Comics had been and still is understanding as sexist. The reason being is that all the comics are based on mostly male readers. Comics such as superheroes, crime, horror, and violence comics are targeted for the male readers not female readers. It might be obvious result because most female do not read comics as much as male. Therefore, comic industries had to create comics mainly for male readers. However, by doing so, it will stop the consumption for female readers even more. This pity situation had been repeated for many years in the comic industries. Even though, there are few female super hero character like wonder women, it is targeted to the male readers at the end of the day. But it is ironic to say that comics are sexist. The reason most comics are targeted and made for male reader is that they are the biggest reader in the industry. It is not fair to call comics sexist, while they are just doing what they need to do sell their comics. If female readers think that comics are sexist, then they need to show that they have much as amount of consumption and readers in the comic industry.
To begin with, I really do like the idea of reading a comic about comics. I think it's a great idea and it's very well executed. As I was reading the first two chapters, I was surprised at how many examples there were of art in recent (and ancient, in some cases) history that are variations of "sequential visual art" and thus the foundations of modern comics. I'd never even thought about it before and it was hard to believe how many different kinds there were. I also love all the discussion about how our human brains automatically interpret certain images in a specific way, how we see others constantly but we identify ourselves when we look at cartoons, and how inanimate objects automatically becomes extensions of our bodies. The pyramid of styles was very interesting too as a way to conceptualize and almost graph or "place" a specific art style in comics. In Comic Book Nation , I enjoyed reading about the evolution of early comics from "funnies...
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