Monday, December 3, 2012

Female Comic Authors and Artists

Female artists and writers seem to be hitting the mainstream in comic books these days. In the early days of comics their was not that many female artists or writers that showed up in the comics. It was probably not until world war two was when we see some female artists and writers working on comics while the men went out to war. It was probably around the 70's is when we see a mix of male and female demographics in the comic book industry. Today we usually see female comics found in indy comics and underground comics, but are still popular.

For the reading it's another manga Fullmetal Alchemist written and drawn by Hiromu Arakawa. I got into this manga because of the hit anime that was on Adult Swim, I found that the manga was much more interesting than the anime. What I enjoy about the story is that it focuses on the nature of humanity and the psychological aspect of how far a human would go to save the person he or she cared about. I feel as though those types of stories and how it's all about humanity, but even though it's set in in a science fiction- fantasy world it works within the world. I think any person who wants to get into comics or writing should look at this gem and take it as an inspiration for telling a great story.

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