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

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,

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

I pitched them a film about women in comics, drawing from my interest in recent online discussions about women and their place in the comics world It took off from there and became She Makes Comics! NF: The history of women making comics is obviously an enormous topic Did the scope of the subject matter concern[...]

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

But some benefit, however small, is a positive bit of news, and that's rare when you're talking women in comics stats. Marvel's variant numbers had some stark differences month to month, with a big decrease from June to August, and the average came out to only 8.6% Their variant total is lower than DC's, though again[...]

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

Liz Hey writes from San Diego Comic Con: There’s a certain bitterness that comes in every female Comic Con veteran’s response to the concept of

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

However, as I prepared for a presentation on Ed Brubaker's Velvet for last month's Comics Arts Conference series at Wondercon, I began to take a closer look at women in the media I was consuming. With the celebration of Women in Comics this month by Previews, my interest was further piqued when I wanted to prepare[...]

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

In celebration of Women in Comics month, both ladies agreed to an email interview. Michele Brittany: Ladies, thank you so much for giving your time for this interview I feel like we have known each other for so long, but in fact we met at Comikaze in 2012 However, I realized that I don't know much[...]