ealperin:

gailsimone:

gailsimone:

deathlyillandalwaysbusy:

So I've started reading Gail Simone's run on Birds of Prey and enjoying it greatly. And you know what, if you want to draw butts in taking up 3/4ths of every panel, okay, I can actually handle that pretty well. But JESUS FUCK, ED BENES. WHAT THE…

Oh, we definitely need more female artists, but yeah, a female artist is absolutely no guarantee that you won't get tons of cheesecake fanservice. I have had female artists who made Ed look like a puritan in comparison, sincerely.

I think we also need more female writers in the comic book field, not only artists, inkers and editors. I just haven't seen many of these talented female artists because I haven had the chance to go to a con. There are very few great artists I see in general, online, because of that fact. Artists like Rachael Dodson, Faith Erin Hicks, Amanda Conner, Nicola Scott, Joyce Chin are amazing people that draw beautifully and have their own styles. We do need more females in comic books and I hope that happens. Sooner than later. If any, I have the sequel to Womanthology to look forward to writing a 4 page story in. :)

I think more females will make a world of difference. But it shouldn't be ALL on us, the guys should pay a lot more attention to the female characters and portrayals for  a myriad of reasons. The burden should be on everyone to do better.

And it's also true that having females on the team is no guarantee there won't be problems. Unless I'm mistaken, both the Red Hood and Catwoman have female editors, and they have had a ton of controversy this week. I haven't read either issue fully yet (just partially), so it's hard for me to comment on those titles, but I'm sure most of you have read about them.