Polite Dissent

With apologies to Johanna, WizardWorld Chicago Panel Chick Check:

• Cup O’ Joe Panel – none
• Bendis Panel – none (sure, some of his “Bendis Board” entourage was female, but that hardly counts)
• DC Universe Panel – none
• Marvel Universe Panel – none
• Green Lantern/Batman Begins Panel – Heidi Thomas, one of the producers of Batman Begins was on the movie half of the panel. No comic professionals on the Green Lantern half.
• X-Men Panel – none
• Vertigo Panel -none

Panels not attended: Wildstorm Panel , Avengers Panel , Devil’s Due Panel .

True Story: At the Cup O’Joe panel, one of the audience asked about female creators. The reply: Fiona Avery is writing a book (Amazing Fantasy), and Samm Barnes is writing Doctor Spectrum and co-writing Strange. Another panel member chimed in: The cover artist of Runaways is female – and she illustrates manga covers too! (what does that have to do with Marvel?). Buckley added “7 of our 15 assistant editors are female; that’s half ” (and he was aware he was rounding up). Finally someone on the panel mentioned that Jill Thompson had worked for Marvel at one point, and so had Gail Simone. Examples given for Thompson’s work: Scary Godmother, and Death: At Death’s Door (hardly Marvel books). No examples were given for Simone’s work.

Was it only me, or were Marvel’s Quesada led panels all too remniscient of frat-boys discussing “booze and broads”? I thought I left all that behind in college.

And if I failed to mention it earlier, make sure to check out Steve Pheley’s (day 1, 2, and 3) tales of WizardWorld too!