Comments on: Reaching Out to Women http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emily http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-49355 Emily Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:57:38 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-49355 Kitty Pryde has been my favorite since I was a teen girl. Now at 37, despite all the advances we have made into the field....why are women inkers/writers/drawers not producing the product that women want to buy? More importantly you have to cross lines and appeal not one demagraphic but as many as possible for the sales to be there. June Brigs? (Forgive me if I have the name wrong) Power Kids was a big break in comic standards but the audience wasn't there. Conflict and drama sell, if a woman character is going to sell comincs she needs to be more like Strom of the X-Men and have long involved process of change and conflict. Happy, well-adjusted characters don't last well in a series. Sometimes happy, always strong and mostly sure do better. But I feel your frustration, the problems exists and I don't know the answer either. Kitty Pryde has been my favorite since I was a teen girl. Now at 37, despite all the advances we have made into the field….why are women inkers/writers/drawers not producing the product that women want to buy? More importantly you have to cross lines and appeal not one demagraphic but as many as possible for the sales to be there. June Brigs? (Forgive me if I have the name wrong) Power Kids was a big break in comic standards but the audience wasn’t there. Conflict and drama sell, if a woman character is going to sell comincs she needs to be more like Strom of the X-Men and have long involved process of change and conflict. Happy, well-adjusted characters don’t last well in a series. Sometimes happy, always strong and mostly sure do better. But I feel your frustration, the problems exists and I don’t know the answer either.

]]> By: one diverse comic book nation » THE SHORT STACK: Diversity On The ‘Net - February 4, 2007 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43435 one diverse comic book nation » THE SHORT STACK: Diversity On The ‘Net - February 4, 2007 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:27:37 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43435 [...] Reaching Out to Women (by Johanna Draper Carlson from Comics Worth Reading) [...]

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]]> By: Supergirl: Maid of Might Blog » http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43173 Supergirl: Maid of Might Blog » Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:26:20 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43173 [...] Reaching Out to Women [...]

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]]> By: Vic Vega http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43154 Vic Vega Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:55:50 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43154 I noticed the issue where Kara goes (back) to High School-and finds it a Hobbesan hell. Who want to fantasize about that? I know some teens were happy in high school. They might even have been nice kids too. I'm not as critical of the last several issues as you seem to be, but it does strike me that the book is written from a more jaded idea of what a teen is supposed to think like. You'd figure someone at DC has a teenage daughter, niece or something. I noticed the issue where Kara goes (back) to High School-and finds it a Hobbesan hell. Who want to fantasize about that? I know some teens were happy in high school. They might even have been nice kids too.

I’m not as critical of the last several issues as you seem to be, but it does strike me that the book is written from a more jaded idea of what a teen is supposed to think like.

You’d figure someone at DC has a teenage daughter, niece or something.

]]> By: ~chris http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43150 ~chris Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:47:54 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43150 Actually, DC did get me to buy an issue of <i>Supergirl</i>. I picked up #12 yesterday when I found out that Amanda Conner drew it. What a concept-- it was a <b>fun</b> story, enjoyed without having read any other current DC Universe goings-on. Actually, DC did get me to buy an issue of Supergirl. I picked up #12 yesterday when I found out that Amanda Conner drew it. What a concept– it was a fun story, enjoyed without having read any other current DC Universe goings-on.

]]> By: Dan Coyle http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43145 Dan Coyle Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:36:51 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43145 Most typical teenage girls, the kind Berganza is looking for, would find Ian Churchill's art incredibly off-putting. Hell, most typical HUMAN BEINGS would find his work off-putting. Most typical teenage girls, the kind Berganza is looking for, would find Ian Churchill’s art incredibly off-putting. Hell, most typical HUMAN BEINGS would find his work off-putting.

]]> By: Lisa Lopacinski http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43110 Lisa Lopacinski Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:31:15 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43110 Excellent points, Johanna! You are absolutly right - they don't need to portray her as a "typical teenage girl" when she is so far from typical! Excellent points, Johanna! You are absolutly right – they don’t need to portray her as a “typical teenage girl” when she is so far from typical!

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43089 Johanna Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:28:12 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43089 Yeah, there are certain types of characters girls tend to fantasize about, so it should be possible to create or modify a character to tap into a lot of those. You have to be willing to learn and explore, though. Yeah, there are certain types of characters girls tend to fantasize about, so it should be possible to create or modify a character to tap into a lot of those. You have to be willing to learn and explore, though.

]]> By: ~chris http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43085 ~chris Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:56:54 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43085 My teen niece's favorite Marvel/DC superhero is Kitty Pryde, not because Kitty is realistic or because my niece is Jewish (she's not), but I think because Kitty matches your description of the kind of girl hero you want. And I think she wants a cat-sized dragon. :-) My teen niece’s favorite Marvel/DC superhero is Kitty Pryde, not because Kitty is realistic or because my niece is Jewish (she’s not), but I think because Kitty matches your description of the kind of girl hero you want.

And I think she wants a cat-sized dragon. :-)

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 31, 2007: Defend your beefsteak! http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43079 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 31, 2007: Defend your beefsteak! Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:36:45 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43079 [...] to be fought rather than a challenge to which creators must rise, suggesting (along with recent pleas for female readers from DC Comics) that heads remain firmly wedged in asses on both sides of the Atlantic. [...]

[...] to be fought rather than a challenge to which creators must rise, suggesting (along with recent pleas for female readers from DC Comics) that heads remain firmly wedged in asses on both sides of the Atlantic. [...]

]]> By: The Last Visible Blog » Blog Archive » “Don’t mean to be rude, but I don’t feel super, Supergirl” http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/comment-page-1/#comment-43052 The Last Visible Blog » Blog Archive » “Don’t mean to be rude, but I don’t feel super, Supergirl” Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:22:28 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/30/reaching-out-to-women/#comment-43052 [...] out” issues, but that’s for another day)” - while a similar analysis appears here, accompanied with an excellent  discussion on the idea of what you might want to consider if you [...]

[...] out” issues, but that’s for another day)” – while a similar analysis appears here, accompanied with an excellent  discussion on the idea of what you might want to consider if you [...]

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