#readcomicsinpublic

Today is Jack Kirby’s birthday and Read Comics in Public Day. The former was created by Jack’s parents, the latter by Brian Hatcher on a website called The Daily Hatch.

The day is lets comics lovers share their love of comics by reading them in public.

For a few years I celebrated by creating a Tumblr devoted to women reading comics in public. Ah, the old days in 2010 when people didn’t think women read comics.

Here’s a look at those celebrations:

The original

The follow up (which was during the hurricane)

The third

I really loved coordinating these because I love comics and love to see the vast range of women who love them too. Go take some time to flip through those sites - I still get a thrill looking at them.

So go celebrate the day by taking a selfie of yourself reading a comic ... in public ... and post it because are some people out there who think women and comics = unicorns.

There’s a twitter tag #readcomicsinpublic on Twitter. 

Tag here using #womenreadcomicsinpublic here!