Exam #1 Flashcards
(41 cards)
What film represented black people in the media in the early 20th century? What most prominent African American filmmaker responds to that film often?
“Birth of a Nation” was the film and Spike Lee is the filmmaker
What approach to racism did many African Americans make that kept them from pursuing the comic book industry early on?
They thought of comic books as something playful and fun and didn’t want to pursue incorporating race into the industry because they thought that the issue of racism wouldn’t be taken seriously
What are the five core issues central to debates about diversity or critiques of representation?
- Kinds of representation
- Amount of representation
- Cultural Appropriation
- Identity of Creaptors or Principle Figures
- Quikty of representation
The most famous test for assess g the absence and quality of women in popular culture production
The Bechdel- Wallace Test
Consists of: has at least 2 women in it
- they talk to each other
- talk about something besides a man
Who was the first black character in mainstream comics?
Black Panter
Who was the first African American in mainstream comics?
Black Falcon
Who was the first black female in comics?
Storm
Who was the first black comic to lead a series for marvel comics?
Luke Cage
Who was the first black comic to lead a series for dc comics?
Black Lightning
What’s one of the crucial, action related questions that comic book artists must constantly creatively address?
Dramatic Action
Wjats the key reason why comic books become such a collaborative individual products, that is, why do multiple people contribute to one issue?
Because there usually contains a writer, penciler, and colorist
Why do comic book writers get more attention than visual artist in comic books?
If you’re a writer your name will spread more for “writing the story” and you gain more recognition. Also, society values the writers more than visual artists especially in the comic book industry.
What was the major, positive story concerning diversity, esp women and people of color in 2014?
More conversations began to arise surrounding the issue of cultural appropriation
What had changed concerning the visual representation of Storm in 2014?
She began to be less sexualized
What’s storms real name?
Ororo Monroe
Why does the man in Santa Marco refuse to call storm by the name storm?
Because he refuses to reference mutants names
According to storm mutants in training see given the____ and not a mission
They’re given the tools to enhance and learn about their own abilities
Why does Suncorp want to relocate the village?
Because they want to place a hotel there
Why does Catalyst Prime deserve special recognition? Who was the visionary editor?
-Series include more creative and diverse creators compared to other series
- Joesph Illige
In two words what makes Noble#1 compelling to viewer readers?
The art and action sequences in the comics
- dramatic action
What background art was used in noble #1? What makes it noticeable?
African art was dedicated in the background
With the depiction of woman in comics, what’s unusual about the last scene in noble#1?
The wife is going to go save her husband
What are some challenges of producing “new” comics that appeal to reader?
- Familiar superheros
- Fitles produced by familiar companies
- Title produced by familiar writers & artists
- There’s tremendous competition
What is done in Noble #2 to ensure a variety of different kinds of people are represented?
The wife traveled to a different country and she could also speak a different language. (Spanish)
- showed multiple different people of different skin color
