There's a deeper philosophical question here about how much anecdotal evidence of sexism in a given domain is required to condemn the domain as a whole. I certainly don't question that there exist sexist authors in Western comicdom. I do have to wonder just what percentage of Western comics is actually tainted(?) by them though: celebrated characters like Death from D.C.'s Vertigo imprint seem to be portrayed respectfully.

Let me don my engineer's hat for a moment and ask you the following: supposing an admission of sexism could be extracted from the "comics industry", what sort of action do you want taken? Is it the art itself you want changed, or the treatment of the characters (or both)? For instance, what is your take on Jim Balent's Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose, which constantly stresses female empowerment and positive self image, gender and natural harmony, and religious tolerance? One could argue that comics like this subvert the silicone stereotype and act as a sort of fanboy trojan horse loaded with a socially-conscious payload. Or one could argue that such comics demean such a payload through their visual and thematic stylings.

I'm not sure what to do with/to sexists that doesn't impinge on artistic freedom as a whole. I'd be interested in hearing alternatives.