Monday, April 10, 2017

Should mainstream comics have more diverse characters?


Detail of cover of America #2, by Gabby Rivera and Joe Quinones, starring America Chavez, 
Marvel's lesbian Latina superhero.  Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics, one of the most famous publishers of comic books, has been re-thinking its strategy to publish more authors that are women and/or people of color, even though comic book readers are becoming more diverse. Should mainstream comics have more diverse characters written by more diverse authors? What do you think?
Listen to this podcast from NPR: "Changing Colors in Comics"

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/05/522749425/changing-colors-in-comics

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