#women in comics
Sunday is Kids’ Day at ECCC, the family friendly Seattle comic convention.
That’s right, comics fans! Teach your kids early that women are fodder to be raped and assaulted for the entertainment of male readers! I mean, that’s what comics are about, right?
Hey, at least ECCC is being honest about how they view us.
Oh wait, they issued a statement. That this was a mistake and they certainly don’t mean to tell women we’re not part of the community they want and we’re not safe at their convention–
“We are aware that some Fans are uncomfortable with the art depicted on the ECCC Sunday Badge. The art on the Badge is from the Image Comics’ series The Discipline. Within the context of the comic, it is understood that these images do not depict non-consensual acts or sexual assault. Without that context, such as on the face of a Sunday Badge, that is not clear.”
Oh. It’s AMBIGUOUS as to whether it’s sexual assault. I see. That makes it okay.
I mean, it’s like showing a consensual rape-play scene, right? It’s supposed to look like rape, it’s supposed to look non-consensual, but I mean, the participants know it’s fine and sure, if you have that context, you do too.
EXCEPT THERE’S NO FUCKING CONTEXT ON THE BADGE, AND EVEN IF THERE WERE, HOW THE FUCK WOULD THAT BE OKAY ON A KIDS’ DAY BADGE?
Or, on a badge at all.
Presumably you wouldn’t show a super-graphic scene of a torso being torn open on your badge, even if the context of the image was actually that it was surgery saving a life. So why a terrified woman having her blouse pulled open by a claw any different?
But hey, like I said, at least they’re being honest about the culture they’re proud of.
After my Tweet about Rumiko Takahashi went viral, I got curious as to who all in the history of comics has been nominated for the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. As there are many who were nominated more than once before induction, I also got curious as to how many nominated professionals to date are still absent from the HoF.
As I do when I get really curious and can’t find what I need in one tidy place, I made a tidy list for the next person who gets curious. Click here to be sure you’re seeing the most up-to-date version of this thing (it will be updating)!
ABSENT NOMINEES
These are the 60 comics professionals who have been nominated (but not yet inducted) into the Eisner Hall of Fame from 1987 - present. Of the 226 total nominees (including inductees) to date, 21 have been women(including3 women of color). Women’s names are in bold.
Gus Arriola,Bernard Baily, Peter Bagge,Brian Bolland, Alberto Breccia, Yves Chaland, Howard Chaykin, Howard Cruse, Kim Deitch, Rudolph Dirks, Philippe Druillet, Kevin Eastman, Steve Englehart, George Evans,Carlos Ezquerra, Bud Fisher, Creig Flessel, Bob Fujitani,José Luis García-López, Edward Gorey, Justin Green, Roberta Gregory, Bill Griffith, Frank Hampson,Lynn Johnston, Jenette Kahn, Jack Kamen, Fred Kida, Bernie Krigstein,Paul Levitz,Jesse Marsh, Frans Masereel, George McManus,Françoise Mouly,Thomas Nast,Paul S. Newman,Alex Niño, Dan O'Neill, Bob Oksner, Gary Panter, Lily Renée Peters Phillips,Wendy Pini & Richard Pini, Bob Powell, Frank Robbins, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, Posy Simmonds,Cliff Sterrett, Yoshihiro Tatsumi,Maggie Thompson & Don Thompson, Rodolphe Töpffer,Akira Toriyama, Herb Trimpe, Garry Trudeau, George Tuska,Naoki Urasawa, John Wagner, and S. Clay Wilson.
ALL NOMINEES
Each year links to a cached webpage listing all HoF nominees from said year.
2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 •2004 •2003 •2002 •2001 • 2000 •1999 •1998 •1997 •1996 •1995 • 1994 •1993 • 1992 •1991 •1990* • 1989 •1988 •1987**
Andhere’s a list of all inductees organized by year and method of induction (Judges’ Choice vs Industry Vote).
*No one was inducted in 1990.
**The 1987 nominees were originally intended for the Kirby Award, which dissolved the following year.
Note: Hall of Fame inductee Vaughn Bodē (1941-1975) may have been a trans woman.