DC Announces Comics Line Geared Towards Teen Girls

[GrnMarvl14]

According to a few comics sites, New York Times is reporting that DC is planning to launch a series of comics under a new imprint they're calling "Minx", "targeted at female readers who may not be attracted to superheroes or manga, but whom have interest in the medium of comic books."

Lest some fans worry that this simply means more romance comics, Berger asserted that the books are, "about more than going out with the cute guy. This line of books gives them something to read that honors that intelligence and assertiveness and that individuality.”

The announced line up of books includes:

* "Clubbing," by Andi Watson and Josh Howard
* "Re-Gifters," by Mike Carey, Marc Hempel, and Sonny Liew
* "Good as Lily," by Derek Kirk Kim and Jesse Hamm
* "The P.L.A.I.N. Janes," by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg.

Full story.

I admire the initiative. The book titles? Not so much. Sad part is that they all appear to be written by men (although "Andi" is a bit ambiguous). God forbid we get female writers to write books for females. Wonder why they didn't tap Devin Grayson, at the very least. She's a great writer.

And on a related note, from the Lying in the Gutters column:

I've also been made aware that Marvel are actively looking to create female-friendly titles for next year and are actively seeking out female talent.

 

[Doctor Oak]

Sounds pretty daft to me, i've never heard of a girl with "interest in the medium of comic books" that wasn't perfectly happy reading X-Men, Spider-man and Batman and so on.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Exactly. I have a feeling this entire thing is going to be very patronizing towards females. Should be fun to see how long it lasts. My money's on a year, max.

 

[Zeta]

Marvel has Runaways, as far as I know, is the most popular comic book amongst female readers in the past 10 years. They shouldn't be greedy.

Anyways, this looks like a resurgence of the crappy romance comics popular back in the 40s and 50s. Ugh.