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Sarah Dyer (18 October )was an American comic book writer and artist. She was born in Louisiana, USA. In her early life, she began to be interested in self-publishing and DIY. DIY philosophy runs through many aspects of her life, like self-publishing zines and making clothes. When she went to university in Gainesville in 1989, Florida, she began to work on the zine called No Idea which is co-operated by Var Thelin and her. Then in 1995, Action Girl Comics occurred. It was the famous graphic novel which was made up of all female characters. It showed the world from a total women's view. In 2002, she began to work with her husband Evan Dorkin.

In 1998, Action Girl was awarded with the "Lulu of the Year" award of Friends of Lulu.

Story with Girl Zines
When she was young, she began to show her interest in self-publishing and DIY. Her first self-published thing was the Christmas card. Later at the age of 10, she published the "family newspaper" with comic in it. Then, she was influenced by punk and alternative zines at that time, she began to co-operate the zine called No Idea in 1989. It was successful in many aspects, such as putting on shows and putting out records besides publishing. Everything went well until she planned a show of 5 bands. At that time, every male member was thanked by those bands, except her name. To express herself well, she decided to do the self-publishing again. At that time, women's voices are very rare in the society. She decided to speak for them. She began to collect women's works and put them together. Then in 1992, girl zines called Action Girl Newsletter started and got promoted by her.

Dyer considers the zine as the packaging of information and different from other media, like blogs. Zine is a unit of various little pieces from different persons. We can figure out everything through beginning and the end. However, we can't get the same result through reading blogs because blogs are separate and everyday stuff.

There is no standard rules to create a zine. They can be created by anyone or any groups. The size, art style and contents are all not restricted. Each zine is different-looking, so they can reveal different inner voice. Besides, any person is allowed to read zines whenever they want. Each zine is different-looking, so they can reveal different inner voices.These different voices form various zine communities.Women can express themselves there. It is just like the concept of "the ideal of city life" described by the philosopher Iris Marion Young.

Therefore,Dyer's zines got great reflection among women,and encouraged them to make their voivec heard.

Graphic Novels
One of her best known comic books is the Action Girl Comics. It is an all-female comic, which was created in 1995. Sarah Dyer collected other women's work together to create this book. In this book, the colors of covers are bright, while the inner is black and white. The main characters on the covers are all female. There are totally 19 issues in it. In each issue, there are several separate stories written by different female writers, including the comics she wrote before. Among them, there is one story appearing for several times. It is the superheroine Action Girl and those who support her. In her stories, she seldom uses violence to solve problems, like conflicts. However, Action Girl Comics is not anti-boys. It just shows the life,  the world and the ideas of women. It is a platform for women to say what they want to say. It helped women express their inner voices at that time.

DIY Philosophy
DIY is for "Do It Yourself". The third feminism was not like the former 2 feminism wave. It put more emphasis on seeking for the equality of men and women. They tried the same thing that men did before. They began to be involved in the areas which were dominated by men before, such as comics. They start to develop and improve Grrrl power. Women began to make zines by themselves. They began to be independent. They began to speak for themselves. The concept behind these behaviors is just DIY philosophy. During the third feminism, punk music and zine were involved in RiotGrrrls' movement. They still influenced DIY philosophy. DIY philosophy even helped girls to pick up the identity of consumer in the market again later.

Sarah Dyer is just rooted in this concept in many aspects of her life, when she tried to begin self-publishing and to speak for female.

Award
In 1998, the Action Girl edited by Sarah Dyer was awarded with "Lulu of the year" by Friends of Lulu.