An exhibit in Pittsburgh's Toonseum called "Wonder Women, On and Off the Page" will explore the history of female comic artists and include drawings from Nell Brinkley circa 1907. It will run until March 30, so you have plenty of time to drop what you're doing and take a road trip to Western Pennsylvania. » 2/16/14 3:15pm 2/16/14 3:15pm

Welcome to part two of my 20 favorite female comics creators of 2010! I've had a lot of great material brought to my attention this year, and there's no shortage of fantastic comics by female creators. » 12/25/10 1:30pm 12/25/10 1:30pm

This year, the first in which I've done a full year of writing about comics for CSBG, I thought hard about what I'd loved and hated over the year, particularly in regard to the issue of "women in comics". » 12/14/10 6:35pm 12/14/10 6:35pm

The "Female Force" comic book series mentioned earlier is still going strong. The Caroline Kennedy issue comes out this week and the publisher has announced comics about Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey will come out in the fall. [N.Y. Post] » 6/25/09 9:20am 6/25/09 9:20am

The American people can't get enough Sarah Palin, in comic book form at least. Bluewater Productions is releasing comics about women in politics and the Sarah Palin issue has already gone into a second printing. » 3/12/09 5:20pm 3/12/09 5:20pm

Batman and Spider-Man? Box-office gold. But where's the great female superhero movie? "There has never been a better time to include strong females into the equation," writes Thera Pitts. » 1/06/09 2:40pm 1/06/09 2:40pm

An article in Psychology Today urges us to think about heroism. "One of the major requirements for heroism seems to be a willingness to face physical danger," writes Kathleen McGowan. Studies show that women find risky acts of daring very appealing in a man, which might be one reason why dudes do stuff like that. But… » 1/08/08 6:20pm 1/08/08 6:20pm

Hey, remember Danica McKellar? She was Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years. She graduated summa cum laude from UCLA and coauthored a scientific paper about a theorem in mathematical physics. And now she's written a book, called Math Doesn't Suck. The 32-year-old hopes to show that "being good at math is cool." "When… » 7/30/07 3:50pm 7/30/07 3:50pm