Sociology

And speaking of reaching new audiences, Brett Schenker has been continuing his studies into Facebook's comics demographics, and has some very interesting info. He's...

by Brett Schenker -- It’s Monday, which means it’s a new edition of Facebook Fandom Spotlight, where I break down the demographics of a particular group of fans. For this week I attempt to figure out who exactly is creating and delivering us out comic books. That’s right, I attempt to break down those employed in the comic book industry. We’ll compare this group to the greater comic fandom.

In all the gender controversies rattling the comics world, one of the most frequently cited paradoxes is that although research such as DC's 2011 reader survey showed only 7% of comics readers were female, yet when you walk around any comicksy event you see a lot more than 7% women. Women make up a lot of tweeters, tumblrs, and cosplayers and cartoonists. Why this disparity?

Cartoonist Vishavjit Singh is a Sikh, a member of a relatively small religious group known for appearing in public in turbans. The turban is...

When the news broke earlier that co-writers JH Williams II AND W. Haden Blackman (and not just Williams, as some sites reported) had quit...

by Pam Auditore  Among the faux Heroes in spandex came a true, real life one, in suit and tie, to San Diego's Comic-Con one Saturday...

While  artists  from Spain and South America have become superstars at the big two,  this weekend's  Latino Comics Expo in LA shines a spotlight...

This Sunday's New York Times features yet another controversy over women's place in comics--the exclusion of girls from a superhero-themed birthday party.The teaser for...

Every time there is a new Doctor Who, people hope it won't be a white man, but how hard are they really hoping?

Here's a window into comics as social history as Nat Gertler write about this history of Franklin, the black kid in Peanuts which...

Controversial jacket-holding author Orson Scott Card has finally commented on the proposed boycott of ENDER'S GAME, the tentpole SF movie based on his work...

Jack Hunter's sure-to-be-iconic cover for next week's New Yorker hits so many notes...it's what makes The New Yorker the New Yorker. But it was...