Treatment of Female Characters in comic books

It's very well known that comic books are a male dominated culture, but females still find their grounds in there, from writers, to artists and even fans. This once male-dominated culture is starting to rub elbows with the opposite sex. And sadly it's not going as smooth as butter.

Females have always seemed to be a hit or miss with the comic book industry, never really sure where their roles stand, or what to do with them. This has caused a very much 'close minded' attitude to women in the industry, both the fans, artists and writers as well as the characters. When it comes to the women who work in business, the male audience seem to treat them like a 'dumb girl' who doesn't understand the business she is involved with, despite probably having written the very comic he's about to read, and that the fans are clueless attention-seeking hogs who know nothing of the source material.

But sadly I do not know much information when it comes to the business side, mostly information and rumours. But as for the actual comic book writers and the characters they ruin, I am a bit more informed.

Example: DC writer Scott Lobdell whom, at the time of me writing, has been outed for his sexist and sexual harassment to a fellow coworker, during a panel.

But what could Scott Lobdell have done that's so bad? WELL, one of his 'crimes' against comics is his rendition of Starfire in his book "RedHood and the outlaws."

This was StarFires Original Appearance

This is how Starfire became known by the public

And this is what he turned her into. Exhibit A    Exhibit B

To be fair to Scott Lobdell, he isn't the only one to abuse the female character in comic books, it's been going on for a LONG time, way back in the 200th issue of The Avengers.

Released in October of 1980

The comic continued the cliff hanger of the mysterious pregnancy of Ms.Marvel (Known today as Captain Marvel).

In which they revealed that Carol Danvers (Ms.Marvel) was abducted against her will, romanced and led with hypnotic suggestions, so that she could be impregnated with the life essence of her RAPIST, so that she may give birth to him.

Carol only existed in this comic to give birth, because lazy male writers only know this about women.

They like women, women are mothers and women get married. That. Is. It. When it comes to a portion of the comic industry, it is a sad truth, but one we must face.

As such, I choose to follow the teachings of Ridley Scott and create CHARACTERS first and let gender become a second issue only. I do this so I do not fall into the trappings of lesser men before me. Female characters deserve as much respect as their real world counterparts, even more so one could argue. As they are the role models of a new generation, these are the people other people will look towards and read into to see what is right and what is wrong.