Good Work DC!! More Female Characters And Creators Are Coming

DC Comics has just published the following statement on The Source blog: Over the past week we’ve heard from fans about a need for more women writers, artists and characters. We want you to know, first and foremost, that we hear you and take your concerns very seriously. We’ve been very fortunate in recent yearsContinue reading “Good Work DC!! More Female Characters And Creators Are Coming”

Two New Cliff Chiang Wonder Woman #1 Pages AND The Logo

Newsarama has a look at the logos for several of DC’s relaunch books, and here is Wonder Woman‘s: I think it’s dull… big block letters aren’t terribly exciting.  I like the current logo a lot better.  This one is boring, especially with that awesome Cliff Chiang art next to it!!  Cliff Chiang art should beContinue reading “Two New Cliff Chiang Wonder Woman #1 Pages AND The Logo”

Wonder Woman Pilot Review OR Now I Understand Why It Didn’t Get Picked Up

The Wonder Woman pilot is all over the internets if you know where to look for it (on any torrent site, really… not that I condone that sort of behaviour, of course), and I watched it last night.  It was kind of a mess.  Now, pilots are rarely very polished… there was some incomplete CGI,Continue reading “Wonder Woman Pilot Review OR Now I Understand Why It Didn’t Get Picked Up”

There Are Actually LESS Female Characters In The DC Relaunch Than There Are Now

Reading the DC panel reports from ComicCon this weekend, I was disheartened by the responses to questions about women in comics, both in terms of creators and characters.  The questions were either dismissed (snidely, it seemed) or got a joke in response… they really weren’t taken seriously at all.  Several comics news sites have recapsContinue reading “There Are Actually LESS Female Characters In The DC Relaunch Than There Are Now”

Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, July 13, 2011

It was a busy and all around weird week for Marvel that ultimately had some mixed results.  On July 13, 2011, Marvel released 24 new comics with 206 credited creators, 187 men and 19 women.  Here are the percentages: This is in the ballpark of average for Marvel… a 9.2% is disappointing in that IContinue reading “Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, July 13, 2011”

Women In Comics Statistics: DC, July 13, 2011

This was a pretty decent week for DC, and solid across the board except for a couple of categories.  On July 13, 2011, DC put out 19 new comic books featuring 159 credited creators, 138 men and 21 women.  Let’s look at the percentages: This 13.2% is nicely above average for DC, and keeps themContinue reading “Women In Comics Statistics: DC, July 13, 2011”

A Second Cliff Chiang Page From Wonder Woman #1!!

DC Women Kicking Ass (via Matthew Wilson’s DeviantArt page) posted another page from Wonder Woman #1 this weekend, and it appears that we now officially have a sequence!!  According to Wilson’s titles, we have pages 14 and 15 of the book.  Let’s look at them both in order: Only 18 pages left to go!!  PlusContinue reading “A Second Cliff Chiang Page From Wonder Woman #1!!”