Comic Book Girl 19

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

Comic Book Girl 19
Born
Danika Lee Massey[1]
NationalityUnited States
OccupationYouTube personality
Websitewww.comicbookgirl19.com

Career

Comic Book Girl 19 had been working as a tattoo artist for five years when she and Tyson Wheeler began producing YouTube videos in 2012.[4] She remained a full-time tattoo artist during the first year of the show, and quit to promote a 2013 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to finance the production of more episodes.[4] The campaign raised over $57K when it ended in May 2013.[5] Comic Book Girl 19 and her team also joined the ongoing crowdfunding platform Patreon in 2016.[6]

As of January 2018, the Comic Book Girl 19 YouTube channel has over 49 million views and nearly 527,000 subscribers.[7] 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 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.[8] CBG19 occasionally co-presents with "Robot",[9] a Golden Age of Science Fiction-inspired robot character with the personality of an angry teenager, and "Space Brain", a floating brain with eyes. The CBG19 videos are directed and edited by Tyson Wheeler, and the creative partnership is called "Team 19" or "Team 19 Productions".[3]

Comic Book Girl 19 has contributed reviews of various comics to DC All Access.[10] She has also appeared on The Jace Hall Show's Lounge Live,[11] Geek and Sundry,[12] and Chaotic Awesome,[13] 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[14][15] and was featured on Gizmodo for winning "Best in Show" for her RoboCop costume at Dragon Con.[16] CBG19 has been featured in Variety[2] and Cosmopolitan.[17] She has spoken at TEDx Claremont Colleges on the value of using fictional characters for empowerment.[18][19] Her series Greater Creators was released in 2017,[20] for Verizon's go90 platform.

CBG19 has said her pseudonym is connected to the 19th card of the Major Arcana of the Tarot, which is The Sun.[21] Interviewed by HelloGiggles in 2014, Massey said that her use of the number is related to Stephen King's The Dark Tower.[22] The number features in many of her videos in the form of a tattoo.

References
  1. Barnes, Brooks (June 14, 2016). "What a Ghostbusters Online Attack Says About the Digital Age". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. Saperstein, Pat (April 14, 2013). "Devour: Most Popular Girls in School, CBG19, The Beatles, Carol Burnett, More". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  3. "About Comic Book Girl 19". Comicbookgirl19.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  4. Ricchiuto, Madeline (October 9, 2015). "NYCC '15: A Glimpse Behind The YouTube Curtain With ComicBookGirl19". BleedingCool. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  5. "The Comic Book Girl 19 Show Phase 2: Full Steam Ahead!". Kickstarter. May 12, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  6. "Comic Book Girl 19 is creating A Narrative TV Show". Patreon. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  7. "YouTube Statistics for Comicbookgirl19". Social Blade. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  8. "Aliens VFX Artist Alec Gillis Interview With Comic Book Girl 19". Prometheus2-movie.com. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  9. "Episode 37: Quantum Computers With ComicBookGirl19". The Titanium Physicists Podcast. October 17, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  10. "DC All Access - Ep 9 - Arrow's Grant Gustin, Justice League 3000 and ComicBookGirl19". DC Comics. December 10, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  11. 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.
  12. "Talkin' Comics Weekly: Tomb Raider with ComicBookGirl19 & Richard Ryan!". Geek and Sundry. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  13. "Chaotic Awesome: ROBOCOP Remake Debate with CBG19 & Grant Imahara". BitesizeTV. February 4, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  14. Rowland, Diana (2013). White Trash Zombie Apocalypse. Daw Books. ISBN 978-0756408039.
  15. Santos, Daniel Dos. "Butts and Pieces". Muddy Colors. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  16. Liszewski, Andrew. "A Perfect Cardboard Robocop Costume Is a Great Reason To Recycle". Gizmodo. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  17. "Girls Making Geeky Stuff Cool". Cosmopolitan. September 30, 2013. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  18. "Speakers". TEDx Claremont Colleges. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  19. TEDx Talks (March 28, 2014). "Using comic book characters to identify your true self: Comicbookgirl19 at TEDxClaremontColleges". YouTube.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. Kasher, David (July 23, 2013). "Comic Books as Modern Mythology: An Interview with Comic Book Girl 19". HelloGiggles. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  22. Comic Book Girl 19 (March 29, 2014). Top 5 Favorite Stephen King Novels & Dr. Sleep Review. YouTube.com. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
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