July 2011
20 posts
A medium gains legitimacy and respect when people making work in that medium legitimize and respect it.
Comics as a whole are in the process now of gaining that legitimacy, and it’s because of the people doing good work in that medium, more than any other reason. Superficial aspects like deciding…
I’ll do my part.
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Or at least major POC characters?
I can reblog a bit to see if anyone can.
Vixen: Return of the Lion, written by G. Willow Wilson and Welcome to Tranquility, written by Gail Simone are my favorites.
Templar, Arizona by Spike Trotman. One of the leads is Korean, another is black. The third is white, I think, but she’s fat and sassy.
Johnny Wander also deserves mention. It’s an autobio webcomic by Yuko Ota and Ananth Panagariya - she’s Japanese, he’s Indian, they’re both hilarious.
Working on tomorrow’s Webcomics Wednesday, which has a Westerny theme. I pulled up Cake’s new album and guys, it fits so perfectly. I love this band.