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1eatboys · 10 months

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I keep seeing the odd post here and there mentioning that Ballister Blackheart is white in the Nimona comic and it hurts my heart a little each time I see somebody say that bc he’s actually not! Ballister Blackheart is canonically Asian in the comic, he is East Asian and simply has light skin.

I just find it saddening and wrong (granted I’m white myself so maybe it’s not my place to have an opinion on) to erase a character who is canonically a poc just because they have light skin :/

This is not a diss to people who didn’t know or people that were mistaken, that’s sort of the reason I’m making this post, so more people can know the truth rather than be misinformed or assume incorrectly.

(Context of the photo attached is that it is from a QnA Nate did on the Nimona comic years ago)

Edit: added alt text of everything written in the photo

#ig ppl default to the idea that a character who had an ethnicity change resulting in them being a poc means they were originally white #and not possibly a different ethnicity that is also nonwhite #but ballister has always been Asian #his ethnicity was just changed so he is East Asian in the comic and South Asian in the movie #(most likely to better resemble his va riz ahmed who is Pakistani)#ig ppl see movie ballister who has darker skin and then assume comic ballister with lighter skin is white #also possibly bc ethnic features are more obscured with the simpler comic artstyle #there were points in the book where he was paper light so I understand the assumption to some extent ig #but there’s still something so…. weird abt assuming that he’s white since some poc have lighter skin #also the more recent the art you can see nates style better develop his skin tone #nimona #nimona movie #nimona comic #nimona book #nimona graphic novel #ballister blackheart #ballister boldheart #nimona ballister #nd stevenson #nate stevenson #when will my boy beat the white allegations #also lmk if you think anything I’ve said is out of line lol I was debating even posting abt this bc it’s not really my conversation #also pls read the graphic novel if you haven’t already it’s so good !! ok gn

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blackbatcass · 6 months

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sometimes the ghost of kelley puckett (he is still alive) haunts me. does he know. does he even know. he’s so detached from the comics community and he’s such a private guy (I RESPECT THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY) that i really and truly do not know if this man knows how much cassandra cain means to us. does he know batgirl 2000 is heralded as the bible of dc solo books, as a lot of people’s favorite comic ever written. does he know how much we love cass. how we write essays over her character and how amazing she is and how she changed our lives. does he know how adored his writing is. does he know he wrote the best comics character introduction of all time. does he even. know.

#cassandra cain #dc #look. sometimes i think about kelley puckett. and i go a little crazy #i KNOW how much shit he got from dc execs at the time #because he was doing something new and different #and because dc as well as a lot of fans at the time #didn’t have room for a newly created disabled asian teenaged girl in their personal batman mythos.#i have a pretty good idea of how much disrespect cass got as a character (SEE: HER LITERALLY BEING WRITTEN OUT OF THE STORY WHEN #DUDES GOT SO WHINY ABOUT BABS NOT BEING BATGIRL. WTF.)#so. i have no idea what his general thoughts & feelings were when writing for dc.#i think he’s doing accountancy now? or coding? something like that #the man did like ONE interview and i think it was from 2002 #ANYWAY. THE POINT IS.#the way this circle of online dc fans regard cass and batgirl 200 in general #is SO…#WE LOVE CASS OKAY. SHE’S SO MANY PEOPLES FAVORITE CHARACTER.#and batgirl 2000 is thought of as THEE comic book EVER #and as some of the best writing dc had EVER had #kelley puckett is a literal god of a writer to us.#AND I DONT KNOW IF HE?? KNOWS THAT?????#DOES HE KNOW I WOULD PAY HIM A MILLION DOLLARS TO COME WRITE FOR DC AGAIN.#because hes just that good and most comics post new 52 have been garbage #does he know how beloved he is. I don’t know #anyway. I sincerely hope wherever mr puckett is right now #he’s having a wonderful day and he knows how many gay people on tumblr #write extensive meta essays about his writing

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misspeppermint2003 · 17 days

