- Kim Yale
Kim Yale (
November 22 ,1953 ["Comics Buyers Guide " #1636 (December 2007); Page 135] -March 7 ,1997 "The Virginian-Pilot ",March 10 ,1997 ] ) was an American writer and editor ofcomic book s for multiple comic book companies, includingMarvel Comics ,DC Comics ,First Comics andWarp Graphics .Yale was born in
Evanston ,Illinois to the Reverend Richard A. Yale and Theresa Yale. Her father was a Navy chaplain and for numerous years, she and her family moved from various locations in the United States and also abroad before resettling again in Evanston during her teenage years.She married fellow comics creator, and frequent collaborator,
John Ostrander in 1987. They moved toMorris County in 1993. Yale and Ostrander were associated with developing the character ofBarbara Gordon into Oracle, and wrote her origin story in the limited series, "Oracle: Year One". [ [http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/06/19/comic-reality-bytes-by-john-ostrander/ Comic Reality Bytes] , John Ostrander, June 19, 2008.]She was also heavily involved with the
Friends of Lulu , working as a member of the board, an organization promoting women in comics. Yale also penned an ongoing column in the "Comics Buyers Guide ", in which she detailed her battle against breast cancer. The award for the Best New Female Comics Creator has been named in her honor.Yale died of
breast cancer in 1997, aged 43.References
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