Joamette’s interviews:

• Vision 2020: Joamette Gil (2020): “As an introverted, low-income immigrant kid, escapism was my thing, and my favorite way to escape was watching Sailor Moon. The way she made me feel convinced me that, when I grew up, I wanted to make others feel the same way using characters of my own.”

• Indie Comics Spotlight: Joamette Gil Channels Power & Magic in Her Comics (2019): “So often, a “witch” was any woman embracing her authentic self, rejecting social obligations. I relate to that as a queer woman of color who always had to hear that there was “something wrong” with me, for no other reason than that I didn’t fit a certain “womanly” ideal.”

• This Joamette Gil Interview Has Nothing To Do With Comics (2019): Joamette shares her recipe for arroz con pollo and also that “my favorite witch in all fiction is Kiki from the Ghibli film Kiki’s Delivery Service. She’s not particularly powerful or impressive, but she is inherently special. Her magical powers stand in for concepts like independence, self-confidence, and purposefulness.”

• Smash Pages Q&A: Joamette Gil on ‘Heartwood’ and More (2018): “In a lot of ways, Heartwood was also about pushing P&M Press’ boundaries: how many people can we hire, how much can we pay them, how many invites vs open submissions, how many people can I edit at a time, how well will this fund? The hypotheses across the board were ‘more, bigger,’ and I was mercifully right, hah. I eventually want to publish books by individual creators, so in addition to shining more light on less represented voices, every anthology is a chance to grow into a publisher that can do a solo creator justice.”

• Joamette Gil Summons ‘Power & Magic’ for Queer Witches Everywhere (2016): “My ‘thing’ has always been telling stories that resonate with people from marginalized communities, especially queer people of color who grew up (or currently live) in poverty, which is my own experience. Power & Magic exists because I don’t just want to resonate; I want to be materially supportive to others like me.”

Joamette’s comics:

• “As the Roots Undo” (2017): Joamette’s contribution to Power & Magic Press’s Queer Witches Comics Anthology

• What White Americans Misunderstand About Mixed-Race Latinx Identity (2017): “Visibly mixed-race people are the norm, but Latinx people are trained to identify with nation first and race second, if at all.”

• Four Major Ways to Cope with Social Anxiety (2016): “I’ve been struggling with disruptive social anxiety and panic for at least 12 years now. These are the coping skills that have withstood the test of time for me.”

• Four Unique Struggles That Queer and Trans People of Color Have to Deal With (2016): “[W]hen LGBTQI* identities intersect with POC identities, the experience and struggles will be different from those of folks who only live on one of those streets.”

• Five Radical Ways People Do Non-Monogamy That You Need to Know About (2015): “[H]ere are five styles of non-monogamy with feminist principles at their core that the mainstream either ignores or doesn’t take seriously.”