Super Heroines Kick A**, Take Names

Super Heroines Kick A**, Take Names

Think of a comics convention, and what springs to mind? Gaggles of teenage boys gawping over the latest Batman toys? Men leading reluctant girlfriends from stall to stall? That fog of adolescent boy stench - sports socks, testosterone and Lynx?

Once upon a time, perhaps. "It used to be that there might be girls tagging along with their boyfriends or fathers, pretty miserable," says comics writer Gail Simone, who has been attending conventions for years. Now though "they are actively there with their girlfriends, or they've dragged their boyfriend along. They really want to know how to get into the industry, how to be a writer, or an artist. Or you find out that they're already writing books about women and comics, or writing about the subject online. It's amazing!"

Did you/Do you read comic books? Who were your favorite Super Heroes and Heroines?

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