Comics page census 2008

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Webcomics** that I read "regularly:"***

Short form - that is to say, governed by the conceptual unit of the "strip:"

• Written by men: 25.
• Written by women: 11.
• Written by a team composed of both men and women:* 2

Long form - that is to say, governed by the conceptual unit of the "page:"

• Written by men: 5.
• Written by women: 8.
• Written by a team composed of both men and women: 1

Pointless Math:

• Men: 66% of short form, 36% of long form, 58% total.
• Women: 29% of short form, 57% of long form, 37% total.
• Both: 5%, 7%, and 6%.

Yeah, whatever. Where're you trying to go with this?

Y'know, I'm not really sure. That particular conversation rises up from the grave about once a year (though I think it's currently in its dormant phase), but it just occurred to me that I'd never gone in with actual numbers in hand. And then I remembered how, if more than a third of the room is female, most of the people asked to estimate will say that they outnumber the men. So I figured it was worth a count.

Anyone else? Numbers?

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* A Softer World counts. Smithson doesn't.

** Aside from always picking up the latest Finder and Scott Pilgrim (which conveniently cancel each other out), I don't read any print comics "regularly."

*** I realize that looks like a fuck of a lot of comics. The magic of LJ and a good RSS reader keep me from looking like a lab rat repeatedly hitting his cocaine button.