Table of Contents

A Certain Kind of Story by Molly Ostertag

Let Me Do It by Sara Goetter

Choose Your Own Adventure by Rachel Ordway

Better Together by Hazel Newlevant

Reticulating Splines by Amanda Scurti

Poppy the Gnome and Friends! by Katie Longua

Tales of the Crystals written by anna anthropy, illustrated by Jeremy Boydell

Gamer Grrrl written by Kae Kelly-Colon, illustrated by June Vigants

Pocket Worlds by Anna Rose

Boy or Girl? by Kori Michele Handwerker

Delicious Escapism by Sarah Winifred Searle

Battle for Amtgard by Maggie Siegel-Berele

LAIR by Natalie Dupille

Girls Who Are Boys by MK Reed

Here Comes a New Challenger by Kinoko Evans

Pretty Paladin Critical Missy by Becca Hillburn

Rush of Blood by Hazel Newlevant

Three Weekends a Year by Kate Craig

I Choose You written by merritt kopas, illustrated by Mia Schwartz

Absolute Dominion by Diana Nock

A Kind of Magic by Liane Pyper

The Natural by Sarah Stern

She’s the Backbone of This Facility by Laura Lannes

Memoir of a Part-Time Knight by Yao Xiao

Project White Mage by Sera Stanton

Connections by Caitlin Rose Boyle

Dream Suite by Megan Brennan

Life +1 by Buntoo

Hang In There, Peach by Aatmaja Pandya

Manic Pixel Dream Girl Gaiden: Guitar Heroine by Elizabeth Simins

Ikachan by Jane Mai

Slinging Cardboard by Sophie Yanow

Stand-Ins by Annie Mok

Achievement Unlocked by Jade F. Lee

Hermia by Miranda Harmon

Pocket by Carey Pietsch

Promotional Information

-National Print Campaign:
Women's interest: Bitch, Bust, Ms. Magazine, make/shift, Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Nylon

Gamer interest: Game Informer, WIRED, Indie Game Magazine, PC Gamer

LGBT interest: Curve, Out, The Advocate, She

NY interest: Village Voice, New York Magazine, Time Out NY, The L Magazine

General interest: The Believer, Bookforum, Bomb, The Atlantic, The NY Times, NYTBR, LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, People Mag, The Oregonion, The Miami Herald, Harper's, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun, Minneapolis Str Tribune, Washington Post, Village Voice, Vanity Fair, AP, NY Mag, PaperMag

Trades: Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, Library Journal, School Library Journal

-Online & Social Media Campaign:
Pitch interviews and reviews to: The Rumpus, The AV Club, Vice Motherboard, Paste, Kotaku, GameSpot, IGN, PC Gamer, Polygon, Joystiq, Newsarama, Comic Book Resources, The Comics Journal, Bleeding Cool, The Mary Sue, Jezebel, xojane.com, Autostraddle, Ladygunn, Flavorwire, New Yorker's Book Bench, Bookslut, Shelf Awareness, Goodreads, The Awl, The Hairpin, Slate, Daily Beast's Book Bag

-Promote on social media: Editor Hazel Newlevant has over 1,000 followers on Tumblr and over 500 on Twitter
Chainmail Bikini contributors have a combined number of over 73,000

-General E-book plan: release digital comics through ComiXology, Iverse, Google Books

-General Tour Info: The editor will be speaking at colleges and selling Chainmail Bikini at comics and gaming conventions around the country.

-Excerpts: Excerpts have been published on BoingBoing and Autostraddle

About the Author

Hazel Newlevant: Hazel Newlevant is a cartoonist living in Queens, NY. Her comic Ci Vediamo was awarded a Xeric Grant, and her graphic novel If This Be Sin was awarded the 2013 Prism Comics Queer Press Grant. Sophie Yanow: Sophie Yanow has been an artist in residence at La Maison de la Bande Dessinee, and the fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Her comic War of Streets and Houses was nominated for the Doug Wright Spotlight Award and the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel. Jane Mai: Jane Mai is a freelance illustrator and comic artist from Brooklyn, New York. Her work has appeared in several anthologies and self-published zines. Her comics Sunday in the Park with Boys and See You Next Tuesday are published by Koyama Press. Molly Ostertag: Molly Ostertag graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2014. She makes comics with a focus on powerful women of all kinds, and draws the webcomic Strong Female Protagonist. Her work has received an SVA Alumni Society grant.? MK Reed: MK Reed is the author of Americus & The Cute Girl Network , from First Second. Americus was the winner of NAIBA's 2012 Carla Cohen Free Speech Award, and was a 2011 American Booksellers for Children's New Voices title. The first chapter was nominated for an Ignatz for Outstanding Story in 2008.

Reviews

"Debut editor Newlevant brings obscured voices to the fore in this groundbreaking reflection on what promises to be the century's defining art form." -- Publishers Weekly "One of the best queer inclusive feminist books currently on the market." -- Calliope Jennings, B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog "Definitely great for fans of comics like In Real Life. I'd recommend checking it out." -- Kimber Vale, The Book Ramble "Like a well-designed game, Chainmail Bikini sets forth a straightforward premise and then challenges as it delights, capturing your imagination and before you know it, you'll find yourself invested in it."--My Entertainment World "Whether you're a hardcore gamer who wants to see stories by others who share your passion [or] a comics lover who wants to see a wide variety of excellent comics from a wide variety of talented creators ... this is a book that you'll enjoy, treasure and be able to return to over and over again. -- Autostraddle "... Even as a non-gamer, I found a number of thought-provoking concepts presented, most revolving around the idea of using imagination to reinvent oneself, of fantasy as a valuable tool for change or discovery." -- Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading "I can say having read many anthologies ... this is one of the best curated ones I've read. It feels balanced and diverse, opening its doors to so many perspectives yet never feeling like a madhouse of whatever is out there." -- Justin Wood, Comic Bastards "If you have a chance to get your hands on a copy somehow, I highly recommend you get it and experience this beautiful piece for yourselves." - That One Comic Guy "Overall, this anthology is pretty solid." -- Sarah Richardson, Women Write About Comics