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By Rachel Nabors Starring Rachel the Great

RACHEL THE GREAT TREND WHORE?

Disclaimer: None of the characters featured are based on anyone real. They are the personifications of many different attitudes I have run into, nothing more.

PANEL 1

Rachel stands at a "Women in Comics Regional Meet Up" convention, surrounded by other female comics creators. One woman carries a book titled "Nothing Sacred Nothing Burned."

WOMAN: "So I told him I don't care if you are the editor in chief, if you put your hand there one more time..."

RACHEL: (thinking) "Wow, most of these chicks write superhero comics or draw newspaper strips."

RACHEL: (thinking) "Even the webcomickers are over my head!"

RACHEL: (thinking) "What the hell am I doing here?"

PANEL 2

Rachel introduces herself to another woman named Maggie.

MAGGIE: "Hey there, I'm Maggie."

MAGGIE: "I write for Anatomically Incorrect Man."

RACHEL: "Oh, I'm Rachel."

RACHEL: "I make webcomics for girls."

PANEL 3

Rachel shows her work to Maggie.

MAGGIE: "Really? That's wonderful!"

RACHEL: "Yes, here, I self-published these minicomics and graphic novels..."

MAGGIE: "Oh, you draw anime. That's so popular right now."

This was a kinda drawn out April Fool’s joke. Just hang on till the next storyline, and you’ll see why.

Funny, until recently with Seattle’s Geek Girl Con, there were no female-oriented geek/comic cons. I guess this was wishful thinking on my part. I’m glad it came true!

I used to hate it when people would say stuff like “Oh you draw anime.” Like there’s some divide between real comics and big-eyed comics. Looking back, I like to pretend they were fumbling trying to find something nice to say when my anatomy was so off.

Comments (Archived)

  1. Kayla, Aspie Information Droid

    Argh. I strongly dislike it when people call manga anime. Especially when they’re supposed to know what they’re talking about.

    I have mixed feelings about this comic and the comic that follows. It DOES say that it’s okay to do things your own way, but I dislike the fact that it has to do with the whole “manga isn’t art” thing. (I want to get into comics, and I draw in a mangatastical style. Although it’s more surreal/shonen)

  2. Rachel the Great

    Interesting. I was trying to get at “manga isn’t taken seriously by traditional comics publishers” rather than “manga isn’t art.” What about the angle did you dislike?

  3. Kayla, Aspie Information Droid

    I just feel like the approach makes me feel uncomfortable because I deal with that whole “manga is weird” thing from my family, who won’t even watch Avatar: The last Airbender for the most part. The approach is creative and makes for good storytelling, it’s a personal discomfort, which is a good thing because I feel more for the situation.

    On the manga is weird note, it’s weird how some people will go for a simple, flat western story instead of a rich, complex manga story.