Firefly Presentation

1. Out of the Archive
Presentation: Firefly
By Caroline Johnson

2. Comic Book Beginnings
 1930s-1950s
 Men were not the focus
 Women’s roles in comics
 Took over men’s jobs (WWII)
 Single mothers
 1950s- Comic Codes

3. Comic Codes
 1950s
 Regulations on comic books
 Adult content
 Violence
 Stop teens from being anti-social
 More focused on younger crowd- primarily male
 Super hero genre boomed
 Limited access to comics

4. DC Comics
 Batman, Spiderman, Superman
 Women were never main characters
 Peer, coworker, secretary, girlfriend
 Wonder Woman
 Drove around the invisible jet
https://davescorneroftheuniverse.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/interviewi
ng-the-fictitious-wonder-woman/

5. Marvel
 Previously Atlas Comics
 Sue Storm: The Invisible Girl
 Invisibility
 1980s- becomes Invisible Woman
 Stronger
 Independent
 Take care of herself
http://www.writeups.org/fiche.php?id=2084

6. Women’s Bodies
 The Outfits
 Revealing
 Small/Skimpy
 The Body
 Over exaggerated
 Not proportional
 Sexualized
 Perfect hair
 Long legs
http://www.comicvine.com/forums/battles-
7/hellbat-vs-wonderwoman-1716466/

7. Women Working in Comic
Book Industry
 Higher percentage of men authors
 Growing number of women authors
 Still low, though
 More editors than creators
 Writing novels instead of comics

8. Women Readers
 Comic books targeted towards women
 Reading more online
 Hide from the crowds
 Don’t have to feel embarrassed
 Comics being turned into movies/tv shows
 Geek Girl Con

9. Works Cited
 “About Us.” Geek Girl Con. Geek Girl Con, 2015. Web. 13
October 2015.
 Rogers, Vaneta. “Pro-Girls Pt. 1: Where Are the Working
Women in Comics?” Newsrama. Purch, 20 September
2011. Web. 11 October 2015.
 Rogers, Vaneta. “Pro-Girls Pt.2: History’s Role in
Comics’ Gender Disparity.” Newsrama. Purch, 23
September 2011. Web. 11 October 2015.
 Weida, Courtney Lee. “Wonder(ing) Women:
Investigating Gender Politics and Art Education
within Graphica.” Visual Culture & Gender 6 (2011):
100-08. Web. 11 October 2015.
 “Women in Comics.” Comic Vine. Interactive CBS Inc., 21
May 2014. Web. Oct 11, 2015.