Overall, this was a pretty average week for both publishers (but OH MAN wait until you see next week… I’ve got most of the numbers put together and it’s pretty crazy). On April 20, 2011, DC Comics released 19 new comic books crediting 153 creators, 136 male and 17 female. Here are the percentages:
DC tends to float in the low eleven percent range, so an 11.1% is pretty normal for them. It’s slightly less than their March average, but not worrisomely so. It’s definitely a step up from last week, that’s for sure, so that’s some good work rebounding. With their high first week and low second week sort of balancing out, this third week has DC decently positioned to meet their average monthly total. Let’s break down the numbers:
And chart them up:
Since Gail Simone had no books out this week, there were no female writers. Of the credits that get your name on the cover, the only woman was Nicola Scott pencilling Teen Titans #94. Both editing and assistant editing were a little bit lower than usual, but covers were a smidge higher and we’ve got our first female letterer of the month (way to go, Saida Temofonte!!). Colourists had a good month, though… they seem to be picking up a lot of the slack. Overall, there were okay numbers where we expect okay numbers and low numbers/zeroes where we expect low numbers/zeroes. It would be fun not to expect low numbers/zeroes, but that’s just how it goes.
Notes:
- Power Girl #23, Supergirl #63, and Zatanna #12 all came out this week, and all of them featured a female creator, so that’s fun. Books with female lead characters tend to get a lot of zeroes at DC.
- The busiest book of the week was Green Lantern #65, with 13 creators, none of them women. You’re starting to concern me, Geoff Johns… your books never have any ladies!!
- The book with the most female creators, percentagewise, was Batman #709 at 2 of 6. Numerically, DC Universe Online Legends #6, Deus Ex #2, Hellblazer #278, and Teen Titans #94 all had two female creators each.
- To learn more about this statistics project and its methodology click here, and to see the previous stats click here.
Tags: DC, Women In Comics Statistics
