A feminist manga-style artist says she plans to use characters based on an Egyptian pharaoh and a Chinese empress to bring more female empowerment to the male-dominated world of comic books.
Queenie Chan is working on a series of nonfictional biographies aimed at children titled "Women Who Were Kings," which will be rendered in manga form, the comic book genre that originated in Japan.
"I'm doing a series of biographies on a bunch of queens from all over the world and from many different cultures who achieved political power on parity with what we expect from kings — hence the title," Chan says.