Carol A. Strickland

Carol A. Strickland is an American fiction writer, pop culture scholar, and comic book fan.

While she is less well-known than influential Wonder Woman fans like Gloria Steinem and Trina Robbins, her scholarship on the DC Comics series, as well as other series known for high appeal to female audiences, has made her something of a "grande dame" of superhero fandom.

Wonder Woman

Her unofficial background work on "Wonder Woman" includes:
*Detailed criticism of the history of the character, and of Wonder Woman's visual presentation as a female character usually drawn by men;
*A proposed (but not accepted) revision of "Wonder Woman" rooted more heavily in ancient mythology;
*Wonder Girl and "Impossible Family" proto-fanon; more "personal canon" than fanon, but then "Wonder Woman"’s official continuity has changed so often that the canon lacks even the necessary substrate of consistency upon which a fanon can be based.

Invisible Girl and Ms. Marvel

Strickland also used the letters pages of the "Fantastic Four" and the fanzine "LoC" to point out what she considered egregious examples of sexism in Marvel's treatment of the characters the Invisible Girl and Ms. Marvel.
* Her letters to the "Fantastic Four" caused a large debate among readers about the direction of the Invisible Girl/Susan Storm Richards, [Letters published in "Fantastic Four" #216 (March 1980), #220 (July 1980), and #221 (August 1980).] and may have brought about writer/artist's John Byrne's revamp of her character and eventual transformation into the Invisible Woman.Fact|date=August 2008
* Similarly, her essay about the "rape" of Ms. Marvel in the pages of "The Avengers" exposed what many considered to be the misogynist underpinnings of superhero comics. [ [http://carolastrickland.com/comics/msmarvel/index.html Strickland, Carol A. "The Rape of Ms. Marvel," "LoC" (1981).] Retrieved August 6, 2008.]

Light Lass

Strickland designed a costume for the Legion of Super-Heroes character Light Lass in the 1970s, which was adopted and used in the series by the artist Dave Cockrum [http://carolastrickland.com/legionindex.html] .

References

External links

* [http://carolastrickland.com/index.html Personal site]