Delzoup

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January 25, 2012 12:16 pm I'm not sure about comics, but how about the webtoon Gotham Girls? They're all easily accessed from the wiki. A small confession; Growing up I preferred manga, where I had no problem finding many female characters written and drawn by female authors. I traded with my gothy friend, and so came to like Sandman, Nny the homocidal maniac, Lenore, etc. and later my ex-husband liked Warren Elllis, Alan Moore and Frank Miller, so I read some of their works. And generally speaking, I did watch the Justice League and Batman movies and in general I know who people are. But when I read to my son, I read manga like Fairy Tail or Naruto, which is aimed at young boys. It's the genre I know best, where I can be fairly confident I will find a story he and I can both enjoy, without too much adult content. (Although my ex started him on Tiny Titans, which I enjoy with him--as I am the parents who reads with him.) It's not like he won't have other exposure to DC/Marvel/Darkhorse stuff growing up. But at a young age kids like what their parents expose them to--my son also enjoys Star Wars because I played LEGO Star Wars with him--both the video game and the toys. I liked Star Wars because my parents liked Star Wars, and we'd watch the movies. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say with this other than I think it's sad for DC; A dad who material as is interested and knowledgeable about DC comics wants to share them with his daughter, but has found little age appropriate material to share with her. And there's me, who is a mother who is not as interested in DC because there was either little comics that were marketed for me (either I was unware of them or even made), so while there's probably tons of stuff made for my son to enjoy, I have little knowledge or inclination to find which titles are appropriate for him to buy. By neglecting girls there's the chance that they will loose more than just girl readers.