Lack of girl comic artists and good comics for girls is certainly is problem in North American comics. I didn't read comics as a kid, but there wasn't really a big selection for me except for Betty and Veronica (which I still do read once in awhile).
However, I do think it's only a matter of time before things change. With the internet, there's a lot more exposer for girl comics and artists. As rowenathewitch said it also depends on trends, because the same problem has occured in North American cartoons. In the 80/early 90s there were cartoons like She-Ra, JEM, Tanko and the Guardians of magic for girls to watch that weren't too girly. But later, the number dropped and there weren't many cartoons directed at girls that weren't unisex or super girly like the WINX cartoon.
However, now the selection is a bit better. There's Atomic Betty, Kim Possible, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, etc. Also, in the unisex cartoons there is a much larger selcetion of female characters like in Avatar. I realize that the cartoon industry is a probably different fromt he comic industry, but I do think it's only a matter of time before female comic artists and comics directed at girls get notice more. The real question is how long do we have to wait.
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Date: 2007-04-20 07:18 pm (UTC)However, I do think it's only a matter of time before things change. With the internet, there's a lot more exposer for girl comics and artists. As
However, now the selection is a bit better. There's Atomic Betty, Kim Possible, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, etc. Also, in the unisex cartoons there is a much larger selcetion of female characters like in Avatar. I realize that the cartoon industry is a probably different fromt he comic industry, but I do think it's only a matter of time before female comic artists and comics directed at girls get notice more. The real question is how long do we have to wait.
Also, you should check out Achiru's online manga Raven http://acorn.chorwong.com/raven/index.html
She's also a female Canadian manga artist and she's on deviantart http://-achiru-.deviantart.com/