Comic Book Gender Roles

I grew up surrounded by women, but with women who were enclosed in the mentalities of a male-dominated society. We spun on the axis of sexism. We walked the grounds of bias opinions. We got caught up in the silent winds of voices unheard and cloudless skies of faces unseen. Now fast-forward twenty years, my niece is growing up surrounded by women. Times have changed. The women surrounding her have broken out of this enclosure. We have created our own rotational spin of balance. We walk the fields of open mindedness. And we make sure our voices are the howling wolves to the moon, with such distinctiveness. Our faces not to be forgotten.
I was in my early twenties when I read my first real comic book. I had grown up thinking that comic books …show more content…
Vaughan and art done by Fiona Staples, as well as others have started the discussion of the challenging of gender roles and social norms. By using the comics I will investigate the how writers and artists within the comic book industry are pushing a movement in achieving better and more diverse representation for the its readership. I will also dive into how especially women are represented in the industry and in the more broader culture of the arts and media spectrum of society. And within the research of gender role and norms being challenged I will also touch upon youth culture and how self identity becomes a core aspect of it as well as with community and its outlets. Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga represents the set forth challenge on society’s gender and social norms as well as provides the platform for others to step forward and take their jab within the …show more content…
It is the women and other marginalized peoples who are at the frontlines. “In the midst of change…comics are gaining respect and are becoming an undeniably important mode of expression in our postmodern era” (Danziger-Russell, 10). The rise of female readership has been the hit to the head of the male-dominated industry of comic book publishing. Numbers show. The demand for female-dominated comics have skyrocketed over the last half century. It is nothing new. Women and girls alike want their say. They want their voices heard and to be represented in the true way they see or want to see themselves and not crammed and molded into the handful of female character stereotypes of which men have created. In spite of the small percentage of women within the field, these women are causing major rifts that are way too exciting for their generations, the present generation, and future generations to ignore. They are fighters to the system, “Through independent comics, we begin to see a revolution taking place: the clear voices of young women are shining through this medium with more personal and imaginative forms of storytelling” (Danziger-Russell, 31). A prime example of this are all the women