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Gendercrunching by Tim Hanley – September 2012

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; It was another big month for Marvel, who smashed the record for highest percentage of female creators, while DC continued their slump and dropped slightly from their unimpressive August numbers. We also take a …

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Gendercrunching August 2012

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

Tim Hanley writing for Bleeding Cool The percentage of female creators at the Big Two went up for both publishers in August, by a smidge for DC and by a decent amount for Marvel, who stayed in the top spot. …

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Gendercrunching July 2012 – Marvel, DC And The New York Times Bestseller List

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; Both publishers were down in July, but Marvel stayed on top as DC fell all the way into single digits in what wasn’t a particularly impressive month for anyone. Also, we take a look …

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Gendercrunching May 2012 by Tim Hanley

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; After three months in a row at the same percentage of female creators, DC Comics was up in May, which helped them regain the top spot from a sliding Marvel. We also take a …

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Gendercrunching April 2012 by Tim Hanley

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley numbercrunches for Bleeding Cool; DC stayed the same AGAIN while Marvel dipped a bit but still had the higher overall percentage of female creators. We also look at DC’s stats from a different angle and see how these …

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Gendercrunching March 2012 by Tim Hanley

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; DC stayed the same in March, but Marvel broke the record for the highest percentage of female creators since we began keeping track 15 months ago!! Marvel’s on a bit of a tear lately. …

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Gendercrunching February 2012 by Tim Hanley

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool;  The Big Two tied this month, and at a decent number too, which gives us a unique opportunity to compare how DC and Marvel each arrived at the exact same overall total. We also …

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Gendercrunching January by Tim Hanley: Female Characters At Marvel

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Gendercrunching January 2012 January wasn’t particularly great for either publisher, with both DC and Marvel just barely reaching double digits for female creators. DC won this race to the bottom by a small margin, continuing to squash Marvel’s recent upstart …

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Gendercrunching by Tim Hanley – DC and Marvel, October 2011

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; Both publishers improved in October, with DC edging out Marvel by just 0.1% to claim the top overall percentage of female creators. DC returned to its average range, while Marvel continued their impressive autumn …

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Gendercrunching The DC New 52 – Week One by Tim Hanley

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; I’ll be doing the women in comics stats for DC and Marvel like always this month, but since the DC relaunch is sort of a big deal, we’re going to have special reports on …

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Gendercrunching July 2011 – Apples With Apples

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; Both publishers did a little bit better in July, but they also remained far off their best totals. The slew of big summer event tie-ins resulted in more books than usual, but these books …

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Gendercrunching June 2011 – Dark Horse To The Rescue

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Tim Hanley writes for Bleeding Cool; DC had a big dip in June but remained in double digits, while Marvel rose slightly but continued to languish in a rather paltry total. It wasn’t the worst month for either company, but …

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Gail Simone And B Clay Moore: The Gender Politics Of The DC Relaunch

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Cartoon by Liz Popolo. Bleeding Cool, amongst others, has reported on the seemingly shocking reduction in the proportion of female creators listed as working on the DC Relaunch books. Gail Simone is writing two titles and Jenny Frison is doing …

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Gendercrunching The DC Relaunch

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Rich Johnston

by Tim Hanley With the full solicitations for DC Comics’ relaunch now revealed, we have a special edition of Gendercrunching!! In terms of female characters, it looks decent. Of the 52 new number ones, 7 of the books are headlined …

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