For Friday: Cain, Mockingbird, Vol.1: "I Can Explain"

Is the comics industry big enough for men and women? Apparently not, at least in some cases. Chelsea Cain, writer of Mockingbird, quit not long ago because of on-line harrassment over the title, claiming "I'm amazed at the cruelty comics brings out in people." Read more here: https://www.cbr.com/mockingbird-writer-chelsea-cain-quits-twitter-due-to-harassment/

And here: http://ew.com/article/2016/10/26/chelsea-cain-mockingbird-feminist-backlash/

Also, for your edification, a cool article where the authors analyze 34,000 superheroes for gender representation and characteristics: https://pudding.cool/2017/07/comics/

We'll talk more about the depiction of women in comics on Friday, as well as discussing Mockingbird, Vol. 1. See you then!