, Wonder Woman, Wiccan and Batgirl (Steph). My favorite artists are Mike Choi, Amanda Conner, Colleen Coover, Emanuela Lupacchino, Dennis Calero, Mark Brooks and Adi Granov, colorists are Christina Strain and Sonia Oback, and writers are Peter David, Allan Heinberg, Jimmy Palmiotti, Brian K. Vaughan, Marjorie Liu, Gail Simone and Bryan Miller. My favorite titles at the moment are X-Factor, X-Men Legacy, Secret Avengers, Young Avengers, The Walking Dead, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman, Secret Six, Batgirl and I Zombie.

Hey there. I’m Dee, and like Chantaal, I’m also a girl (well, woman) who reads comics. I’m 35 and a Canadian in the lovely land that is Oz - Sydney to be specific.

I’ve been reading comics most of my life, since I was about 8 years old and my brother handed me his Kitty Pryde/Wolverine limited series to shut me the hell up.  Since then I’ve read most things I could get my hands on.  I wanted to grow up to be Shadowcat or Mockingbird.  I used to be a wholly Marvel girl, but over the years independent and smaller press books have made it onto my pull list, and a few years ago I crossed sides and started reading DC.

I like a lot of things, but if it’s written by Simone, Palmiotti, Gray, Ellis, Ennis, Vaughan or Rucka I will give it a chance.  If it’s drawn by Amanda Conner, Nicola Scott, Darwyn Cooke, or JH Williams, same.  I like genre books more than I like superhero books these days, but there are still some great hero books coming out.

I’m Angel and I’m a 27 year old everything-nerd living in the southern United States, though I love Southern California enough that I visit it at least bi-annually. I didn’t start reading comics until I was in high school, so I’m likely a bit behind the other ladies here, but my main love is Marvel, and I tend to keep up with X-Force, X-Factor and pretty much any title X-23 is in, these days. I’d gladly follow Peter David onto the surface of the sun, and I want to wallpaper my walls with Mike Choi art.

Salut! I’m Lina and at 24, I’m the baby of this group. A pop culture addict with a willingness to try everything at least once, I find enjoyment in both the high- and low-brow things (from soap operas to actual operas, I’m there). Presently residing in Chicago, I have a strange addiction to go pretty much anywhere (road trips are my favorite).

A Marvel fan since I was about seven (the X-Men comics were used to ply me away from the cheesy Marvel cartoons and Doctor Who reruns of my youth), I am returning to a love of DC as well. With a preference for Mockingbird and the Black Cat (and I love Wanda and Squirrel Girl) from Marvel and a deep affection for Supergirl in DC, I love girls who sometimes do bad things. I have recently started to develop a deep affection for a few IDW Publishing titles and I love to read an independent comic whenever I can get my hands on them.

My name is Ashley, otherwise known as Smash. And I am 24 (almost 25). I live in the boonies of New Jersey where I have pantsless adventures and enjoy the world of comics and all things nerdy.

I started reading comics about 5 years ago and I’ve never looked back. The first book I read was Walking Dead and I fell in love with the medium. My favorite heroes constantly change. I am a DC girl at heart but currently branching out into more indie books. I am willing to give almost anything a shot, if I don’t like it…I’ll tell you. One of my favorite books that I’ve read recently was I Kill Giants. I will always have a spot in my heart for Wonder Woman though. I mean, c’mon! What little girl didn’t want to be her?!