Central Massachusetts Year of the Teen

Graphic novels for girls, coming soon!

November 28, 2006

There’s a great article in the New York Times about a new series of graphic novels that will be published by DC Comics in the spring. “Minx” is aimed at teen girls who are already fans of manga. A couple interesting quotes from the article:

“When you had mostly boys and men making comics, you had comics made mainly for boys and men,” said Johanna Draper Carlson, the editor of comicsworthreading.com, a Web site for comic book news and reviews. “Then you end up with teen-girl superheroes who are drawn like Victoria’s Secret models.”

“I don’t think only women can write for women,” Ms. Carlson added, “but I think it helps provide an alternative perspective and a more true-to-life experience.” Ms. Carlson, who often champions female-friendly comics on her site, is taking a wait-and-see attitude to the Minx line.”

The author of the first book is Cecil Castellucci, author of “Boy Proof” and “The Queen of Cool”. The artist is Jim Rugg.

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