In 1999 comics writer Gail Simone posted a list called “Women in Refrigerators,” in which she numbered female lead and supporting characters who had suffered doomed fates in the mainstream superhero comics. She wanted to start a conversation about the …
Two days ago I went to the local comic book store to simply hang out. Since they never have what I want, and I end up buying everything online, I had very low expectations. However, I found a local comic …
In comics everything is reduced to two-dimensional images. Thus the use of stereotypes is a way to transmit information quickly to the reader. A stereotype is an oversimplified idea of a thing, a person or a group of people. Stereotypes …