50 Hardcore Lady Type Comic Artists of 2016

María Cristina García Lynch Dec 14, 2016

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María Cristina García Lynch

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María Cristina García lives in New York with her favorite spouse, her favorite toddler, her favorite cat, and her second-favorite cat. When not ranking members of her household, she's catching up on Supergirl, strumming her mandolin, or trying to beat the clock on her library loans. Twitter: @MeowyCristina Blog: MeowyCristina.com

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’Tis the season for year-end lists, and there was one that ranked the 30 best comic book artists of 2016. There were some good picks on that list. But I took a step back and realized that women made up a mere 10% of it.

I’m not going to attribute this to any malice on the part of the lister. But the under-representation of women did make me…tired. It’s been a rough year for women, and Annie Wu’s work on Black Canary isn’t going to get a shoutout? Haven’t we been through enough?

Female fans have to fight to be taken seriously. Female professionals’ livelihoods depend on being taken seriously. Three out of thirty is a ratio that says, “Nice try, sweetheart.”

I may be branded a misandrist millennial who believes everyone should be given awards just for participation (I’m not). But. Below you will find a list that is 100% women pencillers, inkers, and/or colorists who produced great work in 2016. And I couldn’t stop at thirty names. There are fifty. They have made some of the most heartbreaking, hilarious, warm, and exciting comic books, graphic novels, graphic memoirs, collected webcomics, and manga of the year. Follow the links to a selection of those works and be on the lookout for what they do in 2017.

Akiko Higashimura: Princess Jellyfish