10 comic books that are doing it right

[athena25]

So, as a kind of companion piece to this post and as a general "hurrah!" - also as proof that I don't just bitch about the Awful State Of Things but can hand out credit where credit's due (in my self-nominated positions as arbiter of taste, Grand High Poobah of forward thinking Art and Captain of the Seekrit PC Brigade*)

This is my list of 10 comics

Comments

[tyrell]

Promethea, Phonogram, The Invisibles, Y The Last Man, Fell, Persepolis...

*Falls off his chair in appreciation of these comics*

It's funny how this list is very similar to my top 10 list of just really great comics of any type. Maybe there's a lesson there for writers :)

I'd add more to the list, but I realised that my examples are mostly so heavily fantasy-based that they don't portray real women so much as demons/goddesses (in 'Lucifer' etc). But several do have realistic personalities, agendas and a distinct lack of football boobs.

Sadly a quick look down "Top 100 Comics" list reminds us that 90% of what's available is precisely what you were right to complain about in the previous post :(

[athena25]

Yes, I did want to cite Lucifer and also Sandman, but did want to try and avoid those because most of the women are so "unreal" but both contain some very good examples.

[ed_fortune]

Just finished re-reading Lucifer and I think I know what you mean. They are too many things wrong with the work as a whole, I suspect.

[renniek]

I thought of Sandman too. Your list contains comics I love - and others that I now need to buy...

[ed_fortune]

That's a good list, full stop. Certainly half of those would go on my 'comics for none comic readers' list.

Been meaning to read Air for ages.

[zoecb]

I love Alison Bechdel! She is awesome. I did part of my queer theory essay oh her :-)

[invisible_al]

Next Wave? I'm pretty sure it passes the Bechdel test a few times...

[alasdair]

Great non-sexist comics by women, off the top of my head:

La Perdida, or really, anything by Jessica Abel.
Hopeless Savages (multiple volumes), Jen van Meter.
Blue Monday (multiple volumes) + Scooter Girl, Chynna Clugston.
Finder (multiple volumes), Carla Speed McNeil

Not by women, still non-sexist, still great:
Slow News Day, Andi Watson.
Queen and Country (multiple volumes, novels) + Whiteout (multiple volumes) Greg Rucka.
Pedro and Me + Barry Ween (multiple volumes), Judd Winick.
How Loathsome + Courtney Crumrin (multiple volumes) Ted Naifeh

[chains_of_irony]

Gail Simone! <3 (First female writer of Wonder Woman)

She makes me love DC Comics again. Secret Six is so damn funny.

[chains_of_irony]

Also as for female artists, Amanda Connor is love. The expressions are gorgeous! (Again, I love her DC stuff).

Becky Cloonan also.

[chains_of_irony]

Conner, sorry. Look at this it's so damn cute. http://tinyheroes.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/girl-comics.jpg

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/PGL-Cv3.jpg