Marvel also took a bit of a tumble after putting up better than average numbers the previous week. Marvel Comics released 21 new books on February 16, 2011, built by 171 creators. Genderwise, they break down to 157 men and 14 women. Here are those numbers in a chart:
This is below average for Marvel, but not by a lot. Anything in the eight point something range is fairly standard, so 8.2%, while on the lower end and dangerously close to not fitting inside the pie slice, is pretty run of the mill. Let’s see how the numbers break down:
And then how they chart up:
None of this is especially great, particularly no pencillers and letterers, one inker, and two editors and colourists… that’s some weak stuff. But assistant editor has a decent number, and although two writers is hardly mind-blowing, it continues Marvel’s trend of employing female writers with some regularity. With DC’s numbers beating Marvel every week so far, writing is the one area where it’s really schooling DC. However, there are eight categories and the rest are pretty bad.
Notes:
- Hey, S.H.I.E.L.D. came out that week! You should read it… it’s a super good book.
- The busiest book was Generation Hope #4 with 12 creators, all fellows.
- The book with the most female creators, percentagewise and numerically, was Wolverine #4, which was 2 of 7. Wolverine & Jubilee #2 did well too, with 2 of 8. As always, Wolverine draws the ladies!!
- Spider-Girl #4 and Avengers Academy #9 also had two female creators each.
- To learn more about this statistics project and its methodology, click here.
Tags: Marvel, Women In Comics Statistics
