Art from “Change of Heart” in First Kiss #37, 1964. Click image to enlarge.
Art from First Kiss #32, 1963. Click art to enlarge.
Original art from Just Married #10, 1959.
I could be wrong, but it seems like women in popular entertainment are more likely to be portrayed as strong, heroic action-oriented characters if the stories are science fiction or fantasy-based.
Buffy, Xena, Wonder Woman, Emma Peal, Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Lara Croft, etc.
Why? Is it safer if it’s a fantasy?
Girls,
If you want a sweet, sweet verse,
Keep a hanky in your purse.
Never let him see or guess,
You’re a horrid snotty mess!
—Your Doctor
Art from First Kiss #36, 1964.
Art by Charles Nicholas & Jon D’Agostino from First Kiss #20, 1961.
This is one of several one-panel gags that I wrote for Northwest Press’s forthcoming anthology “Anything That Loves.”
The book is being funded by a Kickstarter campaign that’s going on through Monday Apr 29, 2013 12:00am EDT.
Editor Zan Christensen describes it as “a bold new comics anthology that explores and celebrates the complex world beyond the categories of ‘gay’ and ‘straight.’
“This will be, as far as I know, the first major comics anthology focusing on sexuality outside of “gay” and “straight”. (Bisexual! Pansexual! Omnisexual! Why-are-you-so-obsessed-with-labeling-me-sexual!)”
Contributors include Kevin Boze, Ellen Forney, Erika Moen, Randall Kirby, Roberta Gregory, Stasia Kato and many more.
