Greetings, Dieselfunkateers! Today we interview comics industry veteran Micheline Hess. Hess is known for many works over the years but most prominently for Malice in Ovenland. DD: How are you today, Micheline? MH: Very well, thanks! DD: I hear you there. So how is the industry going for you right now as a creator? MH: […]
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Reporting live from the heart of London Super Comic Con's Artists Alley (I'm at table A45 by the way, if you'd like to stop by and say hi and check out my book, The Pride). Today I had an interesting moment on at the show, as I had my one and only panel here. The […]
Erin Wilhelm writes: On Sunday, the last day of San Diego Comic-Con 2017, I attended one of the last panels of the con: Moving Beyond the "Strong Female Character". As a woman and mother of a daughter, I found it an excellent way to wrap up my SDCC experience. Panelists were women artists, authors, entertainment […]
Christine Marquet writes for Bleeding Cool... The Women of Color in Comics: Race, Gender, and the Comic Book Medium panel at San Diego Comic Con was organized by the Women in Comics Collective (WinC, pronounced "wink).
Their membership is made up of artists, writers, educators, filmmakers, show producers, art gallery directors, cosplayers, game developers, bloggers, and toy[...]
Madeline Ricchiuto writes for Bleeding Cool...Moving Beyond The Strong Female Character was one of NYCC's "Women in Comics" panels that gathered together a group including Amy Chu, Jody Hauser, and Jill Pantozzi to geek out about ladies in comics and pop culture.Of all the usual complaints and stories of being shut out in ways their[...]
By Tim Hanley It'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 […]
By Tim Hanley Both DC and Marvel saw gains for female creators in July, with strong numbers across the board contributing to one of the publishers' strongest combined totals. We also take a look at female characters at the Big Two to see whether their presence rose or fell over the past six months. DC […]
By Tim Hanley DC's overall percentage of female creators declined by more than half coming out of Convergence while Marvel ticked up and took the top spot with all of their Secret Wars tie-ins. We also take a look at ethnicity at DC, Marvel, and Image and see some small but moderately encouraging changes. DC […]
At best you’ll see a token “Women in Comics” or a “Women in Horror” type of panel at any given show I asked myself why they were celebrated more for all their contributions and accomplishments Even more so, these women were more than willing to share their experiences and skill sets so that the next[...]
By Tim Hanley The concluding month of "Convergence" meant more big numbers for DC, and they bested Marvel yet again for the highest overall percentage of female creators. We also continue our bi-annual tour through the rest of the comic book industry with stops at Boom!, Dynamite, Valiant, and Archie. DC COMICS Bolstered by a […]
And when you're talking about women in comics statistics, "not too bad" is practically "good".The chart below shows the percentages of female creators in every category for all of June's #DCYou titles There are no Vertigo books, no digital first, no kid's titles; just the main line #DCYou books We'll do June's full numbers down[...]
It's such a perfectly brilliant way to show you exactly how packed this book is with mind-blowing comics.
[Artwork by Stephanie Mannheim]
NF: It’s interesting that we spend a lot of time talking about the sexualization of women in comics (and rightfully so), while not talking as much about women and beauty itself In other words, we[...]
By Tim Hanley DC slipped down slightly in March while Marvel catapulted forward on the strength of their "Women of Marvel" variant cover line to post the higher percentage of female creators for the first time in a while. We also don our fez and bowtie to go back in time and check out some […]
If you've been at Denver Comic Con or hanging out on social media, you may know that there was a Women in Comics Panel at the convention a couple of days ago that failed to produce any female panelists As I'm sure you'd agree, this represents a lot of what can go wrong when people[...]
By Tim Hanley It was gains across the board in February, with both DC and Marvel showing some decent growth in overall female creator representation. Then we take a look at this year's Eisner award nominations, where the number of female creators nominated increased from last year. More women everywhere! What a rare and pleasantly […]
Now, if only I could arrange for the current British Comics’ Laureate, Dave Gibbons, to get involved when I next teach Watchmen to my A Level Media Studies students.But I digress from the theme on the panel: women in comics.So, onto the Frank Cho debate and my question; why there seemed to be a lack[...]
By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent Most people know of "OC" as the center of decadence and housewives, but there are other, less obvious features of note. In Orange, California, there's Old Towne or more often referred to as "The Circle" because of the large roundabout that seems to confuse most American […]
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 both publishers. DC ticked up slightly to take the top spot, but only came out on top because Marvel had quite a slide. We also look at the year […]
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 change overall. We also check in on four different publishers, with varying results. DC COMICS DC is improving but is still frustratingly far from good overall despite some strong creative […]
