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!

In July 2022, Ford and Mellon Foundations announced their second round of Disability Futures Fellows, Franklin was nominated and received a $50,000 grant for the work she’s done that advances the cultural landscape thanks to the disability representation in her works.

Franklin’s stories have also appeared in the New York Times bestselling and Eisner winning graphic novel, LOVE IS LOVE as well as award winning anthologies — ELEMENTS: FIRE and FEMME MAGNIFIQUE.

Franklin won the 2017 Prism Queer Press Grant, which allowed her to create BINGO LOVE and raised almost $60k via Kickstarter. BINGO LOVE was nominated for a GLAAD award for best comic in 2019, in addition to being a GoodReads Choice nominee. BINGO LOVE dominated “Best Of” 2018 lists and won the Virginia Library Diversity Award for best graphic novel in August 2019. Franklin was named one of 2018’s Icons, Innovators and Disruptors by Advocate Magazine.

Franklin’s goals are to change the ugly and harmful narrative the media has created about disabled people. They want to show that you can create works of art without offending disabled people. Franklin has proven if given accommodations and accessibility, disabled people can accomplish anything. There’s so much talent that lies within disabled people, all you need to do is open your mind and see us as more than our disabilities.

Tee Franklin is a domestic violence survivor, mom of four adult children, veteran sex worker and a Teema to one grandbaby. When they’re not writing — or tweeting — Franklin is watching anime, Asian horror movies or reliving the joy from re-watching the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited shows — especially the episodes featuring Vixen, and enjoying medical marijuana, curly fries and lemon pepper wings (flats baby!!!)

As of January 2024, Franklin is writing an unannounced television project, a creator owned comic series, horror film, and graphic novel.