DC Comics to Publish Graphic Novel Imprint Aimed at Teen Girls
DC Comics, long known over the course of its seventy year publishing history for giving boys Superman, Batman and dare I say it, Aquaman, now have their sights set on wrestling teenage girls away from their Manga series by giving them their Minx line of original graphic novels.Minx, which is planned as a line of 12 paperbacks, is described by DC executive editor Karen Berger as “stories about real girls in the real world.” Targeting girls 13–18, the line is an alternative to YA fiction that touches on the classic themes that come with the territory—social insecurities, parental miscommunication, boys, etc.—but does so in graphic novel format.
First up is Cecil Castellucci's The Plain Janes. The Plain Janes opens with a terrorist attack then moves teen heroine Jane from the city to a nondescript suburb where she forms a group dedicated to creating anonymous acts of public art as a form of subversive political protest. The Plain Janes will be illustrated by Jim Rugg of indie Street Angel fame.
Future entries include Good As Lily by Derek Kirk Kim, and Re-Gifters by Mike Carey.
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