Racebending.com

At ComicCon 2012, Racebending.com hosted our second annual panel, titled Creating Spaces for Diverse Characters and Representations. Check out the complete video of the panel on our YouTube channel, or click on the embedded video below:

Racebending’s panel was also covered by Entertainment Weekly, Bleeding Cool Comics, Tor.com, ToonZone, Mission Valley News, and PopMatters.

“Racebending.com convened their first panel at 2011 Comic Con in the wake of the casting travesty that occurred on Avatar: The Last Airbender. This year they continue the conversation.”
- Entertainment Weekly

“All and all the panel was lively, intelligent, well moderated and well attended. Even in the light of some of the more depressing stories shared among panel members, the number of attendees signaled that while things may be bad, they are getting better. People at Comic Con are interested in things besides exclusive expensive plastic and getting a peek at a confused film star.”
- Bleeding Cool Comics

“If there’s one theme that seems to be emerging at SDCC—not just in the panels, but in the convention as a whole—it’s the tension between what we’ll call the “mainstream” and what lies outside of it—the indies, the marginalized, the outliers…The Racebending panel coalesced around this theme when the conversation got to the question of how increased diversity is integrated into the mainstream.”
- Tor

“The panel was a fantastic and informative exploration of racial culture in mainstream media. Instead of slides, cartoons, or movie/TV previews, the Racebending panelists discussed their own experiences as minorities in their respective industries.”
- Mission Valley News

“With that, the panel concluded. You could definitely sense the frustration of the panelists and audience throughout the discussion, because who wouldn’t be in the same situation? There was, however, a clear message that things were changing, albeit slowly and that it was important to continue all efforts to increase diversity.”
- ToonZone

Racebending.com: Creating Spaces for Diverse Characters and Representations

Thursday July 12, 2012 10:00am – 11:00am @ Room 23ABC

Creators and artists are developing engrossing characters from underrepresented groups. Panelists from different mediums will discuss their creative processes and how can fans support their diversity efforts. Featuring novelist and comic book writer Marjorie Liu (Astonishing X-Men, The Hunter Kiss), video game writer David Gaider (Dragon Age, Bauldur’s Gate II), comic book writer Brandon Thomas (Miranda Mercury, Voltron), showrunner and screenwriter Javier Grillo-Marxuach (The Middleman, Lost), writer Sarah Kuhn (One Con Glory, Chicks Dig Comics), and Comic-Con special guest author N.K. Jemisin (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms); moderated by Racebending.com.

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