A great episode of Amazing Spider-Talk where Mark and Dan talk to Brian Jacob (The Ultimate Spin) and Donovan Morgan Grant (Questions: We Don't Have Answers), longtime active Spider-Man fans. They talk about Spider-Man and race issues, Spider-Man and police issues, how Brian and Donovan, as two black fans feel about Spider-Man comics and the history of representation and real issues. Basically cover what we all have been discussing in some detail on this thread.
Highlights include:
-- Discussing Miles Morales and how Bendis and Saladin Ahmed portrayed him and ITSV.
-- ASM#91-92 the Sam Bullitt two-parter as a classic that holds up for denouncing white supremacy.
-- ASM#21 Annual where MJ's wedding dress was made by a gay African-American fashion designer Willi Smith as another major moment of representation.
-- The fact that Spider-Man's supporting cast could use more diversity on the whole.
-- Issues with the Rocket Racer character and Len Wein's run, as well as parts of Conway's run.
-- The Punisher is plainly irredemable even if Brian Jacob admits he was a fan of the character growing up.
The episode is going to donate revenue to the Black Lives Matter movement, and they left a link below and I will repost it here in case anyone wants to donate there.
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/