Gender In Comics Archives

By Tim Hanley Both DC and Marvel increased their overall percentage of female creators in October, with Marvel hitting the higher number yet again, but

Jemal Flores writes from New York Comic Con for Bleeding Cool: Invisibility: have you ever wanted that power? You could do what ever you like. You could

By Tim Hanley After posting the higher percentage of female creators for six straight months, DC was finally toppled by Marvel in June. DC took a tumble

By Tim Hanley DC was down and Marvel was up in May, but it wasn’t quite enough to stop DC from posting the higher overall percentage of female creators

By Tim Hanley DC fell slightly in April, but Marvel fell even more, allowing DC to retain the higher percentage of female creators for the fifth straight

By Tim Hanley DC may have snapped Marvel’s 16-month streak for the highest overall percentage of female creators in October, but things returned to normal

Comics creators are increasingly mindful of being their own spokespeople for their work and for the causes and issues they encounter, and this is a prime example of young creators establishing their voices in clear terms. Some of the topics we discussed were whether female creators are facing fatigue answering "gender only" type questions at mixed[...]

Tonight, the 7th of November, I will be moderating a panel on behalf of Bleeding Cool on Gender in Comics, joined by five female comics creators with a range of experience and publications in indie comics and the mainstream, ranging from autobio works to genre comics The approach in this panel is a questioning one[...]

Eric Rezsnyak writes for Bleeding Cool: The "Gender in Comics" panel that took place Thursday at Comic-Con International stirred up controversy a week before it even took place Marvel Comics editor Steve Wacker sent out a (predictably snarky) tweet on July 13: "Hey! The Gender in Comics panel has no men on it!! I shall wait[...]