‘DC Pride 2022 Preview’: Artwork Revealed
by Olly MacNamee
Up until now we’ve only had a few details revealed for this year’s DC Pride 2022 one-shot, such as the creative teams and variant covers. But, today DC Comics reveals some key artwork from this summer special:
“Representation is something that so many take for granted. But as queer people, we have always understood not only its necessity, but its power. Seeing yourself in the media you consume is validating in a way that says, “You are not alone.”
Seeing yourself in comic books, though, in your favorite superheroes, is especially powerful. It tells us that not only are there other people like us out there (something that this young trans girl growing up in rural Maine desperately needed), but that they stand alongside the very best of us.
They are the best of us.
Superheroes set the bar and they set it high. Because if you can be a superhero, you can be anything. And superheroes are categorized as such not due to their superhuman abilities, extraterrestrial origins, or truly fabulous fashion choices. They are superheroes because they stand up for what is right against any odds.
It is their courage that sets them apart.” —Nicole Maines, DC Pride 2022
The DC Pride 2022 creative teams will include:
- “Super Pride” by Devin Grayson, Nick Robles, Triona Farrell and Aditya Bidikar
- “Confessions” by Stephanie Williams, Meghan Hetrick, Marissa Louise and Ariana Maher
- “Special Delivery” by Travis Moore, Enrica Eren Angiolini and Ariana Maher
- “Are You Ready for This?” by Danny Lore & Ivan Cohen, Brittney Williams, Enrica Eren Angiolini and Ariana Maher
- “A World Kept Just For Me” by Alyssa Wong, W. Scott Forbes and Ariana Maher
- “The Gumshoe in Green” by Tini Howard, Evan Cagle and Lucas Gattoni
- “Think of Me” by Ted Brandt & Ro Stein and Frank Cvetkovic
- “Public Display of the Electromagnetic Spectrum” by Greg Lockard, Giulio Macaione and Aditya Bidikar
- “The Hunt” by Dani Fernandez, Zoe Thorogood, Jeremy Lawson and Aditya Bidikar
- “Bat’s in the Cradle” by Stephanie Philips, Samantha Dodge, Marissa Louise and Lucas Gattoni
- “Up at Bat” by Jadzia Axelrod, Lynne Yoshii, Tamra Bonvillain and Ariana Maher
- and “Finding Batman,” a personal story by Kevin Conroy with art by J.Bone and Aditya Bidikar
