lazorwulf

April 11, 2013 1:08 pm Amen! I think the industry is moving in a good direction — toward better storytelling and away from soft porn — and conversations like these are a positive sign. Every once in a while, I try to persuade my wife to try reading comics, and it's embarrassingly hard to find titles with actual female characters instead of male fantasies marketed as female characters. As far as the "baby in peril" plot device, I think it's only the character's weakness that makes me lose interest. Look at Saga — the baby is in peril, but the mother is a strong, dynamic, developed character who can defend her baby and isn't afraid to kick her man in the nuts.