Tag: women in comics

The sad clown is a trope that has been well-used in every storytelling media there is, but Whit Taylor’s Up Down Clown from Ninth Art Press takes that trope further than usual. Rather than...

Jane Mai isn’t merely self-deprecating. That phrase doesn’t capture her at all. Actually, I don’t know what to call it instead, but it comes out in the form of See You Next Tuesday, her comics...

This year at Baltimore Brett Schenker and I presented a panel called Comics by the Numbers Panel. Schenker is a political analyst and the author of perhaps the most cited post ever on The Beat, the much loved not at all controversial post Market Research Says 46.67% of Comic Fans are Female. The pane; was taped and you can watch (or probably better, listen) above. Depsite it being the first panel on Saturday there was a healthy audience of about 30-40 people, and the questions were really smart and engaged, which is the best you can ask on a panel.

Market Research Says 46.67% of Comic Fans are Femalehttp://ift.tt/1esjfeV Tweet While we don’t have any market research, the eyes don’t lie. If you go to conventions and comic book stores, more and more female readers are...

Market Research Says 46.67% of Comic Fans are Femalehttp://ift.tt/1esjfeV Tweet While we don’t have any market research, the eyes don’t lie. If you go to conventions and comic book stores, more and more female readers are...

By Brett Schenker Two years and some months ago, I posted the first study of what Facebook told us about comic book fans. 45 or so posts later on the subject, I’m still gathering data...