Ladies Buying Comics

What we look like. What we buy. The new normal, coming your way.

[wearecomics]

Rachel Edidin - Comics Writer, Editor, Journalist, and Fan

I created the We Are Comics campaign to show—and celebrate—the faces of our community, our industry, and our culture;  to promote the visibility of marginalized members of our population; and to stand in solidarity against harassment and abuse.

I’m queer, female; 31 years old; 8-year industry veteran; lifelong reader. 

I am comics.

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[debaoki]

Go participate! & show off who you are & why you’re into comics!

[heterosaxual]

[rnike]

How about being stabbed

[stupidfuckingquestions]

[sigridellis-deactivated20181218]

My name is Sigrid Ellis. I am the editor of Pretty Deadly, by the Eisner-nominated team of Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Rios, Jordie Bellaire, and Clayton Cowles. I have been nominated for two Hugo Awards, one for my editorial work on Chicks Dig Comics, and this year for editing Queers Dig Time Lords.

I am queer. I am a woman. I am feminist. I believe in the intersectionality of oppression, and I intend to work against same. In comics or anywhere else.

I am comics. Always have been, always will be.

[ladiesbuyingcomics]

Yes! This is a fabulous idea! :D

[amyreeder]

Rocket Girl #3 comes out on NEW YEAR’S DAY so don’t miss it!!  I already got my copies last week.  I’m especially proud of this issue.  Look at those comics, it’s becoming a collection!  Feels good.

[winteriscoming-eventually]

evil santa at his best

[ladiesbuyingcomics]

LOL.

[conjuringseed]

went out like this two days ago, been in the wind ever since

[ladiesbuyingcomics]

This looks like a cosplay of the main character/witch from Hemlock! *_*

[secondlina]

We sure do.

[kateordie]

Obviously.

[denisebefore-blog]

Comic Book Readers

orkin 1947

[harperssterns]

what’s this?

Little girls read comics from the very beginning of their incarnation??

[fangirlingdaily-deactivated2016]

“Girl reading comic book in newsstand” by Teenie Harris (c. 1940-1945) © 2006 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

[breelandwalker]

That sound you hear is thousands of wangsting sexist fanboys shrieking in horror.

Suck it.

[ladiesbuyingcomics]

That last picture was me when I was little. I’d sit in this department store that had a book section with a rack of comic books and read until my mom finished shopping.

[stephanielantry]

Next you’re going to tell me that women even MADE comics in the 30s and 40s. Haha, yeah right. Pfft.

[ladiesbuyingcomics]

(>.>)

(<.<)

(>.>)~~ I'm gonna just leave this right here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_comics_creators#Platinum_Age_.281897.E2.80.931937.29

[denisebefore-blog]

Comic Book Readers

orkin 1947

[harperssterns]

what’s this?

Little girls read comics from the very beginning of their incarnation??

[fangirlingdaily-deactivated2016]

“Girl reading comic book in newsstand” by Teenie Harris (c. 1940-1945) © 2006 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

[breelandwalker]

That sound you hear is thousands of wangsting sexist fanboys shrieking in horror.

Suck it.

[ladiesbuyingcomics]

That last picture was me when I was little. I'd sit in this department store that had a book section with a rack of comic books and read until my mom finished shopping.

[drcomicsmrgames]

Our biggest Chi’s Sweet Home fan returned today to pick up more manga…and Adventure Time comics! We were very impressed with her knowledge of Adventure Time characters.

[sailorfailures]

I didn’t know what to expect when I started this. At first, I was very wary.

Then it got amazing.

[moonlightsdreaming]

I don’t think I shall ever need another cosplay music video ever again, this satisfied a need I never knew I had!

[ladiesbuyingcomics]

Okay, so this technically isn't ladies buying comics, but you know all those women are so into Sailor Moon that it deserves mention. So cute! Good job, ladies (and dude)! 

[jurassicapark]

I volunteered for Ladies Night at Strange Adventures last evening! The shop was open 2 hours later to ladies only and it was a huge success! Over 200 people showed up and I had a great time giving people comic recommendations and helping people find new things to read!  

I managed to put Francesco’s Black Beetle into the hands of some ladies last night!

[kateordie]

So happy Jess put some pictures up - I had no time to take any last night! Hah!

Every year or so we put on Ladies Night at Strange Adventures and for the last two years I’ve had the pleasure of hosting it and putting it together. This year we had a lineup start an hour before the event opened and by the time it started, that lineup went down and around the block! It took 40 minutes to clear up! We haven’t had a crowd like that outside since Kate Beaton signed at the store.

I feel incredibly lucky to work somewhere that encourages events like this and trusts me with the organization of them. I love selling comics, but putting on parties, events and helping out with conventions is infinitely satisfying. I love being part of a shop that does things like this.

My coworker Natalie and I manned the counter while my boss’ wife, her daughter and Natalie’s mom helped manage the crowds. My lady-friends came to talk comics, help set up and remind me to breathe. We had snacks and drinks, prizes and Faith Erin Hicks signing her new Superhero Girl collection. Gift bags went out to the early birds, while everyone else got at least a few free comics (some went home with Ms Marvel or Spider-Woman Essentials!). My roommate made Lantern Corps cookies and sold all of our copies of Swamp Thing. All of them!

Overall, the biggest sellers of the night were pretty diverse - Locke & Key, Saga, Adventure Time, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Black Beetle, Avengers, Walking Dead, every copy of Hyrule Historia and ALL the My Little Pony blind bag toys! Many girls told me it was their first time in the shop, while others said they’d been waiting months to stock up. They came in droves, bought big (often coming back to the counter multiple times throughout the night) and decimated the shelves - I couldn’t be happier.

Next weekend the boss and I travel to Fredericton to help out with a charity auction and their own Ladies Night - my second one in that location. I’m grinning ear-to-ear this morning and so pleased at how it all went, and how awesome my friends, customers and coworkers are.

I love girls who love comics.

[elsajeni]

In today’s installment of Comics Noob Adventures: Elsajeni goes to a signing at Things from Another World! I met Kelly Sue DeConnick and Pete Woods, got both of their signatures on Avengers Assemble #12, and also got my Captain Marvel TPB signed. They were both super nice, and really made me forget how nervous I had been as soon as I got up to the table, and I left with a huge smile on my face.

(Things I remembered to say to Kelly Sue DeConnick: Hi! I’m so excited to meet you! I started buying comics because of your work on Captain Marvel!

Thing I forgot to say to Kelly Sue DeConnick: OMG YOU PUT THE MERCURY 13 IN YOUR COMIC BOOK I WAS SO THRILLED TO SEE THAT YOU ARE SO AWESOME)

(Also there were free brownies, because TFAW is the best.)

[icantbelieveitsalawblog]

I’m not that big of a comics geek, but the whole “Fake Geek Girl” thing is incomprehensible to me. This comic seems to sum it up quite well.

[cancerously]

the second to last panel is my favorite thing about this, It reminds me of every convention hotel room morning I have ever been in.

[undeadmachinery]

What makes you happier than Deadpool comics? More Deadpool comics!

[grannyhitsuzen]

Flash shoes and comic- Yay!