Uhm, so I asked people before I made this post. And they told me that Connor Hawke is still supposed to be multiracial. Superboy Prime did not punch the non-white out of him.
And yet....This doesn't look even biracial to me. This doesn't look like the artist had one idea and the colourist had no idea how to blend things. That looks like a tanned surfer dude.
In all honesty I cannot remember which races make up Connor's biracial identity. My memory of seeing him for the first time involved blonde hair which suggests Caucasian (White) and dark skin which suggests, being Black or South Asian. And I'm fairly certain his eyes used to be drawn without a fold. So at the very least, my first impression was he was multiracial with traits from his parents and his grandparents.
But what part of the previous image or this image brings that multiracial identity to mind? Hell in this pic he looks more like Ollie's son than anything else. Which leaves what? A heavily tanned surfer dude who also slings arrows but is into Zen. A Californian, maybe even San Francican. [Writing Edit: Just been told he doesn't do archery anymore - so just a surfer then?]
I'm asking honestly now - When Superboy Prime punched the black off of Vixen, and the pants off Wonder Woman and we were watching in horrified shock, did he knock Connor Hawke into Aryan purity?
It's a question that's got to be asked, don't you think?
DC lost me a while ago. Everytime I check back, however, I find less and less reason to regret walking away. Sort of like Marvel (with Dazzler and my newest love, Shulkie) but that's a rant for another day - or maybe not. I've already stated Marvel doesn't care about people like me. And I bet pretty soon Mr. Terrific will drop from Third to Seventh most intelligent man in DCverse and DC will be more obviously forcing & shoving people like me away.
Yeah, good thing for webcomics and indies and the occasional manga. But I'm still rapidly becoming A GIRL WHO DOESN'T READ SUPERHERO COMICS.
It's sad.
*attempts not to feel beat down, rib kicked and depressed aka Tigra Bendisized*
Sunday, November 23, 2008
While I Was Watching Vixen
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But I'm still rapidly becoming A GIRL WHO DOESN'T READ SUPERHERO COMICS.
ReplyDeleteGiven how my pull list is often 0 each week now, I think I'm rapidly becoming that too :\
I know my sister was always shocked to find out that various characters were supposed to be Asian b/c she had NO idea until somebody told her or she wiki'd b/c they're never DRAWN to be Asian... >:\
I thought Connor was supposed to be half East Asian but I dun remember. >.>;;
Hawke's supposed to be 1/2 White, 1/4 Black, 1/4 Korean. He supposed to have Korean-shaped eyes and skin, and blonde hair. Eye color's always varied.
ReplyDeleteThe eyes look vaguely asian in the second image, but I've met tanned surfer dudes that looked more multiracial than this guy.
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