Assault, Women, and Comic Books

Back in December, it came out that a female comic book creator was assaulted by a prominent man in the comic book business. People doubted, people insulted. The woman was not ready to come forward with her story, but Ronee at Buzzscope broke the story anyway.

Well, the woman in question is ready now, and has given a full account of the event, leaving out only the name of the man who assaulted her.

The story and the discussion it prompted also was the force behind creating a new fund for the Friends of Lulu that supports women who have been assaulted.

I suspect that we'll be hearing a lot more about this, both the fund and the incident, in the next few weeks.