Happy International Women's Day!

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On behalf of the Mod Team, we send our warmest good wishes to our members of the female persuasion.

And also a shout out to the female creators who have contributed so much to our preferred graphic medium over a great many decades. From Marie Severin to Seanan Maguire, Gail Simone to G Willow Wilson, Jackie Ormes to Sophie Campbell and oh so many others..

And in terms of characters, where does one begin? Wonder Woman? Storm? Catwoman? Kitty Pryde? Renee Montoya? Ms Marvel? Lois Lane? Shuri? Monica Rambeau? Starfire? Ma Kent? Dani Moonstar?

And of course, Emma Frost, whose one page story from "Marvel's Voices" seems like a good choice for a scan to post.



So? Who are YOUR favourite comic women, on either side of the page?

Comments

[scorntx]

Well, if we're just talkin' humans, Monica Rambeau.

But there's also IDW's version of Arcee (John Barber's version, at least.)
Maybe because she's a grumpy badass old lesbian? I'unno?

[icon_uk]

We're certainly going to exclude a woman just because they're completely inorganic, that's just not the S_D way.

[mastermahan]

We're certainly going to exclude a woman just because they're completely inorganic, that's just not the S_D way.

I think you an important word there, Icon. :p

[icon_uk]

Oh bugger...

Right, that's it, beddie byes for Icon_UK!

Thanks for noticing though

[owlbrigade1]

If we ARE allowing Cybertronian women then I want to throw my hat in the ring for the Duo of Anode and Lug from the MTMTE-Lost Light era. Romantic adventurer archaeologists who are also canonically completely genuine transwomen. That is transwomen in they were sparked male but after moving of Cybertron and seeing all the different genders of the galaxy both came to realise that they were female.

Interestingly although Anode has reformated herself to have a more conventional female coded body shape, Lug still keeps her old male-coded body even though she is definitely a she; which shows a greater knowledge and acceptance of the spectrum that transpeople in the real world often represent at. Genuinely well done IDW, and certainly handles the trans representation better than their first attempt with Arcee.

I love Arcee as the asskicking warrior, but they screwed up her origin story the first time around there. Big shout out to Windblade, Nautica, Elita-1, Moonracer; and even Nightbird the first female robot in the Transformers franchise, even if she was a little bit of a false start.

Okay, I admit it, I love my female robot idols.

[alicemacher]

My favourite comic women? Easy: Maggie and Hopey, las Locas from Love and Rockets.

[bradygirl_12]

Wonder Woman is so unique that she captured a little girl's heart. :)

Supergirl is far more than the distaff version of Superman. :)

Gail Simone and Devin Grayson on the other side of the page. :)

[tripodeca113]

Mary Jane Watson.

The Spider-Man love interest who's better than all the rest.

[stubbleupdate]

It isn't a competition

And is her main value defined by her relationship to a man?

[tripodeca113]

I should have added "As well as being a well realized character in her own right (when the writers get her right)"

[donnblake]

"It isn't a competition."

I mean, the premise of this post is literally that we're being asked to pick favorites.

[stubbleupdate]

My mistake.

Looks like we're rating women here on this comm.

[donnblake]

I mean, I would have said discussing our favorite female characters.

[crinos]

I spent the afternoon reading Batgirl, Supergirl, and the digital Sensation comics featuring Wonder Woman on DC Universe.

I highly recommend the later. Its basically an anthology series with different self contained Wonder Woman stories with different artists and writers.

[bruinsfan]

And in terms of characters, where does one begin?

With Fantomah, of course!

[lieut_kettch]

On the other side of the page? Gail Simone, Amanda Conner, Nicola Scott.

[tinygaylaura]

Some of my favourite heroines in the Marvel universe are Mystique, Emma Frost, Phyla Vell, Moondragon, Black Cat, some versions of Valkyrie but most especially the MCU version and Toni Ho

Some of my DC favourites are Batwoman, Thunder, Grace Choi, Scandal Savage, Nia Nal, Renee Montoya, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Harper Row

In terms of behind the scenes I am a big fan of Mags Visaggio, Marguerite Bennett, Vita Ayala and Leah Williams