September 2017 for her work on Heavy Vinyl. The series was nominated for a 2018 Prism Award. A follow-up called Heavy Vinyl:Y-2KO was released in March 2020. The first issue of Usdin's second comic book series, The Avant-Guards, was released in January 2019. The series had 12 issues in total. Written by Usdin and illustrated by Noah Hayes, it tells the story of a transfer student at an all-girls performing arts college who joins the school's fledgling basketball team. Personal life In 2012, Usdin married photographer and producer Robin Roemer. Usdin is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. Filmography See also List of female film and television directors List of lesbian filmmakers References External links 1982 births American comics writers American film producers Filmmakers from New Jersey Jewish American writers American lesbian writers Lesbian-related comics LGBT comics creators LGBT film directors Living people LGBT film producers LGBT people from New Jersey 21st-century American Jews American women screenwriters 21st-century American screenwriters American LGBT screenwriters 21st-century LGBT people 21st-century American women American non-binary writers