Does your comic pass the Bechdel Test?

[MK_Wizard]

I would say it does. I have four named female characters.

1- Emily Jekyll, Mrs. Opal, Nellie Carew and Lucy Harris.
2- Emily and Nellie speak to each other frequently though not on friendly terms. Mrs. Opal talks to them often because she's they're badminton coach.
3- They do talk about something other than boys. In fact, they never talk about men altogether. They talk about badminton.
4- And yes, one of these ladies is a woman of colour. Lucy Harris is half black.

[Leon]

That's why it actually reveals a lot. It seems very simple, but a lot of movies and books, even great ones, fail it. For example, three books of The Lord of the Rings don't pass it.

[keii4ii]

It's not useful for judging individual works. But when the vast majority of works in a large industry (say, Hollywood movies) fails the test, now that's when you know something's off. It is a metric that says something about large scale trends, not about each work.

It's entirely possible for a work to pass the test and still be blatantly misogynist.

[LT1986]

I. My web comic has more than one female character. Amanda, Sara, and Gina are main characters. Yesterday I posted the first page of a two pages story about narcissism. Gina is the main character of the two pages story.

II and III. The main female characters will be shown talking to each other for more than five minutes about a topic that doesn't involve a man. Amanda and Sara are friends. Gina is Sara's mother. They haven't been shown talking to each other about something other than a man or boy yet. I do plan on having them talk about topics other than guys in the future. In the latest page of my web comic that I uploaded, women are talking to each other for more than five minutes about topics that don't involve guys. The conversations are about a baby shower. Gina is the only main character in one of the conversations.

IV. Yes there are women of color in my story. The latest page of my web comic shows one teenaged lady of color and some elderly women of color. The teenaged lady is Amanda. There are other pages in my web comic that show women of color. The next page that I will make viewable, has more than one lady of color on it. So far, Amanda is the only lady of color that is a main character.

Eventually my web comic will pass the Bechdel Test.

[Merle]

I actually thought about this recently! And I discovered that my last comic, I think, actually fails the last point O.o at least at some point in the conversation, female characters end up talking about the male lead...

for my current Comic, JUNE:
1. Two of the main characters are female (June and Joseline) There´s a lot of very prominent characters that are female (June´s sister, Aiden´s Aunt, two female "rivals" in the school, ...)
2. Most of them talk to each other, one on one.
3. They talk about a lot of things, story related or just goofing around. I think there´s actually only 1 or 2 occasions where they mention the boys.
4. Joseline is half African, June is Korean/french

[jarzebiny]

My comic is still pretty new so I can't really back much of this up with content (not that many episodes up yet) but here goes!

Brief summary: Vezva's mother made a deal with the black-eyed god. Her child in return for the life of her dead beloved. But at the last minute, she changed her mind, instead cursing her daughter with a powerful gift to keep the dark god at bay after she's gone. Will Vezva be strong enough to wield her gift? Or will she give in to the pact that was promised? A dark "fairy tale" inspired by Slavic myth/folklore.

1. More than one female character: Yes. Main character is female, but there are other supporting female characters that I have or plan to introduce, including elderly female characters.
2. That talk to each other at some point in the story Check! Primarily the topics consist of whatever is going on in the plot...The death of a character, a curse, a character's past, their beliefs, etc.
3. About something other than a man They converse regularly about various topics unrelated to men/women/attraction/romance (though I do have characters later of various sexual orientations who reference and have romantic relationships).
4. Are there any women of color in your story? Yes (and men). A couple have not been introduced yet, though.

Jarzebiny | Tapas

[Cavechan]

Celestial Chronicle Shion
1. Yes, there are a lot of them.
2. Uh, yes. They talk a lot.
3. yeah..... They have jobs to do.
4. yes

True Power
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. hm... I think in the main story, technically, not really. At least not that I can think of off the top of my head. In the side stories, yes.
4. Yes

True Power: MS2
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. No

[ble]

My current one does, it's a lesbian comedy/romance comic, So the main characters are women.

1. Have more than one female character... (preferably named, and have spoken lines)
Yeah, at episode 8, i already have introduced like 6 female characters, with unique designs, so is easy to tell them apart.

2. That talk to each other at some point in the story... (preferably hold a conversation as opposed to saying a single line to each other)
Yes.

3. ...About something other than a man (preferably not a filler conversation, a talk that has substance to the story).
They def don't talk about men. More they talk about the story of that world.

4 Another bonus rule I like to add is: are there any women of color in your story?
Yup, right in the first episode.

Yuri Fruit Saga

[dawgofdawgness]

If there were an inverse Bechdel Test on men, My comic wouldn’t pass

[DiegoPalacios]

I think it depends of the kind of story how important is the Bechdel Test (or the reverse version)
and how much sense it makes to have female or male characters in the situation of the story. I guess it was designed to check if the female character/s were weak in characterization like a satellite love interest, which is important to fix when writing characters.

If you have only one female lead but make her a solid and interesting character without making her a "token girl" you can feel okay with the way you characterize females. If it makes sense or not to have only one female depends of the context.

[moonfixer]

I believe my comic passes, but not intentionally, or to pursue an agenda. It just happened naturally i suppose. And i believe i got the bonus too.

The Spectacularly Satisfactory Sealman | Tapas

here is my comic's more or less official site if anyone is interested.

http://sealman.the-comic.org

[djwaglmuffin]

And then some.

Most of the characters in my novel who are calling the shots are women and I also plenty of female antagonists so.

Yeah x's 50. :>

[Nitelini]

UNDERCOPPER tells about the misadventures of the Police department of Piloud City, whose corporeals are numbnuts without selfpreservation instinct. A story with lots of action, comedy and references to cop buddies

I have planned UNDERCOPPER script and I can tell if I pass the test or I don't, if you looked right now at this stage It doesn't pass the test, But considering what I have planned It does

1. Have more than one female character: I do, there will be 3 Female main characters and so far I've planned 2 side female characters.

2. ...That talk to each other at some point in the story... They will indeed, but not all of the female characters will interact with each other,

3. ...About something other than a man: totally, actually that subject would be the less likely to take place in a conversation between the characters

Bonus: I didn't take this in consideration, and might be nice to think about it furthermore , but might be kinda hard due the mayority of the cast being male, gotta find the way to not force it

bonus 2, are there any women of color in your story? : actually yes, only one, will be one of the side characters.

[Zhengo]

Only have one comic so far, so I guess I'll use Luma. It's still in its very early stages so some of the stuff may have not happened yet....

1. Have more than one female character... (preferably named, and have spoken lines)
   Yes, two of them are main characters. (Though one appears later in the chapters that hasn't come out yet)

2. ...That talk to each other at some point in the story... (preferably hold a conversation as opposed to saying a single line to each other)
   Yes, though again, it's not in the released chapters yet.

3. ...About something other than a man (preferably not a filler conversation, a talk that has substance to the story).
   Yes, but (see above answer)

Bonus
Yes, the MC is.

Luma | Tapas