Justice League of America fans who prefer tokenism

Dwayne McDuffie (co-founder and creator of Milestone media and the comics writer who co-created Static Shock and other black comic book heroes) points out some of the reader responses to his final issue of Justice League of America, featuring the JLA teaming with Icon and Hardware in battle with Starbreaker:

I don't think anyone will support an original black "mainstream" character. I know I won't.

Maybe they should establish a separate league for all the negro superheroes. I'm not saying kick them ALL off. One would be okay. (Doesn't Hollywood have some kind of law that says every movie has to have at least one black in it?) I just think they're going overboard with all this diversity stuff. I mean, how many comics do minorities read anyway?

Whiter, brighter washing

From Greg Van Eekhout, via Twitter:

Sunspot then. And: Sunspot now.

I'm thinking that the two guys in the first pic had a kid. What do you think? -nalo

Superman in the Cotton Fields: Comics in Black and White, Mostly White

Superman in the Cotton Fields is a 2005 article by Scott Poole on systemic racism in the comics industry.

A racist society is one in which significant political and social capital rests in white hands, even if that society gives lip service and official tribute to the ideals of 'tolerance' and 'diversity'. At least in the marginal art form of comics, African American representations are changing.

East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention 2009

The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention 2009 takes place in Philadelphia, P.A. on May 16, 2009.

Native American comic art

Comic Art Indigene
March 6, 2009 to May 31, 2009
National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, DC

Storytelling has long been a part of Native American culture. Comic Art Indigene examines how storytelling has been used through comics and comic-inspired art to express the contemporary Native American experience. Under the larger definition of narrative art, comic art is more related to Native American art traditions than one might expect.