Thursday, June 12, 2014

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Festival of Words to feature graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks

By Lisa Goudy


If Hollywood action heroes like Indiana Jones were female, Faith Erin Hicks would be over the moon.

“I’m a nerd … I really like Star Trek. I really like action movies. I like Indiana Jones. I really like science fiction and I looked at a lot of that stuff and I thought it would be so much better if Indiana Jones were a girl," she said.

“It would be so much better if there was a genre of stories with female characters in them. So, a lot of the stories that I write and draw now kind of come from that and comes from my desire to see myself reflected in the genre that I enjoy.”

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