In 2014, females between the ages of 17 and 33 were the fastest growing demographic in comics. According to comic book historian Tim Hanley the number of female-led comic-book titles has doubled in the last five years, with fans devouring heroines like selfie-snapping Batgirl, the new female Thor (who, after an initial period of fanboy anguish, is outselling the last Thor comic book by 30 percent), and Spider-Gwen, a version of Peter Parker’s first love, Gwen Stacy, who is bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes Spider-Woman. There’s even a new, all-female Avengers team called A-Force that will continue later this year.
I'm not surprised. If you look at comics from the 90s or even early 2000s, it's pretty easy to see that comics were fairly male-centric. Heck, I'm a male and I was turned off by the hypermasculinity and scantily clad women decked throughout every cover. It's only now I'm seeing comics that catch my interest (although Powers was pretty goddamn awesome).
When we finally get a decent female superhero movie 5 to 10 years from now, I won't be surprised to see more people talking about how women amazingly came out of nowhere to start seeing these movies like it's some huge mystery.
I'm not surprised. If you look at comics from the 90s or even early 2000s, it's pretty easy to see that comics were fairly male-centric. Heck, I'm a male and I was turned off by the hypermasculinity and scantily clad women decked throughout every cover. It's only now I'm seeing comics that catch my interest (although Powers was pretty goddamn awesome).
When we finally get a decent female superhero movie 5 to 10 years from now, I won't be surprised to see more people talking about how women amazingly came out of nowhere to start seeing these movies like it's some huge mystery.
I hear ya! Scantily clad attractive women... just ewwwww!