Who draws female protagonist webcomic too?

[zwebb90]

i just re uploaded an old web comic that has all female protagonists "black crane" http://tapastic.com/series/Black-Crane-

[thomasfallaeriksen]

Made a series last year that only have females in it (more or less). It is called Al Khemet. It is not really a traditional comic, but at least it is drawings that tells some sort of a story. Almost all of it is marked as NSFW jus to be safe. There is nothing explicit in there, but it contains some nudity and some slightly suggestive drawings.
http://tapastic.com/episode/211078

[thejovialgentleman]

This is an interesting question, and one that I've actually been thinking about just recently. The main characters of my comic (which I'm still in the process of making) are loosely based on my closest friends in real life (and naturally, I've just kept them the same gender/sex), with the main character being based off of myself. Originally, he was just male because I'm male, but recently I've developed a desire to turn him into a female character, for no other good reason than "I simply want to."
The one thing that was (is?) holding me back from going through with this is the fear that my comic will fall under judgment for having this dynamic. For example, because I am writing a female main character, while being a male, I fear that I will come across as assuming that men and women are exactly alike, or I just don't know how women work. However, I don't want to appear like I think being a man or a woman affects your personality, and what you like or don't like (because that's just silly). Since my comic will be centered around interactions (it's basically a bunch of opinions with faces walking around, haha), I don't think it would matter too much if my main character was male, female, or otherwise, as long as they had a defined...character, I guess.

Sorry for rambling (I do that from now and again), but I appreciate getting to converse about people's different thoughts on this topic! Thank you for bringing it up, and I wish your journey with your webcomic well (I'll be following it from now on, it looks like a very fun and interesting story)!

[thejovialgentleman]

First, I wanted to say I respect the fact that you create the female characters you would want to see yourself.

You raise an interesting thought, that female characters allow for deeper (and perhaps more?) expression than male characters. I can't speak for the whole world, but I know for sure that here in the US, being "male" or "masculine" definitely involves being more controlled (see; restrained) about your own emotions. I suppose that would allow female characters to be more apt for the use of exploration of emotions and personal expression in stories. Then again, I'm not sure how true that necessarily is, it's just another thought.
I definitely agree with your point, regardless!

[zetina]

I can understand the fear of representing a group wrong. I hesitate to include race or sexuality in my stuff since it's things I don't understand. Somehow, gender isn't as much of an issue. Here's the thing - there isn't much to "get" about either men or women, because everyone is an individual. Saying that gender doesn't affect your personality would be naive though. The moment you're born, you're treated differently based on your sex. So basically, be aware of what society expects of a man and a woman, but write a person who can be either. Does that make sense? <'D
P.S. gender roles are garbage.

being "male" or "masculine" definitely involves being more controlled (see; restrained) about your own emotions

yup. which results in dudes exploding.

[thejovialgentleman]

I'm with you on the race/sexuality issue...I certainly want to encourage diversity in characters, but I don't want to open more cans of worms than I need to. You can learn only so much about other races and walks of life through online research.
That being said;

be aware of what society expects of a man and a woman, but write a person who can be either

I think this is a great piece of advice. It's almost like there is a different way to write men and women, but at the same time there isn't. I agree with you about the relationship between personality and gender, since being a man or a woman doesn't dictate how you act, but it does affect what people expect from you (at least, I think that's the case in real life). There's a tricky balance, but I definitely agree that writing a character as a character first, and a man/woman second is super helpful!
Because yeah, I'm starting to see more and more of the bullshit in gender roles as time goes on. :\

PS Amen to that! I definitely feel the exploding sometimes...not fun!

[JaKuta]

Both my webcomics have female protagonists. Which is odd because both characters were initially just planned as background characters. But as i started fleshing out the story they moved more towards the forefront until i thought their story was more interesting. Especially hers:

Cosmic FFA, She looks human but she's actually an alien hehe

Pale Moon Corpses, I guess this one technically has more of an ensemble cast but the beginning of the story centers around her

[starvebeast]

My comic Starve the Beast has three main characters--including two sisters, Cricket and Fizz. Cricket's in her mid-twenties , and has survived the fall of a dictatorship with the help of Fizz, a street girl.

Cricket's character was inspired by a young Iraqi blogger, Riverbend, who wrote about the Invasion of Iraq in 2004 - 2006.

Starve the Beast if anyone's curious to check out more.

[stadyone]

Hey there!
I have silly concept telling different stories with different
protagonists in the same universe I call Quest Runners.
(And so my webcomic series is called.)

I have a female main character named Fey (con.)
but I also tell stories about other second main characters.

So I tell about different persons, but Fey – my female main character –
keeps appearing continuously in her main story.

Ha, ha, what a mess.^^

I'm working on the first story of the series. I'll upload it asap.
I hope u'll understand it soon.

