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Drawn That Way: Amazing Female Protagonists in Graphic Novels
Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona made huge waves when it hit shelves last year, and for good reason—a comic about a girl who happens to be a villain’s sidekick? Myself (and many other readers) gobbled it right up. And while amazing women have always been around in comics—including Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Jessica Jones, and now the new Ironman—here are some comics from smaller imprints (aka, not DC or Marvel) for people looking to try something new, or to try comics for the first time.
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Help Us! Great Warrior, by Madeleine Flores
Madeleine Flores’s Help Us! Great Warrior started as a web series and quickly grew into a phenomenon. Now a full-blown graphic novel, HUGW follows the Great Warrior, a green blob with a pink hair bow who is the greatest warrior in her kingdom. Her friends and sidekicks include Leo, a transgender woman who carries a mace, and Hadiyah, a Muslim girl who is the literal embodiment of goodness. What makes Great Warrior so great is the positivity of the main character—she’s self-assured and self-confident to boot, but traditionally feminine in a way many women in comics aren’t allowed to be. Leo and Hadiyah are just as strong and capable, which makes Help Us! Great Warrior a wonderful all-ages introduction to amazing women in comics.
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Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley
If you’re looking for a series to soothe the ache in your heart after finishing Nimona, then Princeless is definitely for you. It follows Adrienne, one of seven princesses whose father has locked her in a tower. Bored and fed up with waiting for a prince to rescue her, Adrienne takes the sword from under her bed, frees her dragon, and saves herself—with a plan to rescue the rest of her sisters. With her father on the hunt for whoever “killed” his daughter, Adrienne has to be smart, brave, and cunning if she’s going to succeed. Teaming up with the blacksmith’s daughter, Adrienne sets out to rescue her sisters and prove she doesn’t need a prince to save her. Like Help Us! Great Warrior, Princeless is a fantastic all-ages comic with a strong female lead.
UFOlogy, by James Tynion
Becky Finch is completely average. Focused on college and getting out of her small Midwestern town, she never expects to be destined for greatness—until she sneaks out one night to an abandoned house and is marked by an alien. Now she has to team up with classmate Malcolm and find out just what she has been selected for—and why the same thing happened to their families twelve years earlier. A title that’ll be a perfect fit for YA fans of Lisa McMann or Libba Bray, UFOlogy is a beautifully drawn and illustrated book.
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Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan
Part Stranger Things, part The X-Files, 100% girl gang, Paper Girls is the comic you didn’t know you needed in your life. Featuring not one but four kickass female protagonists, it harks back to classic films such as The Goonies and Stand By Me. On Halloween 1988, after a disturbing dream, Erin Tieng is out delivering papers on her morning route when she runs into three other 12-year-old girls, girls who’ve been delivering papers longer than she has. After their leader, Mack, takes Erin under her wing, the four girls stumble upon a machine in an abandoned house that brings alien life to their planet—and sends the girls into the future. It’s a wild, adventurous ride readers will love.
Wynonna Earp, by Beau Smith
Based off the SyFy show of the same name, Wynonna Earp follows a descendant of Wyatt Earp who hunts the demons called revenants that her forefather killed. Revamped this year following the success of the TV show, Wynonna is a true Western heroine who plans to stop at nothing to hunt down the evils that plague her small town. With help from Dolls, a Black Badge agent, and the immortal Doc Holliday, Wynonna holds her own in a town filled with evil zombies bent on taking her down.