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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB
I don't think we are. A lack of female mainstream comic book writers is not a problem systemic of TMNT alone.
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I just meant that
TMNT was a little removed from the realm of DC and Marvel, both in its talents and audiences, but I suppose it's all part of the same lack of female creaters.
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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB
But the problem remains... such as mainstream comics has existed since time immemorial, it's not a thing that attracts them.
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But they way they've existed since time immemorial has been incredibly and unnecessarily alienating to women -- first by keeping them out of the material as much as possible (see that early DC mandate to not use women), and later by using them as T&A, even when they're in leading roles. Mainstream superhero comics have catered exclusively, and harmfully, to male fantasies for most of their existence.
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very recently have they begun to address this.
Gail Simone did her whole "Women in Regrigerators" thing as late as 1999, and complaints over the overly objectified New 52 characters came just last year. If the articles I've been reading are any indication, there
is a female audience for superhero comics with a balanced gender portrayal, and more creative teams to come from that.