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...

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...

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...

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...

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...