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We also take a look at sales by gender, but that discussion gets quickly sidelined by how few women there are in Diamond's Top 300 comic books. DC COMICS After an off month in January, DC was back at their usual total In February 2012, DC Comics put out 82 new comics with 662 credited creators, 589[...]

In January 2012, DC Comics put out 80 new comics featuring 642 credited creators, 575 men and 67 women Here are their numbers:   That's a drop of 0.7% overall, which isn't catastrophic by any means but is certainly uncharacteristic for DC By category, writers, colourists, and assistant editors were down a percentage point or so each,[...]

See you in February. GenderWatch: The Guardian covers Bayou Arcana, and the prevalence of sexism in the comic book industry. The anthology is the product of a unique experiment that brings together an all-female team of artists with an all-male team of writers – and it is an illustration of how a new generation of female artists[...]

The previous night's combination of free schnappes at the MTV Geek Party, Marvel's big bash and extensive round binding etiquette at Angophile Pub Of Choice took its toll on many last night. I'm not sure who was the worst off, the audience or some of the Women Of Marvel panellists (save for the teetotalers), but it[...]

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; I'll be doing the women in comics stats for DC and Marvel like always this month, but since the DC relaunch is sort of a big deal, we're going to have special reports on the New 52 as they're released… hopefully very soon after they're released, if[...]

Earlier today I wrote about DC making plans for female-creator female-friendly projects, some of which as as a result of concern expressed at San Diego Comic Con about a massive reduction of female creators in the DC Relaunch. On the Source blog, DC Comics has just posted the following; Over the past week we've heard from fans[...]

That people have given so much money just for this book to exist is an encouraging sign for women in comics. DC COMICS It was a rollercoaster of a month for DC, and ultimately they are down a fair amount from May In June 2011, DC released 89 new comic books featuring 739 credited creators, 659 male[...]

But the door's as open for women as for anyone else It's up to them to navigate the shark-infested waters. Gail: That is quite a statement, there, Clay Do you have ANY evidence that's true? We all still want comics to be a meritocracy But there are more than two female creators who are qualified and[...]

Of the 52 new number ones, 7 of the books are headlined by solo women or all-female teams, and several other team books feature female characters (most of them wearing pants, though Supergirl seems to have REALLY missed the memo and even left her skirt at home) But in terms of creators, it's[...]

They put out 89 books that credited 780 creators, 691 men and 89 women These numbers pie chart up like so: After posting an 11.1% in January and then dropping slightly to 11.0% in February, it's good to see that DC has rebounded with some solid growth While 0.4% might not sound like a huge jump,[...]

Of late, Marvel Comics has made a real push to hire and promote women comic creators at the company From Ultimate Spider-Man to Dark Wolverine to PunisherMAX to  Osborn, there are more women writing and drawing Marvel comics than ever before Equally there are more titles with a female lead, with the company committing to[...]

So it caught my attention last night when someone tweeted @bleedingcool that 10.7% of this week's comics include solicited credits by women. When asked for more info, Alexa D., perhaps better known as lexid523 on the BC forums, followed up with data for the entire month of November and her methodology on her blog. As she[...]