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[QUOTE=Tiamatty;2806478]Or one of the many, many Latina writers already working in comics, who continually get overlooked because Marvel would rather look to completely different mediums for diverse writers. Getting a Latina writer on this book was a good idea. Getting one who's never written comics was a bad idea.[/QUOTE]
Reason I said Ewing is due to him already having a good understanding of the character and showing it Ultimates. So he would be my first choice to nail down America's voice. Then again I don't subscribe to the idea that minority characters can only be well written by writers similar to them, Sometimes it can add a new voice and work well then others like this book is a prime example of that failing.
Out of curiosity which Latina writer would you up on this title if you could redo it?
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[QUOTE=Br_Havoc;2806800]Reason I said Ewing is due to him already having a good understanding of the character and showing it Ultimates. So he would be my first choice to nail down America's voice. Then again I don't subscribe to the idea that minority characters can only be well written by writers similar to them, Sometimes it can add a new voice and work well then others like this book is a prime example of that failing.
Out of curiosity which Latina writer would you up on this title if you could redo it?[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, the only Latina comic writers I've encountered have been in anthologies, and I never remember the names of the people in anthologies, and I don't feel like looking them up right now. But they're out there, they're talented, they're hungry, and Marvel should be making an effort to look for them. [URL="https://latinasmediamusing.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/beinglatinxincomics-writers/"]Here's a list of Latinx comic writers[/URL], and I'm betting there are other lists out there. An editor could have put out a call on Twitter for some names of some Latina comic writers, and they would have been flooded with suggestions.
In terms of wanting a Latina writer, it's partly about increasing authenticity, partly about just promoting diversity on the creative side. I want more diverse writers telling diverse stories, because it gives readers something new.
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A better issue than the previous two, but the pacing is so frantic.
I just don't think Gabby has a sense of time, as a story-teller. I noticed this weird/quick pacing in her novel, where I didn't really get a sense of [I]how long[/I] the character had been in the places her story took her. So I'm not sure it's an issue strictly related to writing comics.
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I was not completely clear on the plot to be honest but I think the issue had big emotional impact and, for some reason, reached me on that level. I really liked it. Part of the problem is the same with any long standing character that I am new to, there is too much back story that I am supposed to be aware of. But the writing of her feelings seemed very human and touching.