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Thanks I am just working on the published pages to try and tone it down just a notch so it's more except-able so I hope more people will come a read it and sub. One thing I will guarantee is nobody writes like I do, I have never liked to go with the flow.

Thank you for your opinion of my comic, and yes, she'll go to the "hero path" but it will take pretty long before that, trainning and learning smiley

My comic Curse Lineage3 has a female protagonist because i like to draw girls.
Really, there's no profound or deep reason for that, the story would have worked out fine either way if she was a boy or a girl.

@justifiableconcepts Aliens and elfs??? Finish that comic!

@demthorshie Don't worry I ask the same exact question a lot. I keep trying to remember what it must have felt like when I was a kid while writing my comic.

@elixiadragmire Never too late I guess. That banner is gorgeous. Your webcomic really has a children book kind of feel to it. Especially like how you treat your panel borders. SUbscribed!

@blastryoku Already 9 chapters? Wow that's a lot of content. You can technically already publish a book.

Im not sure, i guess its my way of making things a bit differently than others, since i noticed most manga feature males as main heroes, and since i like playing as females on videogames all the time, i have just added then in

@nickysoh I completly agree. Just having a female character doesn't equal a better story/character. Feeling real is definitly important regardless of gender( or species etc). I strive for it when i write my characters.

My second superhero series The Valve Web Series1 has a female lead.

Seattle resident Valentina Mobela is granted, by accident, the powers of the Chaotic Light from the Valve of Order and Chaos. Though she also releases a powerful evil, which is probably bad.

I guess the original reason why I made her female was just because I already had a male protagonist in the Jonny Web Series, and wanted to do something different with this one. Hope that doesn't sound bad or anything.

I tried to add other differences, like their powers. She's more of a defensive fighter than my other hero, The J. She has light beams and shields. She is also more hesitant then him to go find/fight the villains, but she also is more aware of her surroundings and thinks things through more.

Let's see here. I have 4 comics, and three of them qualify:

The Law of the Jungle only has one protagonist, and she's a strong one. That's also our second most popular book, so that shows that there are people who like it, so I will keep writing it. Spelledeg does the art on that one.

Then there's Pride, which has 1 male and 2 female protags. It's an odd book, sorta like a police proceedural mixed with a romantic drama. I do the writing on that book, and John Bratus does the art.

And finally, I have Warmage, which has a male and female protaganist, though both of them would disagree about who the real main character is. It's a High Fantasy/Modern Romcom with some world-wide conspiracy tossed in. I do the writing and the art on that one.

I enjoy writing strong women, and have a number of them scattered around my comics.

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(Now I just wish I could meet a few more)

My lead for Demon House is female.

I don't think I have a particular reason why I made her female but I do have reasons for her being how she is. I didn't want your usual thin, pretty, popular girl that would fall in love with one of the demons (clichééééé). Instead I wanted a more heavy-set lass with some great body-confidence (but insecurities in other areas) that can act as an adversary to the demons and tell 'em what's what.

I do write a female protagonist in Diexemor

and I have a mostly female cast though that seems to bother some people and also their gender is not easily discernable! So I am pretty atypical when it comes to my female characters. I would be nice to see more diversity when it comes to female characters!

Hi! Welcome to tapastic!
I have a female protagonist in my comic Hobo story1 and I have two protagonist in my other comic Out of the Ordinaryand one of them is female also. I don't know exactly why I put girls as the main characters in most of my comics because when I think back on the comics that I've done in the past they always had a girl protagonist. I do like seeing strong female roles like Rey from the new star wars movie and some of the characters from Steven universe. Maybe that's why? : /

I could but it's way too tedious for me to do a comic with an estimated pages of 1000+. Plus there are a lot of things to consider like lighting, moods, etc and I'm not really good at choosing the best colors for the scenes... and It'll probably save me a lot on the printing cost.

Love your comic btw, interesting story. smile

Our series consists of two, Legend Riders: Legacy of Leneira (here) and Legend Riders: Rise of Cassandra (will be posted soon), and both have female protagonists. One of us is a guy, the other is a girl, but we have same reasons.

One of the reasons is that we like breaking clichés of emotional, weak female charas. It's rare to see a strong girl even when she's the main, there will always be a "Yeah, but" in their designs and they can never do the job without freaking out, crying, being rescued by Prince Charming or obsessing over a dude. Their backstories always depend on a male, usually the main one they'll end up with at the end of the series.

Secondly, women tend to be underappreciated in cartoons, comic, and manga. They're always a part of the supporting cast that runs after the main dude and have no role other than reminding us what's his name (since she repeats it 50 times per episode). Sad part being, she's usually the strongest, most skilled, talented, smartest, or generally the only one in the group that actually does something, without getting anything from the rest of the charas or even the creator themself. And of course, there are those that are nothing more than fanservice objects without any depth or reason.

Of course, these aren't necessary rules, just something seen a lot. Our thing focuses directly on the female mains and the males largely depend on them, which isn't something seen enough in our humble opinion. We like being weird.

I think I started to write a post for this thread at least 2 times and just now realize that I never ACTUALLY posted something. It is just really hard for me to give a reason as to why my main character is female. They just always were. Probably because I am a woman and am highly interested in the point of view of a character who has something in common with me.

Which is funny, since that is where my and Grave's similarities start and end.

Thank you! smiley
Well, the story is BW because magic is in color. There are some parts full colored, they have their own meaning! smiley

My main character in Psychteria is female (in a group of guys however, lol. Though there are female side characters and the main antagonist is also female), even though I've been told she looks a lot like a boy despite the long hair :U (probably the flat chest and muscles...and sometimes I accidentally draw broad shoulders.)


I don't really have a real reason for making her the main character other than wanting to see a main female anime character that doesn't quite adhere to typical female cliches and can kick serious butt :U (kinda like Toph or Katara to an extent from Avatar; though thats not technically an anime)

It's kinda funny considering I'm a girl that prefers drawing male characters a lot more orz

Hi there!!

I took a look over your work and defintely will be following you as well. I'm a sucker for a good lead.

I'm a female artist, and Miss Callas Crioa in my comic, Sunweaver, is the leading lady there. The story behind Callas is that she originally started out as a quest giver and an enigma character of a Pen and Paper role play game based in the city of Las Vegas. She developed to such a point that the players adored her and wanted to do more with her. She has a personality of being a bit of a trickster at times, but initially when first met she may not seem dangerous... but she is. Her personality of never giving up and her loyalty to her kind, along with her faults of hating and judgmental attitude towards certain creatures gives me some fodder to play with her emotions and tenacity in making decisions.

While the players who were in the PnP game started well after the events of the initial setting of Sunweaver, Callas's story was what drove the main plot in that game. The things that will occur to her in Sunweaver set the stage for the game. This is why the initial narration is a sire vampire telling their fledgling vampire the story of Callas as a tale of caution. I really just created the comic a few weeks ago, but my players wanted to see what life was like for Callas before they met her. Thus the comic was born to share with them and the world.

Welcome to the family once again! Looking forward to seeing more from ya!
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