Comic Book Girl 19

Comic Book Girl 19
Born Danika Lee Massey[1]
Nationality United States
Occupation YouTube personality

Danika Lee Massey,[1] also known as Comic Book Girl 19 or CBG19, is an internet celebrity known for her commentaries on comics, films, books, and television shows.[2] She hosts videos on a YouTube channel. She has a degree in sequential art from the Savannah College of Art and Design.[3]

Comic Book Girl 19 became popular on the web in 2013. This followed after a five year period of working as a tattoo artist.[4] As of October 2016, her YouTube channel had over 39 million views and over 520,000 subscribers.[5] Some of her most popular videos are commentaries on the film Prometheus, the television series Game of Thrones, and the documentary series Epic History X-Men. Some videos delve into the background of various popular culture myths and explore special effects in movies. In 2013, she interviewed Alec Gillis of Amalgamated Dynamics, a special effects company that specializes in animatronics and prosthetic makeup.[6] CBG19 occasionally co-presents with "Robot",[7] a humanoid 50's Sci-Fi inspired Robotic character with the personality of an angry teenager, and "Space Brain", a floating 50's Sci-Fi inspired alien creature. The CBG19 videos are directed and edited by Tyson Wheeler whose creative partnership is referred to as "Team 19" or "Team 19 Productions".[3]

Comic Book Girl 19 has contributed reviews of various comics to DC All Access.[8] She has also appeared on The Jace Hall Show's Lounge Live,[9] Geek and Sundry,[10] and Chaotic Awesome,[11] sharing her views on pop culture and comics. She posed for the artist Daniel Dos Santos in a photo shoot for the cover of Diana Rowland's novel White Trash Zombie Apocalypse[12][13] and was featured on Gizmodo for winning "Best in Show" for her RoboCop costume at Dragon Con.[14] She has been featured in Variety[2] and Cosmopolitan.[15] She has spoken at TEDx Claremont Colleges on the value of using fictional characters for empowerment.[16] [17]

CBG19 has said her pseudonym is connected to the 19th card of the Major Arcana of the Tarot, which is The Sun.[18] Interviewed by HelloGiggles in 2014, Massey said that her use of the number is related to Stephen King's The Dark Tower.[19] The number features in many of her videos in the form of a tattoo. Comic Book Girl 19 and her team have also joined the crowd-funding platform Patreon.[20][21]

References

  1. 1 2 Barnes, Brooks (June 14, 2016). "What a 'Ghostbusters' Online Attack Says About the Digital Age". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Saperstein, Pat (April 14, 2013). "Devour: Most Popular Girls in School, CBG19, The Beatles, Carol Burnett, More". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2015. Respected by fanboys, shocking pink-haired CBG19 produces good-looking and sometimes biting video reviews of comics, movies, books and TV shows.
  3. 1 2 "About Comic Book Girl 19". Comicbookgirl19.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ "NYCC '15: A Glimpse Behind The YouTube Curtain With ComicBookGirl19". BleedingCool. 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2016. "CBG19 went to art school and after years of trying to break into comics, became a tattoo artist for five years."
  5. ↑ "YouTube Statistics for Comicbookgirl19". Social Blade. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Aliens VFX Aritist Alec Gillis Interview With Comic Book Girl 19". Prometheus2-movie.com. June 4, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Episode 37: Quantum Computers With ComicBookGirl19". The Titanium Physicists Podcast. October 17, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ "DC All Access - Ep 9 - Arrow's Grant Gustin, Justice League 3000 and ComicBookGirl19". DC Comics. December 10, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  9. ↑ Zhang, Jennifer (January 3, 2013). "Today in 1337LoungeLive – Street Fighter X Megaman with IndieDB's Dave Traeger, Plus Comic Book Girl 19". Jacehallshow.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Talkin' Comics Weekly: Tomb Raider with ComicBookGirl19 & Richard Ryan!". Geek and Sundry. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Chaotic Awesome: ROBOCOP Remake Debate with CBG19 & Grant Imahara". BitesizeTV. February 4, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  12. ↑ Rowland, Diana (2013). White Trash Zombie Apocalypse. Daw Books. ISBN 978-0756408039.
  13. ↑ Santos, Daniel Dos. "Butts and Pieces". Muddy Colors. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  14. ↑ Liszewski, Andrew. "A Perfect Cardboard Robocop Costume Is a Great Reason To Recycle". Gizmodo. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  15. ↑ "The 2013 Cosmo Fun Fearless Female Awards". Cosmopolitan. September 30, 2013. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Speakers". TEDx Claremont Colleges. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014. In her TED talk, CBG19 will illustrate her personal experiences utilizing comics to find meaning in her life in order to help teach others creative ways to utilize the transformative potential of storytelling to empower their own lives.
  17. ↑ Comic Book Girl 19 (March 28, 2014). Using comic book characters to identify your true self: Comicbookgirl19 at TEDxClaremontColleges. YouTube.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  18. ↑ Kasher, David (July 23, 2013). "Comic Books as Modern Mythology: An Interview with Comic Book Girl 19". HelloGiggles. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  19. ↑ Comic Book Girl 19 (March 29, 2014). Top 5 Favorite Stephen King Novels & Dr. Sleep Review. YouTube.com. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Comic Book Girl 19 is creating A Narrative TV Show". Patreon. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  21. ↑ Comic Book Girl 19 (June 30, 2016). We are on Patreon! - Comic Book Girl 19 Channel. YouTube.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
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