I used to be alot more into comics than I currently am, reading up on the background of things - how the sausage is made, so to speak.

And it's actually really fucking hard to do it well. You have to not only know how to write, but effectively translate your vision onto comic format and then act as director for your artist in question(and let's not go into some of the horrendous art artists can pass off as 'you must pay money for this'.)

I can't think of a single woman outside of japan that could do that shit.

Comics really are a weird artform that can show a display of pure skill if you succeed, and letting everyone know how shit you are if you fail.