Asian Representation Archives

Shang-Chi is a Temperature Reading on Representation

February 8, 2022

As the MCU’s first film with an Asian protagonist, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings still relies on some age-old tropes and stereotypes. However, I also found some solace, empowerment, and escapism in how it spoke to being part of a Chinese diaspora. In particular, the film’s ...

Indie & Small Press, Reviews

REVIEW: Carmina #1 Lays the Groundwork for Diwata Komiks

January 17, 2022

Still dealing with the sudden, horrifying loss of her father as a child, Carmina tries to make the best of her situation despite being stuck in an unhappy relationship and living in a trailer park. But after being riddled by strange nightmares that put her up against monstrous creatures all the ...

Indie & Small Press, Interviews

Diwata Komiks Hopes to Bring Forward More Filipino Stories That Resonate From Home

January 13, 2022

Interest in ongoing komiks series like Trese has shown a growing enthusiasm for wider, global accessibility to consume Philippine-produced media. In recent years, especially accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic’s limitations of conventions and art shows, platforms like Penlab have given komiks ...

Comics, Reviews

REVIEW: Weeaboo is a Love Letter to Weebs Everywhere

November 17, 2021

Weeaboo traces the stories of three high school students. As Maya, James, and Dani survive senior year, they struggle to find themselves and each other in Alissa Sallah’s heartwarming graphic novel.

Con Diaries

Comic-Con@Home: API and AAPI Creators Say Sit Down, Be Humble

July 26, 2021

API & AAPI Creators: The Original Comics Pioneers: Comics creators from the API/AAPI community talk about their deeply rooted history in the comics medium, how they are changing the industry in the modern era, and discuss upcoming projects guaranteed to enthrall comics fans. An audience ...

Essays, Opinion, Television and Film

Seen But Not Satisfied: The Logic of Prejudice in Shadow and Bone

June 3, 2021

I didn’t know I was going to fall for Shadow and Bone as hard as I did. The luscious world, the characters, and the mythology all nestled their way into my heart. There was so much to love in the series. And yet, my love was uneasy.

Comics, Roundtables

The Re-re-invention of Psylocke

August 27, 2018

In 1989, Chris Claremont and Jim Lee did a thing to Betsy Braddock, aka Psylocke. The white, British, purple-haired model, turned agent, turned X-Man, sister of Captain Britain, stepped through the Siege Perilous and was discovered by the Hand, who reshaped her into a Japanese woman. In 1993 on ...

Comics, Reviews

Gunblast Girls Review: A Distressingly Problematic Space Romp

June 5, 2018

Gunblast Girls Volume 1: In Your Face, Loser! Crisse (Writer and Artist), Besson (Colours) Le Lombard April 18, 2018 Mercenary Zdenka has a job to finish which will leave her wealthy beyond her imagination. But to complete her mission she needs help and not just from the Gunblast Girls, her ...

Comics, Reviews

Green Hornet #1: Good Story, Terrible Art

March 14, 2018

Green Hornet #1 Amy Chu (Writer), German Erramouspe (Artist), Brittany Pezzillo (Colours), Tom Napolitano (Letters) Dynamite Comics March 2018 The Green Hornet has gone missing. The public may know and fear him as a master criminal but, within the offices of Daily Sentinel Publishing, one man ...

Comics, Profiles & Primers

CB Cebulski’s Asian Mask: Why the Anger?

December 1, 2017

UPDATE: The Dark Horse statement below has been updated to the correct version. In 2004 a white man named CB Cebulski pretended to be a Japanese one named Akira Yoshida. “Yoshida” wrote comics for Marvel while Cebulski worked as an Editor at Marvel. Cebulski was recently instated as Editor in ...

Asian Representation

Shang-Chi is a Temperature Reading on Representation

REVIEW: Carmina #1 Lays the Groundwork for Diwata Komiks

Diwata Komiks Hopes to Bring Forward More Filipino Stories That Resonate From Home

REVIEW: Weeaboo is a Love Letter to Weebs Everywhere

Comic-Con@Home: API and AAPI Creators Say Sit Down, Be Humble

Seen But Not Satisfied: The Logic of Prejudice in Shadow and Bone

The Re-re-invention of Psylocke

Gunblast Girls Review: A Distressingly Problematic Space Romp

Green Hornet #1: Good Story, Terrible Art

CB Cebulski’s Asian Mask: Why the Anger?

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