Mark Tatulli, THANK YOU!Yes, this is still a problem, sad to say. I taught for years. If you want to have a hit, make a movie/book/etc. with a female protagonist. Girls will watch/read it over and again. Even if it is terrible, they will see/read it again & again — just to enjoy a female hero role model for a few hours.Ask any strong woman you know who they idolized growing up and they will rattle off the names, from Diana Rigg (Avengers) to Lucy Lawless (Xena) to “The Paperbag Princess” to Abby Wambach.Oh, and don’t make the “Lionel Pink Train For Girls” mistake. Xena was a huge hit because she wore black, not pink, and was anything but stereotype.There’s a huge, untapped market out there, just begging for some writers & artists to fill it with some creative quality. “Comics industry” be damned. They’re bound by focus groups and worries about demographics & profit margins. Only rebels can do something new.I can’t say it enough, Mr. Tatulli: THANK YOU!!!!
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