The Comical World of Josh Sullivan Comics have been long thought of as being just for boys. This argument has been thrown back and forth many times, pretty much since those so-called heroes, those super-powered fools, were created back in the '30s. Now, of course, there was Wonder Woman and eventually Catowman in the pages of Batman, but comics have been mainly dominated by males for a male audience. This month, I take you to the other side. This is a glimpse at comic books by females. Sarah Dyer is the editor of Action Girl Comics, a comic put out by Slave Labor Graphics. She also contributes stories and art. The basis of Action Girl is that it is an all-girl anthology but always boy-friendly. A male audience can appreciate it as much as a female audience. The highlight of Action Girl is that Sarah brings together a diverse crowd of creators to show you that comics by women can be just as good as, or even better, than those by men. Megan Kelso is a true gem to the independent comics world as well as an awesome comic creator. She is my favorite female artist. Megan started out by making mini-comics and then a full-sized comic called Girlhero. Her art is very simple and amazing. It isn't cluttered with too much detail because it doesn't need to be. Her stories may seem confusing at first, but they are good at getting you to think. The stories from Girlhero have been collected in the book Queen of the Black Black. Jen Sorenson is the creator of Slowpoke Comics. It is a comic book as well as a weekly strip in some alternative papers. She has witty prose and a great art style. The thick lines drawn with a brush are great at getting a message across without the reader having to dig through unnecessary art. Jen has done everything from political satire to strange humor with her character "Drooly Julie." One great recent strip entitled "Uglian" made fun of the whole Elian Gonzales situation between the U.S. and Cuba and made a note that, in the end, no one really cared. There are tons of females characters in comics, also. Unfortuantely, most are portrayed as women with big hair, large breasts and no personality. This is mainly because of the "sex sells" philosophy. These books are very popular and offer little but stupid battles and meaningless stories. Female letterers, colorists, writers, artists, and creators make up a small part of the whole comics industry but tend to turn out very high-quality work. For more info on any of the women I featured or on more creators, feel free to e-mail me at sullivanjosh@hotmail.com.