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⭐️ Weekly Fandom Vote (Round 6) ⭐️

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skyllion-uwu · 10 months

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The more I learn about Cassandra Cain (the Batman character, not to be confused with YA author Cassandra Claire) the angrier I get on her behalf

#SHES DISABLED AND ASIAN AND A WOMAN AND THE EDITORS COULDNT FUCKING ACCEPT THAT SHE WAS BATGIRL SO THEY SABOTAGED HER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE #SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO BEING AN A LIST CHARACTER AND NOW SHES MORE OBSCURE. SHE WAS BAT.GIRL AND COULDVE EASILY BEEN BRUCES SUCCESSOR #THEY CALL HER ORPHAN NOW WHEN HER ORIGINAL APPEARANCE EMPHASIZED HOW SHE FOUND A FAMILY WITH THE REST OF THE BATS #AUGHHHHHHHHH *transforms into a wolf and rips apart comic book editors*#sky screams into the void

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morihaus · 10 months

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me trawling through the tsaesci tag for anything: what?? we've seen an image of an akaviri guy?? in redguard?? where the hell was he? [looks on uesp] oh no

#moriada #hes from the like. comic that fills in some of cyrus's backstory pregame #imagine an original series star trek villain who is obviously meant to invoke ancient china #or like. an ambiguously asian supervillain from an old comic book #or a bad mortal kombat knockoff character. it's really bad #what else can you expect from something MK made though

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raziel011def · 9 months

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*REPOST*

I believe all my ocs designs are impeccable

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vanguardchronicles · 2 years

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This is Mitsuo. Hero. Gay man. Asian. One of the heroes from the North American chapter of the Vanguard superhero team.

#hero #superhero #lgbtq community #asian #Vanguarduniverse #oc #comics #comic books #character design

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ahb-writes · 2 months

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Comics Review: 'In Limbo'

In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

autobiography

bullying

depression

domestic violence

family

memoir

racism

My Rating: 3 of 5 stars

IN LIMBO is a complicated read. The graphic novel is an ongoing and endless contortion of teenage ostracism, the commonality of human arrogance, and the occasional bout of heedless self-martyrdom. Not necessarily in that order, and not necessarily always stemming from the perennially anxious narrator. IN LIMBO is about the risks of accumulating emotional debt, but readers won't know that until they're about 180 pages into the book.

The problems Deb faces are not unique, but they feel all-encompassing. She struggles to adapt to the faster pace of high school. She's behind in her schoolwork. She's cracking under the pressure of her first-gen immigrant parents. She's drifting away from her best friend. She's losing interest in her extracurricular feats. Deb's tribulations, in isolation, are not particularly exhausting. Nor are they, viewed at length, particularly worthy of note. But isn't that the point? Growing up is hard.

For Jung-Jin Lee, for Deb, the world is spinning faster and faster, and she's doing her utmost to keep from falling apart as she tumbles to the ground. IN LIMBO curls its tendrils around one or two of these problems and personalizes them in meaningful and grueling ways (e.g., What's it like to lose a childhood friend? What's the value of filial piety when it succumbs to child abuse?). The book then exposes how seemingly normal problems in suburban America tend to metastasize in ways very few people see, recognize, believe true, or deem worthy of acting on.

And that's how this graphic novel goes. There are so many points of interest, one will invariably find it difficult to figure out what the book's theme or focus is supposed to be. The immigrant experience? Failed friendships? Racism? Bullying? Academic underperformance? Domestic violence? A young woman with weight issues? IN LIMBO is largely episodic, fragmented, and emotionally dislocated.

Friends come and leave. As do parents' mood swings, pop quizzes, and indifferent therapists. Deb fights to keep it all at bay, and she mostly does a good job of it. But fighting off the stressors of not being good enough (for her friends, for the Korean diaspora, for her parents, for herself), often distracts her from the possibility of finding solace (in listening to her friends, in revaluing her connection to her heritage, in apologizing to her father, in forgiving herself). And that, one presumes, is also the point.

