Gender issues in comic art
Baran Ulag, Moritz Deul
Structure
1. Who is this?
2. History of comicbooks
3. Difference in power
4. Female heroes in teams?
5. "Men will be men ; women will be girls
6. Changes in gender role?
7. Conclusion
Who is this person?
History of comicbooks
- Superman first real superhero
- Inexpensive form of entertainment during WWII
Difference in power
- More typical female abilites ("hair control")
- Are often given non-physical powers
- High agility powers (flexibility)
- Men have high physical powers
- Higher leadership skills
- "Insanely rich"
Female heroes in teams?
- Over 2500 teams in DC and Marvel
- Low number of female heroes results in low number of female team mates
- 30 % of teams have no women
- Only 4.8 % have both genders in a team
https://fastly.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/2200xauto/public/team-distribution.png
"Men will be men, women will be girls
"girl” as diminutive version of woman.
5.7% of female characters with gendered names have 'woman' in their name.
8% of both male and female have gendered names
Changes in gender role ?
General increase of female characters in Comic books
Conclusion
Sources
https://pudding.cool/2017/07/comics/
https://blog.retroplanet.com/superhero-comic-book-history/#:~:text=Comic%20books%20were%20a%20popular,the%20Justice%20Society%20of%20America.&text=Superman%20and%20Batman%20were%20a,that%20continued%20to%20be%20published.
https://www.cbr.com/iconic-female-team-ups-comics/
https://www.humanities.org/blog/how-american-history-created-the-american-superhero/
https://fastly.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/2200xauto/public/team-distribution.png
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Gender issues in comic art
Baran Ulag, Moritz Deul
Structure
1. Who is this?
2. History of comicbooks
3. Difference in power
4. Female heroes in teams?
5. "Men will be men ; women will be girls
6. Changes in gender role?
7. Conclusion
Who is this person?
History of comicbooks
Difference in power
Female heroes in teams?
https://fastly.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/2200xauto/public/team-distribution.png
"Men will be men, women will be girls
"girl” as diminutive version of woman.
5.7% of female characters with gendered names have 'woman' in their name.
8% of both male and female have gendered names
Changes in gender role ?
General increase of female characters in Comic books
Conclusion
Sources
https://pudding.cool/2017/07/comics/
https://blog.retroplanet.com/superhero-comic-book-history/#:~:text=Comic%20books%20were%20a%20popular,the%20Justice%20Society%20of%20America.&text=Superman%20and%20Batman%20were%20a,that%20continued%20to%20be%20published.
https://www.cbr.com/iconic-female-team-ups-comics/
https://www.humanities.org/blog/how-american-history-created-the-american-superhero/
https://fastly.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/2200xauto/public/team-distribution.png