The guys over at Gigcast did an interview with Lea Hernandez about her Women Webcomiker Grant NAN.
There’s a grant for women webcomic artists and apparently some people feel that it’s unfair that the grant is exclusively for women. I’m sorry, I didn’t know it was illegal to make a grant for minorities. And DON’T try to tell me women are not a minority in comics. Even in the enlightened world of webcomics. Just look at the Iron man challenge. I was awarded the “last vagina standingâ€. Ew.
[Xerexes: Just a note that we also had a hefty discussion in the comments here about Lea's grant right after it was announced.]
I haven’t gone crazy feminazi in some time but I started ranting right along with Lea while listening to this podcast. This woman doesn’t rant. She is a force. She has a grand pair of testicles and dares anyone to bring theirs to the table. She’ll listen, you just have to have the balls to say it to her face. If I ever have to get into a roller derby death match then I want this woman on my side.
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while i agree with you, i
while i agree with you, i can understand why some male webcomic creators are bitter. grants for webcomics are few and far between - it's not like college scholarships where a member of almost any group can find a handful of stuff to apply for. but when it comes down to it, it's Lea's money and if she wants to grant it 'unfairly' that's her decision. whiners should stop complaining and start making a six figure income to donate to the people they think are more deserving.
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It's just paying for what
It's just paying for what amounts to really affordable hosting anyways, right? It's not bringing anyone anywhere they couldn't get on their own with the tiniest amount of effort that could be expended by a very small person who could spare a few bucks per month. If people are angry it's just at the notion. It's not worth the fuss that's been generated.
If it helps women artists get into comics it'll just be from them reading "women" and "webcomic" in the same sentence and then thinking "I guess I could put my comic online maybe" and not because the $100 knocked down some impassable wall. And maybe that's the goal.
"This woman doesn’t rant. She is a force. She has a grand pair of testicles and dares anyone to bring theirs to the table."FIND SOME TOPIC ME AND HER DISAGREE ON. I'LL COME TO THE TABLE WITH FOUR BALLS AND LEAVE WITH SIX!
As far as I'm concerned,
What is there to be upset about?
If the purported sexism is due to the way women are seen in the world of webcomics, well that's what happens when the greater percentage of your readership is teenage male nerds.
Creating a grant is going to do jack shit about the problem, because there isn't a way to teach people manners over the internet.
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Oh, how I wish! About twenty years too young, my friend.
You should listen to the
Wellllll
The grant isn't about making
The grant isn't about making webcomics specifically. It's about making comics and working on getting better at it. The easiest way to get the most people to seet and give feedback is to post it as a webcomic. From what I can tell Lea will be doing a bit of mentoring, helping these ladies get better at their craft. Maybe even to make the jump into print if they so desire. But at this point in time a webcomic is the best way to get that feedback.
Webcomics you can make and post for practically nothing. But then what? The creators chosen for this will get promoted and read. They will get feedback and use it to get better.
Anytime a group is excluded there will always be the crybabies. That's to be expected, especially on the internet. It's all the people who say women don't need or deserve to be singled out for something like this. Especially when discussing the the print comic industry.
The webcomic playing field is much more level for everyone which makes it perfect for a project like this. It's not about the cost of hosting and the money. It's not about shutting the guys out. It's really about promoting women making comics. And no matter how you look at it, that's a good thing.
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Has anyone seen a good
Has anyone seen a good estimate of how many webcartoonists are female? I was under the impression that women are much better represented in the webcomic world than they are in the print comic world.
 That having been said, I don't see a problem with limiting a grant to a specific group, such as women. Â
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Yes, as a matter of fact.