Tee Franklin

Tee Franklin is a Black, queer, disabled, autistic, award-winning, bestselling comic writer, TV writer, and public speaker from New Jersey. In 2018, Franklin became the first Black, queer, disabled woman writer with a series published by Image Comics, for her bestselling queer romance graphic novella, BINGO LOVE, which is currently on its fourth printing. Franklin is also the first Black woman to write the DC Comics well-known characters, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, from the GLAAD-nominated and bestselling HARLEY QUINN: EAT. BANG! KILL TOUR series based on the HARLEY QUINN animated series on HBO MAX. In 2023, Franklin co-created Violette Rainbow, a disabled pony — with vitiligo and anxiety — for My Little Pony, in addition to her best friend, Skye, and Skye’s mother, Mariama — a pair of zebras. All three characters debuted in MY LITTLE PONY #14. In 2022, Franklin helped develop/co-create Charlotte Webber, a brand new Spider-persona for Marvel Comics. Sun-Spider is a disabled Spider-person with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome that debuted in EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #4. Sun-Spider also appeared in the highly anticipated Spider-verse sequel, ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE!