Week 12 Women in Comics


Week 12 Women in Comics

            Before I read any comics for this week, I’m already make up my mind that, in my blog, the first thing I’m going to say is----“I don’t see a difference in comics create by woman or man”. However, to my surprise…I think I did found some slight differences in women in comic there are created by man than woman.

            I first read the Diary of a Dominatrix by Alison Bechdel. Beside the various sexual content, one thing that catches my attention is the struggle the main character goes through. She seems having trouble fighting the various stereotypes (like big boob, tiny waist and so on) of what man considers sexy in society. Therefore, the whole story is very subjective, lots of inner conflicts and Alison really shows the main character’s anger or disdain toward those so-called-sexy stereotypes. Therefore, reader starts to see a woman who wants the power and wants to change the people around her. In other words, a woman who tries to fight a patriarchal society which consists of a male-dominated power structure throughout organized society and in individual relationships. What really surprised me is that I thought Alison Bechdel is a woman, therefore, can created such a strong woman character to speak for woman. However, Alison Bechdel turns out to be a “he”. More ironically, I then read the “This One Summer” by Emil Ferris, which I make sure is a female artist first, and it turns out she seems doesn’t even care about how man views woman. Yes, that is correct, woman character created by man tend to subconsciously care about how man see them, but not for the woman character created by female, in fact, they have their own life and own emotion to express, and that has nothing to do with man. They simply don’t care.
            I know I should probably read more before I nail down the words, but at least one thing I can be pretty sure by now is that does exist some differences between comic created by man than woman, and those differences does add more diversity to the comic world.


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