Featuring comic creator
Phil Jimenez (
Fairest), cultural anthropologist
Stanford W. Carpenter (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), design historian
John Jennings (State University of New York, Buffalo), and Visual and Critical Studies MFA candidate
Beverly Taylor (School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Dumbbell Blonde), this panel discusses the creation of comic book characters and identity in mainstream, independent, and digital comics as well as fine arts settings. In addition to their observations, panelists will also discuss their own experiences creating comic characters. Issues will include why diversity matters, diversity in different comic media forms, creating diversity in comic universes that lack diversity, reasons for rebooting existing characters, use of source material, and the creation of alter-egos, avatars, autobiographical characters, and characters with identities that are different from their creators.
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