Womanthology Inspires Women In Comics Promotion In January

[Rich Johnston]

In January, Diamond Comic Distributors is pushing instore comic shop promotions, to coincide with the IDW distribution of the independently published Womanthology volume. They are creating header and shelf POS for stores to promote certain titles considered female created titles. At the same time Dark Horse and Fantagraphics are offering increased discount for stores on their participating volumes.

These are the January titles that Diamond is spotlighting in this fashion, with the highlighted creators in each case.

ADVENTURE TIME #2 - SHELLI PAROLINE (A)

ANGEL & FAITH #8 - REBEKAH ISAACS (A)

ANYAS GHOST GN - VERA BROSGOL (W/A)

ART OF MOLLY CRABAPPLE SC VOL 01 WEEK IN HELL - MOLLY CRABAPPLE (W/A)

BEASTS OF BURDEN TP ANIMAL RITES - JILL THOMPSON (A)

MAGIC TRIXIE GN VOL 01, VOL 02 SLEEPS OVER, VOL 03 MAGIC TRIXIE & THE DRAGON - JILL THOMPSON (W/A)

BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD TP VOL 11 - MI-KYUNG YUN (W/A)

CHANNEL ZERO TP,CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2 - BECKY CLOONAN (A)

COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS TP, CHICKEN WITH PLUMS SC,EMBROIDERIES GN - MARJANE SATRAPI (W/A)

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #10 - CARLA SPEED MCNEIL (W/A)

DISNEY FAIRIES VOL 08 GN TINKER BELL STORIES FOR RAINY DAY - SILVIA GIANATTI (W), ELISABETTA MELARANCI (A)

EXILE ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #1 - CORINNA SARA BECHKO (W)

FLOUNDERING TIME GN - KATY WESELCOUCH (W/A)

FUN HOME TP - ALISON BECHDEL (W/A)

HARK A VAGRANT HC (MR) - KATE BEATON (W/A)

HOME FOR MR EASTER GN - BROOKE A. ALLEN (W/A)

HOUSE OF NIGHT #5 - PC CAST (W), KRISTIN CAST (W), JOËLLE JONES (A)

ICE AGE PLAYING FAVORITES ONE SHOT - SHELLI PAROLINE (A)

IM NOT A PLASTIC BAG HC - RACHEL HOPE ALLISION (W/A)

INTERIORAE TP - GABRIELLA GIANDELLI (W/A)

KANNAGI VOL 04 GN - ERI TAKENASHI (W/A)

KEY OF Z TP - CHONDRA ECHERT (W)

KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE GN - CATEL MULLER (W/A)

KOKO BE GOOD GN - JEN WANG (W/A)

MAKE ME A WOMAN HC (MR) - VANESSA DAVIS (W/A)

PEANUTS HAPPINESS IS A WARM BLANKET CHARLIE BROWN TP, PEANUTS #3 - VICKI SCOTT (A)

PEPPER PENWELL & LAND CREATURE OF MONSTERLAKE GN - STEPH CHERRYWELL (W/A)

ROBOT DREAMS GN - SARA VARON (W/A)

SMILE SC - RAINA TELGEMEIER (W/A)

SOULLESS MANGA GN VOL 01 - GAIL CARRIGER (W/A)

STAR WARS KOTOR - WAR #3 - ANDREA MUTTI (P)

SUPERBIA #1 (formerly VALORHEIGHTS #1) - GRACE RANDOLPH (W)

TANPOPO HC VOL 01 - CAMILLA D'ERRICO (W/A)

TRUE BLOOD HC VOL 03 THE FRENCH QUARTER - MARIAH HUEHNER (W), CLAUDIA BALBONI (A)

UNTERZAKHN GN - LEELA CORMAN (W/A)

WOMANTHOLOGY HEROIC HC - VARIOUS (W/A)

WHAT IT IS HC - LYNDA BARRY (W/A)

WIDGEY Q BUTTERFLUFF GN VOL 01 - STEPH CHERRYWELL (W/A)

[Joe B. Pangrazio]

Let's see if this dog will hunt.

[Meyeraustin]

Egads. Kill it with fire. That logo is fucking hideous. Photoshop circa fucking 1995...yeesh

[Joe Kalicki]

Who the hell would buy a comic just for the gender of one of the creators?

[Meyeraustin]

Who the hell would buy a comic just for the gender of one of the creators?

But they're women...and they're women...and you should buy it because they're women

[Translation: women cannot compete with men and you should give them special attention but the good kind of special attention and not the bad kind]

[hellblazer72]

Who the hell would buy a comic just for the gender of one of the creators?

The people that say there should be more women working in comics. Other than that no one cares what gender an artist or writer is as long as the story is good.

[Danny Duoshade]

And Andrea Mutti is a male, you know like Kerry Gammill or Hilary Barta.

[hellblazer72]

And Andrea Mutti is a male, you know like Kerry Gammill or Hilary Barta.

Its sad when a movement no one cares about claim male creators as female to beef up the numbers. Now how many of the books listed are really bad and are just getting press because there's a female working on it?

[Meyeraustin]

Its sad when a movement no one cares about claim male creators as female to beef up the numbers. Now how many of the books listed are really bad and are just getting press because there's a female working on it?

If it has a woman working on it, it's not bad.

Duh.

[hellblazer72]

If it has a woman working on it, it's not bad.

Duh.

So if 2 women are working on a book it should be great then. Thanks for helping me see the light.