Marvel's in an interesting spot moving forward; their strong assistant editor numbers should keep the average up, but if they actually put in some effort to bring in female creators to write and draw their books the totals could soar.
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Gendercrunching by Tim HanleyDC and Marvel posted notable losses in their overall totals of female creators in April, leaving both publishers well off of the high points they reached in 2016 We also begin our biannual visits to smaller direct market publishers, with stops at Image, Dark Horse, and IDW.DC COMICSDC's overall percentage of female[...]
By Tim Hanley In July 2016, DC's overall percentage of female creators rose for the fourth straight month while Marvel remained noticeably below their recent highs, resulting in DC posting a higher total. We also take a look at the numbers for female characters in the Big Two's comics. DC COMICS It was another month […]
By Tim Hanley Marvel's run of record highs took a downward turn in June, with DC's early days of "Rebirth" ticking them up enough to post the higher overall percentage of female creators for the month. June also marks our annual ethnicity tally, and we stop by DC, Marvel, and Image to see how things […]
They are definitely narrowing the line, Venom looks back to his old self, and Captain America is still Hydra.As Marvel has lost a number of big name writers, they are doing their best to hire and increase the prominence of their replacements, with new names to Marvel like Matthew Rosenberg, Jeremy Whitely and Elsa Charretier who[...]
More Faith is coming and that's great, but Valiant could be involving female creators more elsewhere as well.So overall, this two month trip has been the best showing for female creators we've seen across the Top Nine direct market publishers since "Gendercrunching" began DC and Marvel continued to best their previous totals, Boom! knocked it[...]
Gendercrunching April 2016By Tim HanleyIt was a relatively strong month for female creators at the Big Two, with Marvel staying fairly steady with their record setting March total and DC posting a sizeable gain We also begin our bi-annual tour of other direct market publishers, with visits to Image, IDW, and Boom!DC COMICSAfter two comparably[...]
A New Marvel Record For Female Comic Creators - Gendercrunching March 2016 Jimmy Palmiotti shares his memories,
It was Christmas a few years back and Amanda and I were shopping for presents for a few friends and decided that we would just recycle gifts and buy everyone presents from antique stores- the perfect fitting gift for[...]
By Tim Hanley DC's overall percentage of female creators ticked down slightly in March while Marvel's took a sizeable, record setting jump. We also take a look at another record setter, this year's Eisner nominations. DC COMICS After a higher start to the year, DC seems to be settling into the low teens, an area […]
By Tim Hanley Both DC and Marvel's overall percentage of female creators fell in February, with DC taking the bigger tumble and Marvel posting the higher percentage of the two. We also take a look at writers at the Big Two and which characters they're writing. DC COMICS After a solid start to the year […]
This is a Gendercrunching Special from Tim Hanley.On Saturday at WonderCon, DC Comics announced the creators behind their brand new line up of mainline superhero comics, promising a return to the classic feel of the DC Comics universe that the New 52 relaunch had been lacking While not a full reboot, it's a sizeable shift[...]
By Tim HanleyIt's another new year of stats fun here at "Gendercrunching", and both DC and Marvel started 2016 with their highest overall percentages of female creators in several months We also take a look at female characters at the Big Two, and track how their representation has changed over the past six months.DC COMICSAfter[...]
Bleeding Cool has been running Tim Hanley's Gendercrunching columns on Bleeding Cool for years, measuring the "above the line" credits in comic books form major comic book publishers and seeing how they divide by gender.Well, LINE Webtoon, the popular digital comics publisher from Korea, may have some statistics to add They are making their Austin[...]
It's good to see that "All New All Different" hasn't meant more of the same old thus far.
Compared To A Year Ago: Marvel hit one of their lowest totals in some time last December with 8.9% female creators overall, so they're up 6.2% since then.
2015 IN REVIEW
"Gendercrunching" has run for several years now, and 2015[...]
By Tim Hanley The highs we saw from the Big Two in August have proven unsustainable thus far as both DC and Marvel's overall percentage of female creators fell in November to several points below their past highs. We also continue our visits around the industry, with stats from Boom!, Dynamite, Valiant, and Archie. DC […]
Gendercrunching October 2015By Tim HanleyDC rose and Marvel fell, leading to DC logging the higher percentage of female creators at the Big Two in October We also make our semi-annual visit to Image, IDW, and Dark Horse and, SHOCKING SPOILER, they all topped Marvel but only one bested DC.DC COMICSDC's been all over the map[...]
Still, everything adds up to a strong month for Marvel.Compared To A Year Ago: In September 2014, Marvel was at 10% overall, so they've risen a whopping 7.2% since then.OTHER PUBLISHERSWe've moved to a bi-annual circuit of non-Big Two publishers here at "Gendercrunching" in which we visit the next seven bestselling publishers according to Diamond,[...]
By Tim HanleyIt's a record setting month here at "Gendercrunching", with both DC and Marvel posting strong numbers that added up to the best combined overall percentage of female creators we've seen from the Big Two in a regular month We also take a look at what's so special about these totals, and whether it's[...]
I get the word from good DC Comics sources that DC Entertainment editorial has been very strongly urged to start upping the numbers of female and non-white writers and artists on their books. And for white, male freelancers to be nudged down the submission pool. Naturally I'm expecting the usual internet commentary which will revolve around: […]
Gendercrunching July 2015 – Combined Totals Rise For Marvel And DC, Plus Female Characters
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