Although the trend is changing, too many comics treat their female characters as little more than decoration.
Jennie looks at the changing role of women in comics…
Its a time of change for comic books.
Comics have always had difficulty maintaining not only a female readership but also female characters.
The site suggested that women in comics should not be abused, depowered or reduced to plot devices.
Such attempts have proven mostly unsuccessful at drawing in readers or preventing critical accusations.
In general, the ill-treatment of women is still commonplace in both mainstream universes.
Harley is not the only character whose reboot-y has received negative appraisals because of her looks.
What kind of role models and relatable stories are they providing for readers?
Yes, they do exist!
Both are from the DC Universe sorry Marvel and feature traditionally good and bad characters.
Simone is now writing the well-received and decidedly masculineFirestorm: The Nuclear Menas part of DCsNew 52.
Unfortunately, neitherGotham City SirensnorBirds Of Preywent untouched by DCs company-wide revamp.
The former has been completely dissolved.
However, neither of these books is without their own points of debate.
This choice by DC undermines Babs good work as information-genius Oracle.
While in some ways the DC revamp is promising, many female characters have been controversial at best.
Hopefully, some of the things that are lost for the moment can be brought back.
It will be interesting to see how Marvel responds toNew 52.
Perhaps Marvel can learn from DCs experience and start putting things right for their ladies.
Some very good comics featuring women are garnering public and critical success.
