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This might be too broad a request, but my girlfriend asked for comics written by women the other day. When pressed a bit for more specific desires, she added that they should have characters with some depth and that characters other than men should have agency. I'll editorialize the request a little and say that non-binary authors are also welcome. I rattled off a couple of things that turned up in my memory - Lumberjanes, the current run of She-hulk, Rainbow Rowell's run on Runaways - but my memory is pretty bad at the best of times and I tend to read in my corner of the comics world. I'd appreciate any suggestions the thread can give based on this limited information, both for her and myself. If it helps, some things about her: she's a queer and PoC immigrant (and this is core to her identity and interests) in her mid thirties, she's always making art in various forms (podcasting, drawing, making zines and music, writing) and she's very politically engaged. She reads a lot of theory around feminism and race, and thinks a lot about ways to build family and community beyond the norms and traditions in place. She speaks English and French and has Malagasy roots that I think she'd love to see reflected in media. To be honest, I vaguely worry that if she just picked up and read the stuff I read she might dismiss it, as she's frankly a lot more literary than I am.
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fez_machine posted:Does it have to be capeshit or pop culture stuff? Action Jacktion posted:Monstress is written and illustrated by two Asian women. Most of the characters are female, and the protagonist and others are queer.
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Apr 23, 2024 14:54
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mutantIke posted:At risk of going for the obvious choice, Alison Bechdel's work is excellent underground (at time of writing) stuff. Fun Home is a great tragicomic memoir and Dykes To Watch Out For is 20 years straight of lesbian political soap opera.
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Apr 23, 2024 20:42
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So many good suggestions here, thank you all! I'm currently reading Dungeon Meshi myself, don't think it would be her vibe but I could be wrong. I also read Octopus Pie back when it was originally getting published online, loved it and was sad when it ended. I'd kinda forgotten about it since but will definitely suggest it (and perhaps revisit it myself too). I'm gonna look into everything that's been suggested, really appreciate it.
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