Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the
minicomic, Girlhero, which won her a
Xeric Foundation grant in 1993.[2] She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother.[3] In 2004, she was the editor of the female cartoonist anthology, Scheherazade: Stories of Love, Treachery, Mothers, and Monsters (published by
Soft Skull Press). This anthology showcases the work of 23 major female graphic novelists of the time, including veteran and emergent graphic novelists.[4][5]
Among many other publications, Kelso had a story (which she co-created with
Ron Rege) in SPX 2004, the annual anthology published by
Small Press Expo (SPX). Kelso has also created work for several magazines, including the now-defunct
Tower Records'
Pulse Magazine.[8]
She received two
Ignatz Awards in 2002, for Outstanding Artist (for Artichoke Tales #1 and her story in Non #5) and Outstanding Minicomic (for Artichoke Tales #1).[9]
Kelso has develop and led a workshop, "Comics for Writers," at various events, including the 2014 Seattle Graphic Novel Panel, hosted by the
Graphic Artists Guild and sponsored by
Fantagraphics.[10]
Selected bibliography
The Squirrel Mother: Stories (2006), Fantagraphics Books[11]
^Groth, Gary (13 February 2013).
"The Megan Kelso Interview". The Comics Journal.
Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^Collins, Sean T. (14 November 2011).
"Queen of the Black Black". The Comics Journal.
Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.