Well it looks like Marvel is yet again attempting to reach out to those of the female persuasion that may and may not yet be comic book readers. It is rather commonly known that the comic world is predominantly male. This trend has been shifting for quite some time now, but the balance is far from perfect. And because of this, it seem Marvel feels the need to push out a series of issues called, GIRL COMICS!
It’s not quite what it sounds like though. It’s not a revamp of a bunch of romance comics. Nope the angle they’re going for is an all ladies creative team! And I restate it’s not a pack of “romance” comics. They’re going to be doing standard Marvel stories with all the characters we know and love.
I think this is a way cool idea. Highlight that there are lots of awesomely talented ladies in comics! Let it be a little more common knowledge that it’s not completely a sausage fest in comics. Another thing that makes this cool is that the ladies are branded with “indie”, is nothing wrong with that, but it does tend to draw a different crowd. (feel like Seinfeld all of a sudden) My one beef with this is the brand “GIRL COMICS”. It seems they could have picked a name that didn’t sound like repackaged romance comics. I would love to be proved wrong, and that this is a huge success and draws in more readers, although I wish the name wasn’t so cheesy.
Would Hag Rags be more appropriate? Girly Graphics? PERIOD-icals?
I’m a fan of Girly Graphics. …that came out wrong.