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SandraMJ
Feb '16

Heeeey everyone!

My comic Prozaic has a female protagonist who, in-universe (and sometimes in real life), is often mistaken for a boy, due to having a husky voice and being pretty much flat. I chose to make her a girl ecause I felt that being so she may draw the sympathy of readers a little better than a guy could (even if it's just to make some people go aaaa so cute, I wanna hug her!), while still pretty much acting like any male or female gamer.

She's a terrible person though, so the cute moments are far in between.

TsarLenaSunLit
Feb '16

My story isn't there yet, still in the prolog stage, however my lead is female. Dusk of Dawns1. Can't say much without giving it away. I'll explain more once I get there in the story.

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KET
Mar '16

I'm a dude and had a lot and a LOT of male characters. but strangely enough, the comic I started recently which is The Life of Cas1 stars a female character.

I've only had a handful of female characters in my head and they're mostly supporting characters since I'm influenced by western comic books, Manly men were easy to make and write about. Just make 'em dark and brooding and you've got an interesting character.

Maybe because I'm not a woman that it was hard for me to create one? But Cas (the protagonist in my comic) felt more human than any other character I came up with. Her faults and insecurities were distinguishable, as well as her good traits and she was just really relatable.

The comic I uploaded has just one episode in it yet. but hopefully I can update it regularly. haha!

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TheVoidchildProject
Mar '16

My webcomic Voidchild (uploaded just yesterday) features a female protagonist. Well, it may arguably contain both a female and male protagonist but I've concluded that one of them is more prevalent than the other. Even though my story wouldn't work without their interaction. I've not meant for her to be, what can typically considered, a female archetype of any kind. In fact, it's sort of by chance and happenstance that she ended up a she. But once it struck me I didn't feel like there were any other alternatives. But like I said, I want to try and create well-rounded character regardless of gender. Whether I succeed at that I guess is up to any reader of the comic.

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inkycharland
Apr '16

My comic Pretty Power Princess features a Female lead.She's a video game princess that escapes her captors, and goes backwards through the game. As she does, she breaks the the game. The game changes genre, style, and limitations as she progresses. Eventually moving from side scrolling to open world platforms. (NSFW by most considerations, but mostly because of of violence and swearing!) It's sort of an adventure comedy, if I had to label it.

I chose her as protagonist as a counter to the traditional video game tropes. I am a male creator, and I have to admit writing a female lead is hard. I come up against the desire to make her strong, but not using over-the-top violence as her only recourse to show strength. (Something I've not conveyed very successfully so far, I'm afraid.) I hope to do a better job in the future. I think the issue is that video games by nature require acts of violence to advance, so it translates into her actions. However, She fights against traditional types of misogyny in all the villains as she tries to get home. I hope that comes across effectively.

I want her fight to not just be a physical one, but an ideological one as well. It's been a learning experience, and I have a long way to go. I hope you can at least find it interesting.

infectedbloodcomics
Apr '16

My comic, The Green-Eyed Sniper1, has only female protagonists, because I am a woman who believes in representing more women in the media in their own right and not as a pretty tool/face for the guys. Well, I'm also a lesbian and I think we need more lesbian voices to be heard, so there you have it smile

Inspector_Spinda
Apr '16

I feel girls tend to draw and write girls more and guys write and draw guys. just a bias because people relate better with people who are the same as them. my early female characters are all flat chested cause i didn't know how to draw breasts without making them look ugly

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navyzerimar
Apr '16

First: Awesome art style! It's great wink and with your summary I am already interested in reading it!

Second: I am currently working on my series here on Tapastic (Vlamirka and the Golden Wolf) and I too have a female protagonist has a main character... why? well I can't exactly answer why I made my main a female but it's probably gotta do with the fact that I prefer to watch a female on the lead... (and this is coming from a male)

Michelle
Apr '16

My comic Centralia 2050 features a female lead C: I chose to make the protagonist female in part because I was tired of seeing female characters either getting the "strong female character" treatment, or being obvious eye-candy.

But I didn't make her female just because I'm a girl; to be honest I tend to identify more with my male characters! :x It was a challenge to write a female character with a personality and outlook that's quite different from my own. My other comic project has a male protagonist, because it felt more appropriate for the story. Same with Centralia; I could have told the story from her male companion's point of view, but it wouldn't be the same.

shinepaw
Apr '16

My comic, Anima Magica has female protagonists, hope you'll like my little magical girl story smiley

TACOBERTO
May '16

WHEW 117 posts in.
No matter I'll throw my Webcomic in to the mix of Female leads. Here I've got feisty, short fused, and loving Amy Druvmenski from my comic Light and Dark?
Now why did I make my lead a female given that I'm a dude? To be honest the way I've written Amy's personality and role in this story I don't think I've ever imagined her as anything but a female. It's just the way it's always been

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yoshizawaart
May '16

I haven't officially started mine yet but for my comic "REIAS" the main lead is a woman .In fact both of the main leads are women. I'm a guy and I sort of get tired of the sausage fest that action comics can tend to be. Plus I feel that women are capable of amazing things as well as men and that's what I wish to portray.

avalonmao
May '16

yesss that's similar to Hayao Miyazaki's philosophy lol.
Motsuro Project has primarily female, asian protags....xD lol it's almost kinda hard for me to make a male dominant character actually i think i just default to girls. Prolly not a bad thing too lol

Greg_Dickson
May '16

I just uploaded the first page of my first comic series today. It's called Don't Be A Hero, and here's my main female protagonist, Gemini. She's basically a superhero slayer, so while you could think of her as an antagonist at first glance because of the topic, I prefer to think of her as an antihero. Here's the link to my comic: https://tapastic.com/series/Dont-Be-A-Hero1

At first I created a female protagonist, just so I wouldn't subconsciously make the main character like me in a narcissistic way. I also just felt like male characters were more dominantly featured in action comics, and I've always felt that female characters need to be represented more. I also really like comics with sibling themes, like Fullmetal Alchemist, so a major theme I cover in mine is the relationship between sisters. It's an interesting challenge to set for myself since it forces me into a different kind of mindset, and it gives me a different kind of relationship to strengthen the female characters with, rather than only covering the themes of "friendship" or "romantic interests" (not that these themes won't appear in any form. There's just more variety to me).

PorcheJ
May '16

@nickysoh Okay, first off... your webcomic looks freakin' awesome! The coloring and style looks amazing and stands out. Keep it up!

My female protagonist for Cryptic Yume2 is Celeste Jenkins. Starting out as a janitor for a fast food restaurant, Celeste dreams of doing something more with her life. However, she feels that life is crumbling down due to the lack of friends.

But along the journey, she'll be chosen to defeat a rising evil that threatens to take over a mysterious planet. A planet inhabited by cryptids! There are important messages in the story as well, mostly aimed towards young people: The true meaning of friendship and courage.