OK, I love comics but my girlfriend hates them. I have as good of a chance of her picking up a copy of the Silver Surfer as she does of getting me to watch the Hills.
Are there comics out there that are written for women? Something with drama and all that stuff girls like or do I have to wait for them to make a Real Housewives of Orange County comic?
(Not being sexist, I understand lots of girls like comics, just not mine)
Please give any suggestions you might have. Thanks.
Comics for girls?
Wonder Woman
New Mutants
Oracle
Young X-Men
Black Panther
(I wouldnt say these are written for woman per say, but all have elements that could appeal to their interests)
There's a comic for everyone, they just don't know it yet.
"Nobody said:I'm just basing that off of the description they gave us. Said it was going to deal with a team of female superheroes who have to deal with being in a "Man's" world."Marvel Divas when that comes out."you may want to wait to read that before suggesting it."
"pixelized said:but it could be delivered so poorly that in addition to hating comics, they break up! [="Nobody said:I'm just basing that off of the description they gave us. Said it was going to deal with a team of female superheroes who have to deal with being in a "Man's" world.""Marvel Divas when that comes out."you may want to wait to read that before suggesting it."
"There's a comic for everyone, they just don't know it yet.I know her tastes I just don't know every comic out there. Based on her TV habits she like reality TV which means drama. Mostly she likes one character and hates the rest and that's what makes it interesting to her.Think about what her tastes are, and think about the kind of comics that different publishers put out. I know a girl who likes Umbrella Academy, while another likes Tarot. Each to their own... You know her better than a bunch of anonymous strangers on the internet. You need to think about what she likes and work around that."
Then perhaps something like Death: The High Cost of Living & Death: The Time of Your Life? They're both only 3 issues long, they've both been collected into trade paperbacks, and they both focus on Death, but have lots of characterisation & interaction with other characters. The art isn't typical super heroes, the story is slowly dramatic as people's lives are effected in different ways by Death.
"There's a comic for everyone, they just don't know it yet."jloneblackheart, tell us what kind of characters she usually apreciates in Tv and books, and then maybe we could tell you about some cool comic characters she would maybe like.
Also how does she feels about the "classic" superheroes that everybody have heard about? Does she likes science fiction at all, TV or Movies?
I think there was this website for comic girls. Maybe you could take a look around. http://girl-wonder.org/index.php
TV- The Hills, Real Housewives, Real World, Sex and the City, My Boys, Food Network anything
I don't think she is too interested in any classic superhero type but you never know. I always try to get her to watch DCAU with me but it hasn't happened yet. She doesn't like science fiction but I have got her to watch Star Trek a few times with me but I don't think she was paying attention.
She reads books every so often but never finishes them. That's why I suggested comics to her, they take 10 minutes to read.
I'm trying to help her with her imagination. Anything I end up getting her I'm sure I will read so nothing will be a waste.
So far a lot of people have said Runaways which I might try, I'm sure I should read it anyway.
"TV- The Hills, Real Housewives, Real World, Sex and the City, My Boys, Food Network anythingI don't think she is too interested in any classic superhero type but you never know. I always try to get her to watch DCAU with me but it hasn't happened yet. She doesn't like science fiction but I have got her to watch Star Trek a few times with me but I don't think she was paying attention. She reads books every so often but never finishes them. That's why I suggested comics to her, they take 10 minutes to read.I'm trying to help her with her imagination. Anything I end up getting her I'm sure I will read so nothing will be a waste. So far a lot of people have said Runaways which I might try, I'm sure I should read it anyway."Then would not like any of my reading. Well... maybe Calvin&Hobbes.
You know there are other cool ways to express one's imagination, I suppose the six billions of people couldn't all like the same stuff.
Try Powers, All the Neil Gaiman stuff, Constantine, maybe Transmetropolitan. They've sorted out a Neverwhere comics, though I recommend Highly the Book version. The invisible are very old and very weird, but I loved it and of course, the watchmen !
Like someone else said, it's in their taste. Some girls don't like comics, some like a few but aren't really into them, and some could even be into them more than guys (which would be awesome).
I was just reading about The Touble With Katie Rogers. Maybe your girlfriend might like this (when it comes out)??
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