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Women in Comics
by Aleta Reese
Intro by Kathleen Gasperini
It is honorable and timely that Michael Chabon received a Pulitzer Prize for his much acclaimed book, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." His novel portrays the comic book industry's coming of age artistically and metaphorically as a political and cultural movement of its own kind. Perhaps now the art and science of comic book storytelling will move from the fringes of societal acceptance into the glaring light of mainstream.
But to understand the entire culture of comics, one must unfold the whole story. Like other great herstorical icons who have played significant roles in shaping America into what she is today, so too, have women in the comic book industry. Unfortunately, the mention of women in comics usually conjures up male-fantasy Laura Crofts rather than the artists creating the characterizations. Here, Aleta Reese, our W.i.g. Comix creator and mother to "Vespula," found female-fantasy creators, artists, and writers of comics such as "Slutburger," "Vamps," and "A Distant Soil." Their interviews are like first-addition-stories, as rare a find as a 1943 copy of "The Escapist." Basically, consider this a keeper.
Elaine Lee-Writer for Starstruck, Ragman, Indiana Jones: "I can make money doing the evil girls…"
Colleen Doran-Artist for A Distant Soil, Beauty and the Beast: "It's nice to have a female fantasy…"
Mary Fleener-Artist/Writer for Slutburger, Fleener: "It's a woman that's sexually active so it's wrong…"
Other Women Comic Creators to Check Out, plus networking organizations for women in comics, comic herstorians, draftswomen, and editors
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