“…You know your show better than anyone. You know that the boys are spending a significant amount of their time south of the Mason-Dixon line. There are black people everywhere in this country, and even setting your show in, say, the pacific northwest really isn’t much of an excuse, but I find it mind-boggling to [...]
“…Think of it this way. Avatar is a fantasy about ceasing to be white, giving up the old human meatsack to join the blue people, but never losing white privilege. Jake never really knows what it’s like to be a Na’vi because he always has the option to switch back into human mode. Interestingly, Wikus [...]
“…I’m intrigued by Disney’s efforts to use the material culture of Tiana’s environment to distance her from characters like The Bluest Eye’s Pecola and Sapphire’s Precious. The single brown doll in Tiana’s room as a child is juxtaposed against the suite of her wealthy white friend, Charlotte La Bouff, whose shelves are overflowing with brand new white [...]
I wrote about the Jewish graphic novel The Comic Torah, by Aaron Freeman & Sharon Rosenzweig, awhile ago. In an update, the creators have reached and exceeded their fundraising goal for the book; no release date has been set as of this writing, however. Here’s a recent interview with Rosenzweig at the Jewish website New [...]
“It’s been a long, sometimes daunting road to Obama’s presidential victory. Artistic mistakes were made along the way, and occasionally, some cartoonists did not display the necessary vision. But those mistakes are in the past — it’s a brand new day, and a time for a fresh aesthetic beginning. “So with that in mind, consider [...]
Still I Rise GN Posro Comics website MySpace page for Still I Rise The direct market gets the re-release of the historical GN this week. ——————————————————————- Buffy TVS #24. Pencils by Jeanty. Bomb Queen: Bombastic TP. Story and art by Robinson. Black Panther #3. Story and pencils by Hudlin and Lashley. ——————————————————————- Also notable: Flash: [...]
Secret Invasion Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill – The Green of Eden Amazon link to buy Thor: Stormbreaker – The Saga of Beta Ray Bill BRB recently adopted a mortal identity – that of a black guy – so I think it’s okay to consider him a de facto black character now. Anyway, he’s the star [...]
Timestorm: 2009-2099 #1 (of 4) Eric Battle website Wikipedia entry on the 2099 universe A new 2099 miniseries, pencilled by Eric Battle. —————————————————————– Also notable: Batman: Battle for the Cowl #2 (of 3) War of Kings: Ascension #1 (of 4) —————————————————————— Claudia talks about black villains in pop culture. Terence Howard talks about what went [...]
