NRAMA: Noticeably absent (and for some time) is a female creator in that group. Big picture wise, why hasn't a women creator made it into the tight circle of Marvel creators?So basically you didn't invite any female creators to the editorial meeting that plans your creative direction, because you haven't hired any female creators?
JQ: Because currently there aren’t any female writers working on any of our major titles. That said there are female editors at the summit.
Excuse me, I need to go dig out my clue-bat.
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Yeah, it stunned me, too.
I hope every blog on the 'sphere picks it up because that one really needs to come back and haunt him.
It was a weak answer to what was likely a completely unexpected question.
Yes, because it's not like he has any control over his own column.
Luckily I notice there is a link at the end of the interview for you to ask him a question of your own. I have used it to give him the opportunity to answer this one with something more thorough than "because it is". I recommend anyone else who is interested repeat it so he will know how keen we are to hear what he has to say. Go to http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73248
These are the same idiots who didn't think Gail Simone was funny. May they rot in their Millar and Bendis created hell. :)
Excuse me, I need to go dig out my clue-bat.
Lately I don't bother putting mine away...
Q. Why aren't there any women writers working on your major titles?
A. Because there aren't any women writers working on our major titles.
What an ass.
Ah, another reason why Joe Q is on the "explosive runes" (pardon my geekiness) list.
I swear between his shennanigans and Didio's hatred of Nightwing I'm suprised I still like as many comics as I do.
NRAMA: Noticeably absent (and for some time) is a female creator in that group. Big picture wise, why hasn't a women creator made it into the tight circle of Marvel creators?
JQ: This is an untra-cool club meeting we have in my tree house. When we first came together we created a set of rules and everyone agreed - NO GIRLS ALLOWED!
~ Anon, a moose
jq-Because currently there aren’t any female writers working on any of our major titles.
now or ever? He sais currently, but hasn't there ever been any women creators at marvel who have left their mark and made it into the 'tight circle of marvel creators'? I am sure there must be. why does it seem like things are going backwards?
Colleen Doran has been working on their Icon inprint, but
really is there any female writers on staff? Assistants and editors and production women don't count since this was more of a female writer question, so hell any artist didn't count for a mention.
Tamora Pierce is working on a White Tiger miniseries, but she's the only female writer I know of.
Sara "Samm" Barnes, who wrote Doctor Spectrum and co-wrote Strange, and like Fiona Avery is another JMS protege, is the only female writer I recall working on Marvel books recently. Neither of those books were particularly well-recieved, though I confess to liking Doctor Spectrum.
The editor who didn't think Gail Simone is funny is long gone from Marvel... and he was removed from the MU proper and shunted out to a different part of the company after the Agent X fiasco.
Still, Marvel's letting Gail Simone slip through their fingers is one of Marvel's biggest blunders in recent years. But one of DC's greatest triumphs, because she's one of the few DC writes left who has their head screwed on straight.
I'm new to comics fandom, so this may be a dumb question, but is it generally understood that "creators" = writers?
I ask because the question referenced creators, and the answer referenced writers, and the vibe I got was one of "women can't draw (superhero) comics."
Actually, JFP, creators refers to both writers and artists.