Greets, Stady

[Stronas]

My story is about two female protaganists, Alma and a nameless woman, usually called Cifa; I also know why i've chosen two female protagonists! I find women to be more complex, tricker to understand, as a man i find them to be so much more mystical and colorfull. That's right. Girls are mystical! This comic would just look and feel alot more uninteresting if they were men. That might just be from my personal experience though, but a girl can get way more exciting then a guy when it comes to the element of surprise. A man throwing a punch towards some douchebag at a club; somehow... not very surprising, is it? (Horrible example, hopefully it gets my point trough!) but a woman throwing that punch, and knocking that douchbag out. Now that's oddly satisfying. To put it short: I find strong women to be more badass then strong men.

Also, the story is extremely violent, and i have a feeling that people let women of the hook easier then men when it comes to physical violence. That might sound abit cheap, but I have a feeling that people would find my protagonists to be abselutely disguisting if they were men, and it would throw them off early, since my protagonists's actions aren't explained before FAR into the story. It better suits the story, because girls aren't only scarier to me, but they're so much more unpredictable! I usually have a feeling of how things will go down when two men get into a fight, but two women...? (Hides!)

[Wolven_Sister]

Heyyooo!

My comic, Between the Realms, has two female protagonists, both equally important since...well...it is a romance >BD It's also fantasy, about a yong woman being swept from our world into an alternate dimension where no humans exists as she uncovers secrets long buried in blood and the horror of her own destiny. The romance aspect isn't much of a spoiler, there will be a ton more secrets and obstacles these two overcome that I'm not sharing ;')

I try to update once a week.

[TrustyShamrock]

hi! i have a female and male main character in my comic Robo Hole. and then 2 girl second characters. its mainly about this girl named Parsnip who is really gloomy about life in the suburbs. and then a black hole who is turned into a boy lands in her back yard. she ends up being forced into helping him fight robots and deal with people from alternate universes.
the secondary main characters are a mysterious but crazy scientist named Hazel and a popular steampunk girl from Parsnips high school named Graeme.

Hazel

Graeme

anyway im a guy but i dont really have a big reason for using mostly girls in my comic. i think they mostly just ended up being girls. i mean most of my friends in real life are girls and i like a lot of shows with girl main characters. so i guess that was rattling around in my brain when i was making the characters. but i have no on purpose reason that i can think of for there being mostly girls

[Wildfire]

Hey!
First thing's first, your comic rocks (pun intended) and I'm adding it to my favorites as soon as I finish typing this.
My comic VERUS actually has two leads, Ajax and Ema, but she's probably the more important of the two plotwise.

I'll focus on Ema's end of the story here since we're talking about the girls. She's a scientist who was working on some very important research when her lab was attacked. Now she and Ajax have to get from Seattle to Atlanta through a wilderness infested with what's best described as zombies (but smart, fast and mutated to predatory perfection).

The story is dark and violent and kind of awful to the character at a lot of points. Both Ema and Ajax have gone through some pretty horrible things and they're both pretty young (Ema's 16 and Ajax is 22)

I used a female character not because there was any real reason for me to have a female lead, but because the character I imagined in her role just happened to be this tiny little blonde thing (she's like 5 nothing and 90 pounds). I wanted a female character who could be strong, and smart and feminine so I made one myself. Personally I feel like it wouldn't make any difference if she were a guy, but I liked the idea that I could have a girl because I don't see as many girls in comics as I'd like to.

I actually have a bunch of female side characters who feature prominantly, like Ajax's Commanding Officer, a couple of Ema's coworkers on the research and more. I try to keep my cast even and to treat the characters the same regardless of gender. I feel it gives them a better personality.

[azureXtwilight]

My webcomic Re:Set has a female protag, Mike, who came from a high society, and so repressed that she released seven demons to turn her life around. And accidentally cause her whole town to be turned into a demon's zombie-mind-slave. Whoops.

Also her mouth is the reason why the comic is flagged "Language" in comicfury

[Squeakybat]

I really like the art style of your comic! I'm definitely subscribing to this one.~
I'm kinda like you. I'm new to tapastic. I post my stuff here on Tapastic after I post on my other site...
www.stellarpersona.tumblr.com
My comic Stellar Persona has a female protagonist. She shares the spotlight though. Her "co-star" is a boy.
It nice to see people making more diverse comics.

[endlessuprising]

Hey guy's and girl's! Cool topic!

Yes, I also have a comic with a female lead. I choose a female main character because I knew I wanted to write a shounen comic, but by their very nature, they don't have girl leads. They want guys to identify with the main character so they have a dude front and center. Which is fine but NARUTO, BLEACH, ONE PIECE, FAIRY TALE, DEATHNOTE all dominated the shounen field when I released and I wanted to switch it around.
I choose a girl just to test the laws of the genre a bit I guess?
http://tapastic.com/episode/277764

This is a great topic, and it's interesting reading peoples answers.

[Leesaliah]

I don't know my comics have had mostly male protagonist because of my obsession with androgynous male characters and ikemen. XD

[SandraMJ]

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]

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

[kiabwonderland]

Hi there,

I have a female protagonist in my Comic, Virtue vs Sin!

www.tapastic.com/series/virtue-vs-sin It's about modern day shamans in America ^_^ It's probably teen rated or higher.