Talk:List of women comics writers and artists

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I think it might make sense to merge the "list" into this article. Hopefully this article can grow and eventually give some narrative about the history and other issues of this subject. Sometimes it makes sense to keep the "article" and "list" on separate pages, especially when the list is very long. Right now however, there is a lot of overlap between the two, and the "article" is not yet strong enough to be split off. ike9898 00:51, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Possibly, but "women in comics" is currently limited in scope to the U.S. and the list contains women in Japan. One of those viewpoints will have to change to make it consistent. ColourBurst 07:44, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Since the article does include Japanese-women comics creators, how does it not espouse a worldview? -- Tenebrae 19:30, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Also, the list article is just that, a list with no identifying information or source citation. I'll ID and source as many as I can; first step is to cull the duplicates, which, as there seems to be little activity on these articles over months, I'll do now. It can always be reverted in a moment if need be. --Tenebrae 14:18, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
  • There definitely should be a strong distinction between lists and articles. The two being discussed here shouldn't remain in their current form. Spylab 14:14, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Delete?

The category Women in comics‎ was recently split into Category:Women comics artists and Category:Women comics writers and deleted. Is there a reason for this list that isn't met by those 2 better named categories? -- Jeandré, 2007-09-19t19:19z

Just the main reason that most list pages still exist: To cover those list members who don't have wikipedia articles yet... Shadzane (talk) 00:07, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] G. B. Jones

I noticed that G. B. Jones was recently added to this page as a female comics artist. But her own Wikipedia page doesn't say anything at all about her being a comics artist. It talks about her art, but nowhere does it says she's ever done a comic story or strip. That doesn't mean she hasn't, but it seems like an odd omission... So, does G. B. Jones really belong on this list? Shadzane 07:02, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

GB Jones contributed to the comics anthology Juicy Mother, volume one (Celebration) and volume two (How They Met), edited by Jennifer Camper, if that makes a difference. The two publications are listed in the bibliography on her page. Intheshadows 05:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Well, there it is. Thanks, and never mind me. (But it wouldn't hurt her own Wikipedia page to come out and says some of her art work has been comics...) Shadzane 01:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent name change

Now that the name of this page has been changed from "List of women in comics" to "List of women comics writers and artists," does that mean comic book editors, publishers and other executives (like Ray Herman, Karen Berger, Jenette Kahn, etc.) should be removed? Shadzane (talk) 01:00, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it does, which makes this new name needlessly limiting (and missing the industry-wide point). I missed the discussion, unfortunately. --Tenebrae (talk) 00:13, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
The problem's that the list isn't about women in comics (Wonder Woman) but writers and artists who create comics (Elizabeth Holloway Marston). In fact there's no real need for this list since the 2 categories above do it much better. If the editors, publishers, and other executives are notable enough for encyclopedic biographies, and categories aren't good enough, a list could be created for them also. -- Jeandré, 2007-11-21t20:32z
I'm thinking the point of the list was to address women across this particular field; if it were the plastics industry, I'm not sure it would make sense to include just the scientists and salespeople and not include women who made it into the ranks of company executives. Leaving out women who made a foothold, just because they're comics publishing executives, seems arbitrary and counterintuitive to me. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:17, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
The page can again be renamed, but not to "Women in comics", the same way the above example shouldn't be "People in plastic". -- Jeandré, 2007-11-22t15:24z

[edit] Geographical Range

The introduction to this page implies (but doesn't specifically say) this list is for women working in the American comic book industry. So I have removed a few Japanese creators (and I see there is one I missed, pus a French creator was just added). Was I wrong? Shadzane (talk) 00:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)