The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson

All of these changes are necessary and noteworthy.

Today we don’t just have comics about romance, or adventures, or superheroes, but also comics about the absurdities of daily life, the politics of surviving, and the vast diversity of people who are more representative of the world we live in than ever before. And that’s changing the characters we grow up with and love dearly-for the better. We’ve gone from having 90 percent of comicsĬreated by white men to a thriving industry of comics in all sorts of formats created by all sorts of people. Yet this is not a book telling you that things were better back then. We went from an Amazon princess teaching our world about the power of peaceful resolution and feminist sisterhood to a solitary warrior who makes out with Superman. (What? It’s okay. We went from stories featuring Lois Lane, a capable female reporter who cared more about a sense of duty than determining the kissing skills of a dude who wore underwear over his tights to tales of Lois, now starry eyed, marrying said dude decades later.

And not always in the direction you’d expect. Hello, and welcome to the weirdest, coolest, most of-their-time female characters in comics-for better or for worse.įemale protagonists in the world of comics sure have come a long way. Hello, and welcome to the best female characters in comics? Hello, and welcome to the most popular female characters in American and Canadian comics! Hello, and welcome to the definitive guide to female representation in comics!

The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson