Long posts, recommendations of gender-sensitive superhero comics for kids/teens, suicide mention
I grew up with Marvel superhero comics, felt Sue Storm‘s empowerment when she took on the name of Invisible Woman (instead of Girl), and cried when Jean Grey took her own life.
Yet when asked to recommend interesting and fun superhero comics for children and teenager, I had a hard time coming up with material that wasn‘t exclusively written by and about masculine, hetero, white and able-bodied men.
Long posts, recommendations of gender-sensitive superhero comics for kids/teens, suicide mention
So here it goes, I‘m reproducing what Carolyn noted down for me:
* Ms. Marvel – G. Willow Wilson
* Squirrel Girl – Henderson/North
* Pet Avengers – Eliopoulos
(The Avengers‘ and others pets beat Thanos! – It‘s great!)
* Scooby Doo Team Up – Fisch
(Each issue they team up with DC superheroes)
* Champions – Waid
[cont'd]
Long posts, recommendations of gender-sensitive superhero comics for kids/teens, suicide mention
* Runaways – Vaughan
(I haven‘t read the new one but have heard it‘s good)
* Super Sons – Tomasi
* Young Avengers – Gillen/McKelvie
* Teen Titans Go/Li‘l Gotham/Tiny Titans
Also recommended – starring girls:
* DC Superhero Girls
* Moon Girl
* Supergirl 8th Grade
* Lumberjanes
* My Little Pony
* Princeless
* Unstoppable Wasp
+ no superheroes but it‘s good:
* Secret Science Alliance
[End of list]
Long posts, recommendations of gender-sensitive superhero comics for kids/teens
She also recommended checking out old X-Men + New Mutants titles, although she considers them a bit melodramatic.
And a great graphic novel she recently read and recommended:
* The Prince and the Dressmaker
Last long post, notes
Many thanks to Carolyn for all the time and effort she put into this.
Please share and boost and gift away!
(And one last great gift for adults, whether you‘re a comics fan or not: Carolyn Cocca‘s own Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation – such a comprehensive and fascinating overview of pop culture heroines.)
Long posts, recommendations of gender-sensitive superhero comics for kids/teens
*Until* I met superhero enthusiast and expert Dr. Carolyn Cocca, who had a talk at the annual meeting of the German society for Comics Studies in Cologne last fall.
She came up with this incredible impromptu list of socially conscious, kid-friendly superhero comics, and after having asked for her permission, I would like to share it with everyone interested in the following toots.