Do girls like Comics?

Eden · 11-09-2003 5:31pm #1

I'm presuming most of the posters here are male. Am I right? Do girls like comics at all, I mean, the stories are involving, and the female chars are smart, sexy and strong. Why do you lot think (if you do) that there are less female comic fans?

wes · 11-09-2003 5:36pm

Well considering (Marvel's Tsunami iniative aside and manga comics) most comics are Super hero male power fantasie's (damn my spelling has gone to hell) written by mne predominately for a male audience. The companies seem to be trying to change this and aiming things at a more gerneral audience, but it's gonna be a hard sell.

skittishkitten · 11-09-2003 5:49pm

I'm a girl and I like comics

I especially like the Witchblade series published by TopCow / Image .

nesthead · 11-09-2003 5:56pm

i think the question should be do girls like action orientated comics?

my sister loves Daniel Clowes comics, which are pretty much comedy, some parts are absolutley hillarious. she also really likes Buffy, but doesnt touch the comics. She is however looking out for that new comic by Joss Whedon, who is the producer and script writer of the Buffy TV show. (i dunno if he does the buffy comic)

thats one example.

a friend of mine also likes comics but i dont really how into them she is, i think she just gets a few a friend of hers thats really into comics.

id say its just like girls and computer games, a few girls like em, but not many.

Dont be at yourself · 11-09-2003 6:00pm

Comics is an anti-social hobby, much like video-games and because of this, and the fact that by in large the industry itself is run by males, attracts more males than females.

However, I know plenty of girls who like comics. Comics like Squee etc. are big hits with girls.

I think the industry is waking up to the fact that there is a huge untapped market out there. Comics like Marvel's Trouble is aimed squarely at teenage girls (even if it's mostly males that's buying it!), and I even heard that there is a company bringing Japanese-style "boy-love" comics to our shores.

Caffine · 11-09-2003 6:17pm

Originally posted by NekkidBibleMan
However, I know plenty of girls who like comics. Comics like Squee etc. are big hits with girls.

thats the same with me, basicly all the girls i know read Squee, Lenore and so on, in fact thats what got me started.

Eden · 12-09-2003 11:13pm

I'm a girl myself, that's why I ask. I'm into comics, but none of my girlfriends are. I'm a sad and lonely person.

Oh, and I'm also into computer games. In a fooking massive way.

simu · 13-09-2003 12:21pm

I am a girl, well, a woman to be precise and I love comics!

I've always liked them - my mother used to buy them for us when I was young and because I have brothers, we'd get the "girl" ones and the "boy" ones. When I lived in France, I got into adult oriented comics as they are a lot more mainstream over there and now, I'm into English language comics as well, especially more creative ones that explore serious themes - Transmetropolitain, Preacher, Daniel Clowes, Sandman, Watchmen to name a few that spring to mind.

I really hate the really clichéd superhero stuff that gets so much priority in comic stores, though and I detest(along with most women, I'd say) the improbably large-breasted, scantily clad female "heroines" you get in many comics and the really creepy suggestive images of young girls you often get in manga.

Mystic Fibrosis · 13-09-2003 11:11pm

Eh? I saw Transmetropolitan and sprung to life. I didn't think many girls would be into that particular series. And I refer you to the large-breasted females in the Year Of The Bastard presidential campaign.

wes · 14-09-2003 12:12am

While i agree most Super hero comics are really marketed at males. Stuff like Marvel's Ultimate line can be enjoyed by anyone. Then theres stuff like Grant Morrison's New X-men, Brian Michael Bendis's Daredevil to name a few that would be enjoyed by any reader.

I tend to go for the more 'main stream' super hero stuff myself, but i will give different things a go every now and again.

Nevyn · 14-09-2003 1:06am

comics rock have been a part of my life a long time and always will.
I clearly remembering rowing with my mother that the Bunty was far more suitible for me then 2000 AD she lost

2000AD, Darkchilde, Witchblade, LadyDeath and the rest of the Darklings

Sandman
the books of magic

thinks that just about it oh and well batman the early stuff and the JLA.

but comics is only one area of what i am intrested in

simu · 14-09-2003 2:57pm

I saw Transmetropolitan and sprung to life. I didn't think many girls would be into that particular series. And I refer you to the large-breasted females in the Year Of The Bastard presidential campaign.

