Our Lady Maven
by Emily Crose & Sarah Allen Reed
Paris, 1944. Anna Leavenworth, a spy for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), has just been re-assigned. Will she survive the twists and turns of a brutal war?
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Story
Our Lady Maven is the first in a series of books threading thematic elements through the early, mid, and lateWith a high attention to historic detail both in terms of story and art elements (as well as genuine queer representation) Our Lady Maven spins an exciting fictional narrative without completely rewriting history.
Many of the dates have even been kept intact in order to keep the plot grounded in truth, even when the story deviates from a factual historical account of the war.
Drawing on the true life story of legendary allied spies & saboteurs, Our Lady Maven examines the events leading up to the foundation of modern geopolitics. Just like in the real world, not all is as it seems at first glance in the world of Our Lady Maven.
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Bios
Author: Emily Crose (Twitter: @hexadecim8)
Emily Crose has 6 years experience writing essays and technical blog posts professionally. She spent 7 years working for the US Intelligence Community for agencies including US Army INSCOM, National Security Agency (NSA), and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). She is currently featured in two cyber security exhibits at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC, and spends her days working for a startup company in industrial cyber security.
Illustrator: Sarah Allen Reed (Twitter: @sarahallenreed)
Sarah Allen Reed is a cartoonist and illustrator with over ten years of sequential art and illustration experience under her belt. She is the cartoonist behind Tabula Rosetta (BLACKWORK.), The Grizzly: Private Eye (Bear Creek Press), and many others, and currently works providing illustrations and cover art for multiple record labels, publishers, and magazines, including Hexagon Magazine, Fableglade Records, Malarkey Books, Tridroid Records, Bear Creek Gazette, The Color Of Always, and many more. She is also a member of the Graphic Artists Guild, and her work can be found in the permanent collection of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus and the Butler Library in New York. You can view her portfolio at http://sarahallenreed.com
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Stretch Goals
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Timeline
We are using this campaign to fund the illustration work and other production costs. Issue 1 is expected to be completed by mid-October 2022 at the latest and will be delivered to digital backers the second it is completed and to print backers before mid-November 2022 at the latest. All add-ons will be shipped with the comic.
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