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When you need something done right, sometimes it's better to just do it yourself. In this Fresh Friday Features the doers of life get stuff done, from saving the world to not letting others define your path. Get 'er done, everyone!

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Bitch Planet: A few years down the road in the wrong direction, a woman's failure to comply with her patriarchal overlords results in exile to the meanest penal planet in the galaxy. But what happened on Earth that this new world order came to pass in the first place?
• Graphic Novel - Stories from the Red Code: Stories from the Red Code is a collection of short stories, following the self-destructive...

When the idea for this article about the impact of women on the comic industry came up, I couldn’t think of more than a handful of names right away. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the actual number of contributions women have made.

Comics have been, traditionally, thought of as a boy’s club industry. At least that has been my impression since I was a young girl in the 90's and 2000's. While it is true that comics have been predominantly male-centered in terms of creators, women have played a hand in many well known series. I’m going to be completely honest here, I knew it wasn't necessarily true that women couldn't make comics, but why...