Well, Spider is a pretty cool guy, that's to say he's not some James Bond type who picks up girls all the time and his two assistants rock!

keeaumoku_tofu · 15-09-2003 8:48pm

I was really into anime as well as Naughty Bits, Bone, oh, man I can't think of the rest it's been so long. It was fun to wait for the next issue. Maybe I should get back into it. Anything is better to read than the Independent.

sod · 16-09-2003 1:44pm

Originally posted by Eden
I'm a girl myself, that's why I ask. I'm into comics, but none of my girlfriends are. I'm a sad and lonely person.

Oh, and I'm also into computer games. In a fooking massive way.

rare

Nevyn · 19-09-2003 1:37am

you'd be surprized how many person of the female gender are into to comics , pc, games, fps, rts war hammer modles ect.
and even case modding

simu · 21-09-2003 4:14pm

you'd be surprized how many person of the female gender are into to comics , pc, games, fps, rts war hammer modles ect. and even case modding

So true.

Whatever next, a post asking if all girls have cooties?:)

JohnnyBravo · 22-09-2003 1:54pm

Do girls have cooties

ll=llannah · 22-09-2003 11:27pm

a large amount of girls like comics.
its a gross generalization to say otherwise.

Comics is an anti-social hobby, much like video-games and because of this, and the fact that by in large the industry itself is run by males, attracts more males than females.

...are you saying that males are more anti-social than females??!?! allow me to point out gross generalization #2.

the female friends I have who don't like comics often don't like the way that they think the females are portrayed in them (i.e. huge chests, microscopic waists, tiny clothing, etcetc.) <insert feminist rant here...only not.>
I also know large amounts of guys who dislike comics. It just depends on the person.

dubhthach · 25-09-2003 9:29am

god havn't read transmetropolitan in years, i've got most of preacher (well from issue 3 onwards to the end) yeah got to love Garth Ennis sense of humour, though i didn't like his approach on Dredd (Judgement Day was bout the highlight of his Dredd work for me)
like "blade of the immortal" alot though the comic shop in galway has either stopped selling it or is always out when i pop in

, still got to be one of my fav. japanese comics since Aikira

as for girls reading comics well i've 3sisters and none of them have ever shown any interest in my collection, but yeah i see plenty of girls in subcity (comic shop)

Cable · 25-09-2003 4:19pm

If you want to know if they like comics just run along to any comic supplier and pick up ANY marvel comic, flick to the back pages for readers responses and check out the names, theres been quite a few times in Xmen, and Wolverine and Gambit where the girls comments have far outweighed the guys

][cEMAN** · 06-10-2003 1:51pm

Originally posted by NekkidBibleMan
Comics is an anti-social hobby, much like video-games and because of this, and the fact that by in large the industry itself is run by males, attracts more males than females.

I disagree on both the comics and the games but I understand your point of view and why you see it as such. I think that saying comics are antisocial is like saying that any books in general are antisocial. Obviously you're reading them by yourself but it doesn't mean that you can't discuss them with friends or people in a club or meeting - the same as a book club. It also opens up the social circle of people who read comics, which is a way in itself of meeting new people either through, again clubs, or through conventions.
Games played as multiplayer are based around the same idea. Yes people can talk about games in single player but games are more about the action than the story. Games as multiplayer though, open the posibility to meet new people and become part of a community of gamers. I've seen both happen, and though they might be more detatched through being in different cities or countries, i've also seen friendships take form on a local basis.

Though I do agree that the comics industry would seem to be more male based than female based at the buyer end. I think this is more to do with the idea of comics. A lot of people before reading them think that they are all about super powered people beating up other super powered people with the typical *BOOM* *POW* *BLAM* going on in the background. They don't realise that mostly comics are based around a story and a lot of people write them with metaphorical meanings about social situations - essentially they are the blossom or dawson's creek of graphic novels

JohnnyBravo · 06-10-2003 1:55pm

So where re sl the girls now

][cEMAN** · 06-10-2003 4:46pm

Johnny I hope you're going to be giving us some relevant replies rather than trolling here looking for women

This is a hypothetical pondering - no need for direct reply - as long as you understand that I mean I want all off topic replies stopped.

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