Chainmail Bikini
Chainmail Bikini is an anthology of comics by women and nonbinary people about gaming! 40 cartoonists have contributed comics about the games they’re passionate about—from video games to table-top role-playing to collectible card games. The comics in Chainmail Bikini explore the real-life impact of entering a fantasy world, how games can connect us with each other and teach us about ourselves.
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.
Chainmail Bikini is edited by Hazel Newlevant (If This Be Sin), and features a cover illustration by Hellen Jo and comics by:
- Amanda Scurti (Hey, Jana J!)
- Aatmaja Pandya (Travelogue)
- anna anthropy (Rise of the Video Game Zinesters)
- Anna Rose (Strange Paradise)
- Annie Mok (Rookie Magazine)
- Becca Hillburn (7" Kara)
- Buntoo (Q*Star)
- Caitlin Rose Boyle (An Itty Bitty Summoning)
- Carey Peitsch (The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins)
- Diana Nock (Wonderlust)
- Elizabeth Simins (Bad at Games)
- Hazel Newlevant (Sugar Town)
- Jade F. Lee (Lacrimancer)
- Jane Mai (Sunday in the Park with Boys)
- Remy Boydell (The Pervert)
- Jude Vigants (Benny & Fritz)
- Kae Kelly-Colon (Make Your Death)
- Kate Craig (Heart of Ice)
- Katie Longua (Munchies)
- Kristine "Kinoko" Evans (The Epic of Gilgamesh)
- Kori Michele Handwerker (Prince of Cats webcomic)
- Laura Lannes (The Basil Plant)
- Liane Pyper
- Maggie Siegel-Berele (Jesus Loves Lesbians, Too)
- Megan Brennan (Pencil Pup)
- merritt kopas (Videogames For Humans)
- Mia Schwartz (We Know The Devil)
- Miranda Harmon (System Upgrade)
- MK Reed (The Cute Girl Network)
- Molly Ostertag (The Witch Boy)
- Natalie Dupille (The Feminist Bakery)
- Rachel Ordway (Art School Adventures)
- Sara Goetter (Boozle)
- Sarah Stern (Game Boss)
- Sarah Winifred Searle (Drawing Conclusions)
- Sera Stanton (Temi)
- Sophie Yanow (The War of Streets and Houses)
- Yao Xiao (Baopu)