We at I Read Comic Books have, well, a problem pronouncing the names of the incredible people who create, assist, and publish comic books. As a result of this troubling issue, we have started a list of names and the pronunciations as a way to help ourselves, but also to help the general comics public.
For the various pronunciations provided, we will be following the Pronunciation spelling for English guide as defined on Wikipedia.
If you have any names we missed, are a creator who would like your name added, or think we messed something up, shoot us an email (ircb@destroythecyb.org) or reach out on Twitter (@ircbpodcast).
Here’s a Twitter Thread with MORE!
| Name | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Jeff Lemire | Jeff Leh-MEER |
| Mark Millar | Mark Mil-LER |
| Bill Sienkiewicz | Bill Sin-KEV-itch |
| Len Wein | Len WEEN |
| J. Michael Straczyinski | Jay Michael Stra-ZIN-SKI |
| Duane Swerczyinski | Dwayne Swer-ZIN-SKI |
| Tom Scioli | Tom SKEE-OH-LEE |
| Kurtis Wiebe | Kurtis WEEB |
| Greg Pak | Greg PAHK |
| Clayton Cowles | Clayton KOHLS |
| Charles Soule | Charles SOLE |
| Joe Quinones | Joe KWIN-OH-NES |
| Vita Ayala | VEET-AH EYE-AH-LAH |
| Ryan Browne | Ryan Brown |
| Chip Zdarsky | Chip ZUH-DAR-SKEE |
| Mike Rapin | MYK RAP-IN |
| Tia Vasiliou | TEE-UH VA-SIL-EE-OO |
| Kara Szamborski | Kara SHAM-BOR-SKEE |
| Kate Skocelas | Kate SKOTCH-LESS |
| Lucy Knisley | Loo-see NYEs-lee |
| Michael Moreci | My-cull More-EE-see |