Mother Jones takes a look at the rise of the feminist comic book fangirl and deems it good:
Comic-book fans are known for their fanatical love for their favorite characters—and their ferocious scorn for anyone who dares to mess them up. But the new wave of feminist fangirls has taken this obsessiveness even further, geeking out about the ways that superwomen are shortchanged by dumb story lines, flat characterization, and titillating art. They love their comics as much as the sweatiest fanboy—and they hate nothing more than when real-life problems like the glass ceiling intrude on their escapist fantasies.
Lots of good quotes from industry folks like Gail Simone, Kurt Busiek and Valerie D’Orazio, though, as you might guess, it focuses more on the DC incidents than the Marvel ones. No mention of the MJ statue for example.
August 2nd, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Hey there… the MJ statue thing happened literally a few days after the final drop-dead deadline for this article. My editor and I were both bummed, and had a conversation along the lines of, “news always breaks right after you’ve gone to press.” We certainly would have mentioned it if we’d been able to.
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
I, too, would have liked more Marvel stuff, but Supergirl is a far more accessible subject than Bendis’ favorite punching bag, Maria Hill.