The whole medium feels like an old boys club. I haven't read a comic book since I was about eight years old, specifically because the authors weren't reflecting any kind of reality I could get into (same with sci-fi, really). I do appreciate fiction, and graphic novels, but so little of the content is interesting to me.
I know (now) that there are women and POC who author comics too - there just aren't anywhere near enough of them. It's probably too late for me to redevelop an interest, but hopefully girls of the future (and non-Christians, and POC, and so on) won't feel as left out as I did. Here's hoping.
I've been reading more graphic novels and comic books the last couple years, but I got into the genre/medium via webcomics. Less gatekeeping so there's some really great work coming from LGBT or POC authors, perhaps. I'm intrigued by the new Ms. Marvel, largely because I loved Alif the Unseen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Re…
I know (now) that there are women and POC who author comics too - there just aren't anywhere near enough of them. It's probably too late for me to redevelop an interest, but hopefully girls of the future (and non-Christians, and POC, and so on) won't feel as left out as I did. Here's hoping.
A muslim complaining about "sexism."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burqa
Stick to what you know, bucko.