NEWS: Why Have There Been No Great Women Comic-Book Artists?

Cheech said:
It could be because they're only talking about (trite, vapid, action-movie-esque, old) superhero comics rather than interesting (substantive, funny, compelling, recent) ones.

SuperNintendo said:

It could be that you have no idea what you're talking about.

Lyonel Feininger (“The Kin-der-Kids”), George Herriman (“Krazy Kat”), Winsor McCay (“Little Nemo”), Milton Caniff (“Steve Canyon”), Charles Schulz (“Peanuts”), Jack Kirby (“Fantastic Four,” “X-Men”), Harvey Kurtzman (MAD), R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman (Maus), Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth), and Gary Panter (“Jimbo”)

TedKoppel said:

No, no, he's absolutely right. Look at the list of the "masters":

Clearly shows a bias towards superhero comics, doesn't it? When are we going to get over "trite, vapid, action-movie-esque, old" superhero bullshit like Maus and Jimmy Corrigan and find some comics with substance???

Okay, I'm done now. And yes, I do realize that Jack Kirby is listed there, but that's one person.

Cheech said:
Okay, I guess I shoulda read the thing. I'm just used to being around people who ONLY talk about superhero comics... unlike their list.
(Do I give the impression as someone who's ALWAYS ranting? Cuz this was maybe my 10th Boards post in the past 6 months.)
You two were right, and I was wrong. It's still strange that they ignored women artists, which I guess is the original point.

TedKoppel said:

Nah, the "ranting out of habit" comment comes from the fact that I know tons of people who like more literary comics. These people are frequently bitter. By the way, Warren Ellis has a forum set up where people can discuss non-superhero comics. I'm not sure of the address right now, but you can no doubt find it on Google. I thought that might be a good tool, since most comic forums only have a small segment of people who aren't discussing, say, House of M.

TedKoppel said:

Nah, the "ranting out of habit" comment comes from the fact that I know tons of people who like more literary comics. These people are frequently bitter. By the way, Warren Ellis has a forum set up where people can discuss non-superhero comics. I'm not sure of the address right now, but you can no doubt find it on Google. I thought that might be a good tool, since most comic forums only have a small segment of people who aren't discussing, say, House of M.

Anissa said:
I third Chynna Glugston - Major.
The girl is bad. Do you hear me?
And she's everywhere!

Blue Monday
Scooter Girl <---- her titles

Hopeless Savages
Jingle Belle
The Atomics
Cut My Hair <----worked on

Not to mention doing work for Marvel and Dark Horse.

*snap snap snap* C'mon people catch up with the rest of the class.