IN LIMBO doesn't tell a linear tale of mental health decline, and that's because so few struggles with depression, anxiety, and suicide rarely manifest so cleanly in the real world. It's the type of book best afforded to readers who know what they're getting into (and know what to look for). Otherwise, the book's first and second halves may read like two completely separate titles. This graphic novel is long, and can feel wayward due to its lack of a resonant theme (beyond a high school girl having multiple bad days). But the emotional curvature bends toward betterment. Eventually. And that, too, is probably the point. One hopes.

The art style is a mixed bag. Lee's character art is composed of delightful and sinewy line work that showcases the author's incredible skill for capturing a character's emotional frailty in a wan facial expression or an errant hand gesture. Elsewhere, the totality of the comic's background art and environmental design is derived from a photo-realistic style whose flat, static countenance feels ruefully disjointed from the story's variably textured mood.

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#comics reviews #graphic novel #depression #review #autobiography #memoir #first second books #bullying #domestic violence #racism #asian characters #characters of color #authors of color #deb jj lee #mental health decline #delightful and sinewy line work #lack of a resonant theme #Korean diaspora #seemingly normal problems in suburban America

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art · 11 months

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Meet the Artist: @jovaline

Hi, my name is Arielle, and I’m a Filipina-American freelance illustrator, comic book artist, and writer! As a long-time theater kid, I love drawing characters with emotionally specific facial expressions and body language, and designing fun outfits and sets for them to live in. I take a lot of inspiration from vintage illustrations, fashion, musicals, and books. You might know my work from my graphic novels Black Star, Evil Thing: A Villains Graphic Novel, or most recently Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story. It’s equally possible you’ve seen my work floating around here on Tumblr because I’ve been on this platform for 12 years!! Thanks so much for taking a look~ :)

Pleased to meet you, Arielle! Below is some of her work that she has picked out for you all to appreciate.

For more of Arielle’s work, be sure to check out her Tumblr, @jovaline!

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We are highlighting some of Tumblr’s talented artists of Asian descent all month as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

#meet the artist #meet the artist on tumblr #artists on tumblr #art #six the musical #atla #asian artists #aapi month #apahm

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wyrmzier · 1 year

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Artists that inspire me!

I'm a huge fan of art and these are only skimming the top of the wonders of the artist community and those that inspire me.

@iliothermia a trans Jewish artist who creates undeniably trans and Jewish art!!! Hyde's linework and composition is masterful, and his attention to detail is immaculate. He has a shop where he sells beautiful high quality prints, stickers, pins, bookmarks, and a few other odds and ends! Oh, did I mention he draws everything with a MOUSE!

@eleheba another trans Jewish artist I adore. Skilled in black and white work and color. Composition is crazy. It's the kind of work I'd think to find in old medieval books. They're definitely a modern day master artist. They also have a shop!

@stayatsam this artist has inspired me endlessly and got me into portraiture. Another transgender W. Sammi creates beautiful portraits with a unique coloring style. Edgy, gothic, and beautiful.

@littlestpersimmon I'm struggling to find the words to describe how incredible this artist's work is. Dreamy, ethereal, romantic, and detailed. He create enchanting mlm pieces inspired by southeast Asian art and culture.

@godivaghoul an erotica artist who creates dashing gothic scenes. Beautiful women with spectacular line art...need I say more?

@wiltkingart dark and moody paintings with incredible use of color. A focus on trans mlm. Another artist that deeply inspires me.

@skulkingfoxes on instragram and Twitter (edit: and now tumblr!) Rowan has incredible lineart and character design. They have several comics as well as a shop! Their composition and use of black and white is skillful and immaculate. I wish I could steal their hands

@the-nothing-maker their art always wows me. They have amazing control over color and use colored pencils!!! Genuinely their work GLOWS I wish I could see them in person.

@bunabi another master of color and character design. All her art feels soft and dreamy. She also make brush packs!

