2012年10月19日
both on and off of the page
When I addressed this question after last year’s convention (see, “Comics Needs Women: Why Marvel and DC Should Have Been at Geek Girl Con”, PopMatters, 19 October 2011),Ferragamo Handbag, I focused on how comics, while a major topic at Geek Girl, is just a small part of what it meant to be a ‘geek’, and superhero comics,Ferragamo handbag, while a dominant genre for the medium,Ferragamo Outlet, is an even smaller part of that universe. Geek Girl Con is an opportunity for the publishers to show their relevance to, particularly,Ferragamo Outlet, girls and women, but also men and boys who feel alienated (or bored) by the persistence of sexism in the industry.
If last year I was struck by the range and diversity of geek culture on display at the convention, this year I was struck by how well-represented comics was despite the absence of most publishers,Ferragamo Bag, but notably Marvel and DC, who, understandably, tend to draw the widest attention when represented at a con.
In all, I counted eight panels across the two days of Geek Girl dedicated to comics, and most panels,Salvatore Ferragamo Bags, from those on cosplay to ones on writing, relate to comics in some measure. What this demonstrates is that fans and readers, even individual creators, don’t need publishers in order to have productive conversations about comics. More importantly, panel organizers are free to talk about what they want to talk about without being kept at a distance,Salvatore Ferragamo Bags.
Not surprisingly, the comics panels at this convention are mostly rooted in critical examinations of how the superhero genre is done,Ferragamo Handbag, and how the marginalization of women and girls, both on and off of the page,Salvatore Ferragamo Bags, can be addressed in productive ways by both creators and readers. It is difficult to imagine executives at Marvel and DC signing on for a panel that asks, “Why do Superman and Batman charge into battle fully dressed while Wonder Woman wears a skimpy swimsuit?” (“Super Style: 70 Years of Comic Book Fashion, Saturday, 11 August,Ferragamo Bag, 1:30-2:20).
If last year I was struck by the range and diversity of geek culture on display at the convention, this year I was struck by how well-represented comics was despite the absence of most publishers,Ferragamo Bag, but notably Marvel and DC, who, understandably, tend to draw the widest attention when represented at a con.
In all, I counted eight panels across the two days of Geek Girl dedicated to comics, and most panels,Salvatore Ferragamo Bags, from those on cosplay to ones on writing, relate to comics in some measure. What this demonstrates is that fans and readers, even individual creators, don’t need publishers in order to have productive conversations about comics. More importantly, panel organizers are free to talk about what they want to talk about without being kept at a distance,Salvatore Ferragamo Bags.
Not surprisingly, the comics panels at this convention are mostly rooted in critical examinations of how the superhero genre is done,Ferragamo Handbag, and how the marginalization of women and girls, both on and off of the page,Salvatore Ferragamo Bags, can be addressed in productive ways by both creators and readers. It is difficult to imagine executives at Marvel and DC signing on for a panel that asks, “Why do Superman and Batman charge into battle fully dressed while Wonder Woman wears a skimpy swimsuit?” (“Super Style: 70 Years of Comic Book Fashion, Saturday, 11 August,Ferragamo Bag, 1:30-2:20).