Tag: Representation
Bitch Planet and March Book Three lead 2017 Glyph Award nominations
The nominations for the 2017 Glyph awards are out. These awards honor "the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. While it is not exclusive...
The Big Apple Con showed me why cosplay belongs at every comic con
Cosplay is here to stay and I'm glad. Here's why.
A year of free comics: Keith Knight on Obama’s greatest accomplishment
This is the last night we'll go to sleep with Barack Obama as President. Some may be glad, others may be crying at the very thought. Keith Knight has a powerful comic at Fuse...
Riri’s no-no: Marvel gets schooled on teen fashion and sexualization
There was a kerfuffle yesterday! Over this J. Scott Campbell variant cover to Invincible Iron Man #1. The books stars new character Riri Williams, a brilliant 15-year-old mechanical whiz, as the new person in...
Rromani representation: Peter David apologizes and Roma Pop responds with a statement and goals
One of the biggest stories at New York Comic Con involved a confrontation between Rromani activist Vicente Rodriguez and comics writer Peter David at an LGBTQ X-men panel. You can read Beat reporter Elana...
Romani Open Society Fellow Responds to Peter David’s Anti-Romani Statements
By Elana Levin
Peter David has written a blog post defending the anti-Romani statements he made at the New York Comic Con LGBTQ X-Men panel. You can read my own report of the panel here....
NYCC ’16: Anti-Romani Statements Made at X-Men LGBTQ Panel
by Elana Levin
At Thursday's LGBTQ X-Men panel a Romani fan asked the panel about the representation of Romani people in comics and how they are often characterized as thieves or unstable.
Peter David responded in an...
Editorial: We Don’t Need an Asian Iron Fist (or Daredevil, for That Matter)
While the advocacy for an Asian Iron Fist has positive intentions and is well reasoned, it is not the hill advocates of media representation should seek to die on.
First Second Announces Pashmina, a YA Bildungsroman that Seeks to Change the Way You...
Today, cartoonist Nidhi Chanani announced that her first graphic novel, Pashmina, has been picked up by First Second to be released in 2017. Pashmina is the story of a Indian-American girl named Priyanka Das...