@rennybu where do I start... Adrienne's art is colorful, soulful, and dreamy. And so so tender. Not to mention they're incredibly kind! Here's a commission I got from them...agh I'm tearing up

Unfortunately I've run out of image space. The list could go on until I've named every artist on the internet. I hope you give these wonderful people a follow!

And of course all my wonderful art friends but you can just check out my tag #friend art

#rennybu is not the only one here whos incredibly kind #working with them was just so much fun #rambles #are these artists potentially very popular and dont need me to recommend them? perhaps.

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angstics · 1 year

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on my chemical romance's history of racism:

(edit: i wont rewrite anything since that will create discrepancies in reblogs. however, i will include these important additions: post 1 and post 2)

cultural appropriation is a neutral term that turns negative when people co-opt a culture without consideration to its people and history, or their prejudices and privileges. the rising sun japanese flag is an imperialist symbol used during japan's occupation of other countries from 1870 to 1945 (the guardian 2019). unlike other symbols of terror, the rising sun is normalized because of the japanese government's refusal to acknowledge its history. the symbol's meaning was popularized a few years ago when people from south korea protested its legality in the 2020 tokyo olympics (bbc 2020). aware or unaware of its history, americans have long appropriated the rising sun. in part because of their fascination with japanese art, in part because of orientalism -- a fixation on asian cultures that centers "exoticism".

my chemical romance has been associated with the rising sun symbol a couple of times. frank iero used to have a tattoo of it. gerard way designed frank's killjoys outfit to include it (seen in concept art and music videos). it is often used in mcr fanart.

tokenism is when something contains limited diversity to divert criticisms for the lack of it. my chemical romance has had a very white cast of characters in their music videos and stories. in the "i dont love you" music video, a main character is in black body paint. in the casting call, they specifically asked for a white man (there is 100% an online source -- please let me know if you have it). even casting a black person for this role would place him in a video that appropriated his skin color to mark his "difference" from the light-skin female character.

the female character points to the band's main problem with tokenism. if they arent casting a white woman, theyre casting a light-skin asian woman. the woman in the "i dont love you" mv is fetishized for physical traits stereotypically attributed to east asian women: big eyes, daintiness. east asian women feature most prominently aside from the band and main characters in the "welcome to the black parade" music video and photo shoot. the photoshoot is the only place where an ashy-faced black man and ambiguously tribal? brown man are seen (brought in by photographer chris anthony per the "making of the black parade" book). the director antagonist of the danger days music videos (shown in "sing") is a japanese woman. she is the only main character of color in the music videos and the killjoys: california comics. the focus of this post is on my chemical romance, but the comics are important to showcase that the reality is never "color-blind casting" or "limited roles". it's mostly white creatives (band members and directors and artists) who ignore non-white people when they cant use them, reflected as much by gerard way years later (nyt 2019).

"japan takes over the world" is a media trope that is built on the late 20th century fear of the return of imperial japan. this trope frames japanese people as unique aggressors, feeding into "yellow peril" fears of asian people "taking over" the white race. this trope is suggested all over the danger days universe, where the corporation BL/ind overthrows the US government. the appropriation of the japanese modern flag and lettering on the killjoys outfits, the primary BL/ind villain being a japanese person who only speaks japanese in videos, the official BL/ind website having a ".jp" domain and english-japanese translations. japanese people and culture only exist in this universe to decorate and threaten.

the point of this post is not to punish my chemical romance. in the decade+ since, they have made meaningful changes -- the sing it for japan project to aid japan during the 2011 earthquake-tsunami, developing diversity in gerard's comics / tv show, a mexican-american main character in the 2020 summoning video. people of color treated as real goddamn people.

however. all these faults exist in frozen time. there is no discussion attached to the work. so anyone, fan or casual, may come across it and not notice or care for these important issues. i know all this shit and i still fail to see instances of what i highlighted. it's difficult locating not only your own prejudices but those of others. those you look up to.

"my chemical romance" is the product of many people from 2001 to 2013. many of these people were male, white, american, and/or, most radically, liberal. clearly laying out what they did wrong is important. being careful with history and culture and personhood is important. prioritizing growth is important. constantly. forever.

