Monday, December 18, 2017

The (Kinda Racist) Secret Identity Of A Comics Book Editor

Turns out the (actual!) white guy who kept getting promoted was also the (not actual!) Japanese guy writing some comics. Marvel's response is troubling to many comic and graphic novel fans: "Cebulski’s deception calls to mind a longer, more pernicious tradition of white writers posing as people of color for cultural cache. Often, these individuals have adopted Asian identities."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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