Gender and webcomics
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (August 2021) |
In contrast with mainstream American comics,
Statistics
A 2015 study by David Harper concluded that webcomics were vastly more popular format to female, transgender, and
According to a study by Erik Melander in 2005, at least 25% of webcomic creators were female. This percentage was significantly larger than the number of successful women creating print comics at the time, and the number may have been even higher, as a certain percentage of contributors were unknown.
Women in webcomics
Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club pointed out in 2016 that there exists a growing community of black women cartoonists creating webcomics.[9]
In India, where
LGBT in webcomics
There exist a large amount of openly gay and lesbian comic creators that self-publish their work on the internet. These include amateur works, as well as more "mainstream" works, such as
For some transgender creators, webcomics can also double as autobiographies or autobiografiction. Some of these webcomics are written and illustrated by transgender individuals, accurately depicting their thoughts and reality.[16] An example of such would be Rooster Tails.
Impact
LGBT representation in webcomics is also thought to be a form of participatory media, since it may "encourage users to contribute voices and resources, such as time and money, toward shared projects".[17] Readers of webcomics primarily containing LGBT topics also have the opportunity to undergo transformative learning.[18]
See also
- Women in comics
- Sexism in American comics
- List of LGBT-related webcomics
References
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- ^ Rosser, Emma (2015-12-17). "A comic book revolution from the man that brought Google to Korea". The Sociable.
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- ^ Johnston, Rich (2016-02-29). "42% Of WEBTOON's Comic Creators Are Female – And Half Are Read By Women". Bleeding Cool.
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- ^ Campbell, Josie (2013-03-29). "Women in Comics: Stevenson & Corsetto on Webcomics and the Future". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Sava, Oliver (2016-02-19). "Agents Of The Realm, M.F.K., and the ascent of black women in webcomics". The A.V. Club.
- ^ Choksi, Nidhi (2015-12-13). "A new superhero has emerged, the web comic". Hindustan Times.
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- ^ Burns, Eric (2005-04-17). "Feeding Snarky". Comixpedia. Archived from the original on 2005-04-19.
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- ^ Wheeler, Andrew (2012-06-29). "Comics Pride: 50 Comics and Characters That Resonate with LGBT Readers". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on 2014-03-26.
- ^ Wolfe, Tash (2015-02-23). "Visual Representation: Trans Characters In Webcomics". The Mary Sue.
- ^ Nayek, Debanjana (2016). "(Mis) Representations of The Transgender Identity: the DominantPopular Narrative Culture Versus the Webcomics". Colloquium. 3: 15–20.
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