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.
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.)