#mcr #this has been weighing on me for a long time. i just didnt know how to say it. why i should say it if someone else already has #and well. thru writing this i figured everyone should say it to really understand it #qessay

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misspeppermint2003 · 5 months

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Ai Hoshino from Oshi no Ko (Japan)

Ruby Hoshino from Oshi no Ko (Japan)

Kana Arima from Oshi no Ko (Japan)

Mem-cho from Oshi no Ko (Japan)

Akane Kurokawa from Oshi no Ko (Japan)

#fandom #fandom questions #character quiz #quizzes #rounds #films and tv shows #japanese films and tv shows #asian films and tv shows #anime #books #comics

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thisisnot-an-original-name · 5 months

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friendly reminder that netflix shadow and bone:

fully erased inej’s trauma (she can’t walk past the menagerie without having a panic attack, but in the show, she can remove all her knives for a #girlboss moment before having a casual chat with her abuser. also, why would a character who was kidnapped as a child and sold into sexual slavery be totally down to go kidnap another girl??)

removed per haskell from the crows’ stories, instead choosing to make kaz the leader of the dregs, and thus, inej’s owner

reduced jesper to a slutty bisexual stereotype and a comic relief side character. lol look at him go, sleeping with random boys on missions, calling kaz “boss”, gambling addiction can get thrown in as a funny side thing.

cast a non-disabled actor to play kaz, cast a light-skinned actor to play jesper, cast a skinny actress to play nina, and made next to no attempt to make any of the crows (apart from wylan) look their ages, which destroys a key aspect of the books

put danielle galligan in puffy sleeves and heavy layers after being accused of skinny-washing

cast a skinny actress to play a canonically fat character, while also casting a fat man to play the inept rapist king, who is explicitly described as skinny in the books

made alina half asian for #representation points but completely mishandled writing the in-universe racism. seriously, not zoya (also visibly mixed race) calling her “half-breed”...

honestly, screwed itself over by trying to cram three different books in s2. particularly crooked kingdom. after putting the bathroom scene in s2, sending inej off to hunt slavers in s2, declaring them a family after s2… there is nothing to accomplish in producing a soc spin-off. you can’t have the ice court heist if the crows all trust each other. you can’t have inej to agree to join the heist if she’s already free. you can’t have a faithful wesper storyline when uhm actually they met when they had a one night stand lol. what more could you want? hasn’t the show bastardized them enough already?

is not “high budget fanfiction”, just a bad adaptation <3

#anti netflix shadow and bone #netflix #six of crows #shadow and bone

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longwuzhere · 9 months

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Here are some cool Easter eggs that I found the newest My Adventures with Superman episode, “Let’s Go to Ivo Tower, You Say”. Links to the easter eggs post:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 6 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here SPOILERS if you have not seen the episode of course:

Perry assigns our intern trio to go get interviews about Anthony Ivo. I previously mentioned Ivo's deal in the comics in this post, but we'll talk more about this version of Ivo later.

Shout out to Lois' hanbok! As a kid in the 90s my first exposure to the DC was through the DC Animated Universe. Because of the way some of the characters like Lois, Clark, Bruce, Dick, Tim, and Terry, were designed, as a kid, I thought they were Asian. Very cool to see this version of Lois be Korean.

Before Lois shows up for their black tie event at Ivo Tower, Jimmy knocks down a stack of papers and magazine and Clark goes to pick it up and stumbles upon the Metropolis Star with a cover that shows him as a kid flying 15 years ago.

The Metropolis star is a rival newspaper to the Daily Planet in the comics. The publisher makes its first appearance in Superman #9 (1987) (W&P: John Byrne, I: Karl Kesel, C: Tony Ziuko, L: John Costanza).

When our intern trio makes it to Ivo Tower, Lois spots some very interesting powerful and political figures of Metropolis, the CEO of Galaxy Communications and Mayor Fleming.

