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crabber's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.0
lberestecki's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
vernip's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
I will NOT make light of how important it is for representation in our media.
As many of the essays/interviews within this book pointed out, it's essential that readers connect with the characters they see in these books. Connection makes you care. Connection makes you realize more & more how international the world has become, even in fictional worlds. Connection inspires the creatives to make things more like them, when before all they had was "it's not been done before."
HOWEVER
There is more weight in the essays by the aforementioned creatives than there is in the smattering of comic panels they decide to use to showcase that indeed, Marvel has diversity.
If they could've actually crafted a coherent story WITH said characters, that would have been fine & dandy. But no, just a collection of one-shot stories showing they exist.
Some great ones, some not-so-great ones, and overall, the goal was letting the audience know that the recent years one of the most influential comics companies have been (relatively) good to people who look like me.
As many of the essays/interviews within this book pointed out, it's essential that readers connect with the characters they see in these books. Connection makes you care. Connection makes you realize more & more how international the world has become, even in fictional worlds. Connection inspires the creatives to make things more like them, when before all they had was "it's not been done before."
HOWEVER
There is more weight in the essays by the aforementioned creatives than there is in the smattering of comic panels they decide to use to showcase that indeed, Marvel has diversity.
If they could've actually crafted a coherent story WITH said characters, that would have been fine & dandy. But no, just a collection of one-shot stories showing they exist.
Some great ones, some not-so-great ones, and overall, the goal was letting the audience know that the recent years one of the most influential comics companies have been (relatively) good to people who look like me.
whatchareadingheather's review against another edition
5.0
Each story is 100% fire! As an AAPI reader, sometimes it’s been hard to identify with a lot of fictional characters because they are not like me. I’m so happy that the younger and future generations of AAPI readers will have more heroes like them to looks up to and I can’t wait to read how characters new and old grow and develop.
sasaboba's review against another edition
4.0
Huge step up from their lackluster "Pride" issue! The stories were fleshed out and varied in tone (sadness, goofiness, etc) and I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them. There was so much heart to this issue and I couldn't put it down. Food is one of our, for lack of better phrasing, love languages. In my cultures, instead of "I love you," we would ask, "Did you eat yet? Are you hungry?" It was great seeing how big a role food played in some of the stories. Plus, I was super happy that I was able to snag the Rian Gonzales variant cover that I wanted!
So why 4 stars? I had an issue with everything else. There were only 8 stories and more than half of them were by East Asian people about East Asian characters
russelcipres15's review
4.0
Long live Asian creators and super heroes! I'm glad and excited to see more Filipino representation in Marvel Comics. Stan Wave and Bishop ❤️
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