Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 by Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder, and Natacha Bustos hits stands today. While I’m always excited by more diversity on the page and behind the scenes (Lunella, aka Moon Girl, is a new young woman of color character and the book boasts three women creators including Reeder as co-writer, Bustos on art, and Tamra Bonvillain providing colors), I’m rather concerned about Lunella’s visual similarities to Fight Like a Girl’s Amarosa. Continue reading ‘‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ Bears Striking Similarities to ‘Fight Like a Girl’’
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‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ Bears Striking Similarities to ‘Fight Like a Girl’
Published November 25, 2015 Comics , Race in Comics , Women in Comics Leave a CommentTags: Action Lab, black superheroes, Marvel comics, superheroes of color, superheroines, women in comics, women of color in comics
Did DC Just Introduce a New “Sexy” Red Tornado?
Published May 17, 2013 Comics , Gender in Comics , Women in Comics 6 CommentsTags: comic books, DC comics, diversity in comics, female comic book characters, superheroines, women in comics, women of color in comics
DC’s May “Channel 52” back-up feature (aptly renamed “Channel 2” for its Earth 2 coverage) features a glimpse of the New 52’s Red Tornado.
Guess what! She got DC’s patented New 52 Sexy Makeover™!
It’s disappointing to see one of DC’s only full-figured characters reimagined with the same cookie-cutter body type as the rest. I assume this is a new Red Tornado (I very much doubt there’s supposed to be a skinny Ma Hunkel under that cooking pot) but it’s still part of DC’s larger homogenization of body types. We all remember what the New 52 did to Amanda “The Wall” Waller. Continue reading ‘Did DC Just Introduce a New “Sexy” Red Tornado?’
2012 Superhero Census Update
Published May 16, 2013 Comics , Gender in Comics , Race in Comics , Women in Comics Leave a CommentTags: Avengers, black superheroes, comic books, DC comics, diversity in comics, female comic book characters, gender in comics, gender studies, Justice League, LGBTQ superheroes, Marvel comics, Marvel heroes, minority superheroes, superheroes, superheroes of color, superheroines, women in comics, women of color in comics, X-Men
I just want to give a quick update on the status of my 2012 Superhero Census.
All of the raw data has been collected. It’s a massive amount and information and includes roughly 250 characters that appear across more than 300 individual comics.
Right now, I’m having a few associates proof the collected sex, race, and sexual orientation of all the characters. I’m also working out the best way to display the data. Once I get all the finer points ironed out I’ll publish a series of post examining the results so make sure to stay tune!
Black History Month Superhero Spotlight: Butterfly
Published February 25, 2013 Comics , Race in Comics , Women in Comics 2 CommentsTags: black superheroes, comic books, diversity in comics, female comic book characters, gender in comics, minority superheroes, superheroes, superheroes of color, superheroines, women in comics, women of color in comics
Nearly four years before the debut of Marvel’s Storm in May 1975, and almost six years before DC’s Bumblebee first appeared in June 1977, there was the Butterfly, the first black female superhero.
Butterfly first appeared in a back-up feature in Hell-Rider #1, published in August 1971 by Skywald. The feature was written by Gary Friedrich (Ghost Rider), penciled by Ross Andru (The Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman), and inked by Jack Abel (Superman) and Mike Esposito (The Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman). Continue reading ‘Black History Month Superhero Spotlight: Butterfly’
Journey Into Awesome 