Galaxy Communications makes its first appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 (1970) where it was headed by Morgan Edge, the then leader of Intergang. In the comics Clark and Lois does work for Galaxy communications thanks to it buying out the Daily Planet forcing Clark to be the evening news anchor. The Galaxy Communications panels here are from Swamp Thing #68 (1988) (W&P: Rick Veitch, I: Alfredo Alcala, C: Tajana Wood, L: John Costanza).

Mayor Fleming makes her first appearance in Action Comics #894 (2010) (W: Nick Spencer, P: R.B. Silva, I: Denis Freitas, C: Dave McCaig, L: Rob Leigh) where she appoints Jimmy Olsen and Sebastien Mallory as a welcoming committee for Dalwythians aliens. Like her MAwS counterpart she is obviously the Mayor of Metropolis.

Later, Lois goes and questions Senator Sackett at the party/event.

In the comics Sackett was a councilman not a senator who makes his first appearance in Superman #130 (1997) (W: Dan Jurgens, P: Norm Breyfogle, I: Joe Rubenstein, C: Glenn Whitmore and Digital Chameleon, L: John Costanza) depicted here in the issue's panel wearing a Superman costume. Sackett in the comics is in Luthor's pocket.

I am like 99.99% sure this is Lex Luthor like who else in Metropolis is named Alex, has red hair (if this is Lex Luthor and he shows up again, I'll talk about him and what I mean by this in another post.), and works in the science and tech field.

We finally meet Ivo and he is as I was hoping he'd be a major techbro tool. The way he acts in his introduction and his meeting with Clark is very much like Lex and Clark's meeting in Batman v Superman. Both Ivo and Lex upon meeting Clark know how strong he is. In MAwS Ivo punches his chest and it hurts him and in BvS you heard an audible thud when Lex knocks on Clark's chest. Very similar vibes between both scenes.

Clark confronts Ivo about one of his deals and name drops one of Metropolis' mob families.

Bobby Gazzo, head of the Gazzo crime family in Metropolis, makes his first appearance in Batman: Dark Victory #1 (W: Jeph Loeb, P&I: Tim Sale, C: Gregory Wright and Heroic Age, L: Richard Starkings). Fantastic sequel to Long Halloween, highly recommend reading both books.

After Clark gets thrown out and Lois offers to repair his jacket, we see Lois mentioning her dad, Sam Lane a military general and if the person at the end of the second part of the first episode is Sam Lane...

...and he shows up again in the show I'll talk more about it in another post. For now this is all just speculation.

Might be reading into this but maybe a subtle nod to how the words "Superman" and "pal" are often used together. Both have been used as a comic book title, "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" as I've mentioned in these posts a few times.

The show here did a very clever thing with Ivo. Normally any other media pertaining to Ivo would give the audience his power and weakness stealing robot Amazo, but here the MAwS team was able to combine both Ivo and another villain in Superman's rogues gallery, Parasite.

The first Parasite, Raymond Jensen, makes his first appearance in Action Comics #340 (1966) (Cover Art by Curt Swan, George Klein, and Ira Schnapp). All iterations of Parasite have the ability to temporarily steal away anyone's energy, strength, and their knowledge. As I've said there have been other Parasites that Superman fought, the second and most recurring Parasite is Rudy Jones, the Parasite I'm more familiar with, who makes his first appearance in Firestorm #58 (1987).

Cover Art by Joe Brozowski, Bruce Peterson, and Tom Ziuko Alex and Alexandra Allston the third and fourth Parasite (green Parasite and purple Parasite respectively) first appeared in the Adventures of Superman #633 (2004).

Cover art by Gene Ha and Art Lyon

The latest Parasite, Joshua Allen, makes his first appearance in Superman #23.4 (2013).

Cover art by Aaron Kuder and Dan Brown So yeah there are similarities between the Amazo robot and Parasite and it was smart of the MAwS team to just combine Ivo with Parasite to avoid redundancies. Besides the Amazo robot is more of a Justice League villain anyways.

