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By Tim Hanley The new year didn't exactly get off to a booming start for female creators at either DC or Marvel, but DC posted the higher percentage of

By Tim Hanley. The year closed with some low numbers at the Big Two, ending what has been an unimpressive quarter for female creator representation at

By Tim Hanley DC Comics' overall percentage of female creators rose but remained in single digits as Marvel posted the higher total again despite no

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

By Tim Hanley It was another poor showing in terms of the overall percentage of female creators for both DC and Marvel in September, with DC dropping even

By Tim Hanley The overall percentage of female creators at DC and Marvel dropped in August, resulting in one of the lowest combined totals since this

By Tim Hanley DC rose and Marvel fell, but ultimately Marvel had the higher percentage of female creators for the second straight month. We also take a

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’s overall percentage of female characters fell while Marvel’s rose, but the difference wasn’t enough to make up the gap between the

By Tim Hanley DC continued their hot streak, topping Marvel’s overall percentage of female creators for the third month in a row. We also take a look at

Last week, Marvel held a creative retreat, where a bunch of comics folk working for Marvel get together and shape the next waves at Marvel. From CBR, To

Tim Hanley writes: For the first time in a long time, DC has posted a higher overall percentage of female creators than Marvel for two months in a row.

 By Tim Hanley After almost a year and a half of Marvel posting the higher percentage of female creators, the Big Two have spent the last few months

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

By Tim Hanley Well this is a surprising turn of events. After posting 16 straight months with the highest overall percentage of female creators, Marvel

Tim Hanley writes; It was a month of very minor changes overall for the Big Two publishers, with DC down and Marvel up only 0.1% each, with Marvel yet

By Tim Hanley Marvel was down and DC was up, but the changes weren’t enough for DC to top Marvel’s overall percentage of female creators. We also look at

Every month, Bleeding Cool runs Gendercrunching articles (another one lined up today) showing the male/female disparity in the industry And while Marvel often do better than DC, not so much when it comes to writers right now. Because writers are very important to the stories being told by comic publishers When Marvel put together its team[...]

Tim Hanley writes; DC maintained its overall percentage of female creators, while Marvel rose to new record highs in keeping their now habitual top spot.

Tim Hanley writes; DC slipped down slightly while Marvel made a sizeable jump to retain the highest total of female creators yet again. We also take a

Tim Hanley writes; DC improved noticeably from last month while Marvel fell slightly, but it wasn’t enough to stop Marvel from reaching a full YEAR of

Tim Hanley writes; Marvel is closing in on a full year of having a higher percentage of female creators than DC, making it eleven months in a row with a

Tim Hanley writes; With DC Comics' "Villain Month" all the rage this week, we've got an extra edition of Gendercrunching to delve into the solicits for all of the evil comics we'll get this September Two years ago, DC's New 52 relaunch received a lot of criticism for their lack of female creators They only had[...]

Tim Hanley writes; Both publishers were down slightly in March, but Marvel maintained the highest overall percentage of female creators for a ridiculously

Tim Hanley writes; Although DC went up and Marvel went down in February, Marvel had the higher percentage of female creators yet again, continuing an

Tom Hanley writes; DC and Marvel were both down from their December totals for female creators but had strong numbers nonetheless, with Marvel maintaining

By Tim Hanley It was a second month of gains for the Big Two as both publishers put up strong overall numbers for female creators, with Marvel breaking

Tim Hanley writes; Both publishers were up slightly in November, with Marvel retaining the top spot while DC had one of their best weeks in some time. We