Comments on: “I Think There’s A Series of Barriers” http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Roger Kevin Dering http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-792758 Roger Kevin Dering Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:58:30 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=35182#comment-792758 X-Men: Legacy has pretty much been a Rogue solo for years now. X-Men: Legacy has pretty much been a Rogue solo for years now.

]]> By: yang http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-790715 yang Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:41:46 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=35182#comment-790715 Who cares? Comics are mainly liked by guys. Always have been. Always will be. Accept it. The steps necessary to attract decent #s of female readers will cause even more male readers to turn away. This is a stupid issue. You don't see Cosmo trying to change to appeal to more guys. They just accept that it's mainly women who want to read it and try to appeal to as many women as possible. Men and women are different. Accept it. Don't try to bully men and telling them they shouldn't like what they like. It's stupid and bullying. And it won't work. We'll read what we want. I don't go around trying to bully women into not reading celebrity gossip. Who cares? Comics are mainly liked by guys. Always have been. Always will be. Accept it. The steps necessary to attract decent #s of female readers will cause even more male readers to turn away.

This is a stupid issue. You don’t see Cosmo trying to change to appeal to more guys. They just accept that it’s mainly women who want to read it and try to appeal to as many women as possible.

Men and women are different. Accept it. Don’t try to bully men and telling them they shouldn’t like what they like. It’s stupid and bullying. And it won’t work. We’ll read what we want.

I don’t go around trying to bully women into not reading celebrity gossip.

]]> By: Ambrosia http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-790586 Ambrosia Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:44:01 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=35182#comment-790586 As a woman who loves comics, I have found the stigma of a woman in a comic shop to be the biggest hurdle. I gave up for awhile because I did not feel welcome at my local shop (until I moved and found a place I love). Digital may help with that. Just because it has a female-lead does not make it female-oriented or appealing to women. Of the above list I only read three of the titles, out of the 13 or so I read regularly. What I'm waiting for more than anything is a female hero to have her own movie, which I doubt will ever happen. As a woman who loves comics, I have found the stigma of a woman in a comic shop to be the biggest hurdle. I gave up for awhile because I did not feel welcome at my local shop (until I moved and found a place I love). Digital may help with that.

Just because it has a female-lead does not make it female-oriented or appealing to women. Of the above list I only read three of the titles, out of the 13 or so I read regularly.

What I’m waiting for more than anything is a female hero to have her own movie, which I doubt will ever happen.

]]> By: canvasart http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-790481 canvasart Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:25:11 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=35182#comment-790481 the Big Two publishers currently providing enough material to push the onus onto the DM and readership to start changing? the Big Two publishers currently providing enough material to push the onus onto the DM and readership to start changing?

]]> By: Kyle Garret http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-790460 Kyle Garret Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:13:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=35182#comment-790460 Aren't they basically only offering one thing, though? Readers, both male and female, can choose from superheroes or superheroes. I love superheroes, but maybe the idea of just making a female superhero the lead in a book isn't really the way to get more women to read comics. Aren’t they basically only offering one thing, though? Readers, both male and female, can choose from superheroes or superheroes.

I love superheroes, but maybe the idea of just making a female superhero the lead in a book isn’t really the way to get more women to read comics.

]]> By: Aaron Poehler http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-790459 Aaron Poehler Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:29:26 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=35182#comment-790459 Well how much is enough? How much is too much? Why would a certain amount of material "push the onus" onto the DM? Does how much is provided even matter at all? Where is this hypothetical market coming from? Is there any evidence to suggest it exists and is waiting for female-oriented comics to purchase? Well how much is enough? How much is too much? Why would a certain amount of material “push the onus” onto the DM? Does how much is provided even matter at all? Where is this hypothetical market coming from? Is there any evidence to suggest it exists and is waiting for female-oriented comics to purchase?

]]> By: Matthew Halteman http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-790455 Matthew Halteman Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:30:52 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=35182#comment-790455 He didn't, actually. He said "...but there are two all-women teams books (Birds of Prey and World’s Finest)..." He didn’t, actually. He said “…but there are two all-women teams books (Birds of Prey and World’s Finest)…”

]]> By: Simon DelMonte http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/02/13/i-think-theres-a-series-of-barriers/comment-page-1/#comment-790444 Simon DelMonte Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:33:23 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=35182#comment-790444 You missed Worlds' Finest. You missed Worlds’ Finest.

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