Near the end of the episode, after the Parasite suit wrecks Ivo's body, he begins to look more like his recent iterations in the comics now. The panel here is from Justice League of America #4 (2013) (W: Geoff Johns, P: Brett Booth, I: Norm Rapmund, C: Andrew Dalhouse, L: Rob Leigh). Hope you all had a wonderful time checking this post out. Like I said at the beginning my other MAwS easter egg posts are:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 6 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here

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jeremywhitley · 6 months

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Canonically trans pirate: Alister St. Marina

So, when we first started the Sea of Thieves comics, the game was still in alpha testing. I got the incredibly cool privilege of rolling up on the Golden Shores before other people even had access, because we were basically launching simultaneously. One of the really cool things about the set up was that we got to create our own crew from scratch and tell a story on the sea when it only had a few legends in it, so we were given free reign. I knew we had a handful of issues to tell the story and I hoped we'd get to come back to them, but nothing was certain.

Some of the characters, namely DeMarco and Lesedi Singh became regular characters in the game, which was something I had never even realized was a possibility. Then, of course, DeMarco's death as a big story in the game. It was the first big mystery. And Lesedi was part of it. We even got to hear Lesedi's voice (I was quietly VERY excited they actually cast a South Asian woman in the part).

That led to a new opportunity! Years after their initial adventures, we got to make a new mini-series called "Sea Dog's Search" which centers Lesedi on her quest to find her brother's lost soul. We wanted to change things up and show that it had been years of adventuring on the Sea of Thieves, so even though we hadn't written years of comics, we wanted to show that their lives had kept on going. Since Lesedi was our focus in the series, updating her look was important to me. In the first comic, she started out looking like this:

Then, in the game, she and her brother founded The Sea Dogs and got sharp matching outfits:

Obviously, she stay's looking fly, but it's worth noting that this was a matching outfit with her brother and much more his style than hers (DeMarco loves clothes and dressing sexy, Lesedi has always been a little more no nonsense). So now that she's out from under the shadow of both her brother and legendary father, we've done some updating to her look. First, she had to get rid of the old one and do a bit of fighting of her own:

Over the years, the variety of what you can wear in SoT has improved so we wanted to give Lesedi something that felt like it had a little bit of who she is and a little bit of her home.

But there was somebody else who hadn't really been in the game whose evolution was perhaps more important to me.

When we had done the first miniseries, I talked with the crew about the possibility of having a trans character in the books. They were excited, but one thing they really wanted in the comics was to make sure that things that characters did in the book were more or less achievable in the game and, at the time, there was no way in the build to change your character's look or gender once you started.

But now, there is! There is a potion that allows you to change the look of your character including their gender. Rare and co was very supporting of us then following through with an idea we had during the first fun that was now possible. I had originally written the character of Alessia St. Marina as a person who was not comfortable in her own skin and had used costumes and espionage as a way to cope with that. She was especially fond of going undercover pretending to be male.

At the end of the mini-series, Alessia ended up getting together with her partner in crime, but she was never able to come out as trans. But it has been a few years both in our world and in the game one, so allow be to introduce you to Alister St. Marina.

He's a smooth talkin swashbuckler who just happens to be married to one of the most dangerous cutthroat women in the world, whom our crew has to rescue from her most recent scrape.

So, thank you very much to Rare, Titan, and everybody else involved for letting us tell this wonderful story and bring the first canonical trans masc pirate character into the Sea of Thieves.

See you out there, you salty sea dogs!

#sea dogs #lgbtq #lgbtq comics #sea of thieves #seaofthieves #sea of thieves mystery #demarco singh #lesedi singh #Alister St. Marina #trans pirates #queer pirates

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raziel011def · 2 years

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Had the honor once again to work with DaffduffArt on this piece of art, displaying Jet Yeong in his MMA glory! Really happy how this one turned out, its been a while since Jet showed up for the Year of the Tiger!

Also Jaakuna (邪悪な) is Jet's ring name in MMA in the background

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