Graphic Novel Committee

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We Need Diverse Kids Comics!  

Panel plays between the 42:00 and 1:25:00 minute marks.

As part of BookConline 2020, diverse comics/graphic novel creators gathered on Zoom to discuss how race and gender influence their new works, their creative process, their connection with their characters, and the importance of diverse characters in comics and graphic novels in general.

Moderator: Alex Lu, New Media Editor at The Beat

Panelists:

• Roxane Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver, co-writers of The Sacrifice of Darkness
• Varian Johson and Shannon Wright, writer and illustrator of Twins
• Mike Curato, creator of Flamer

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Read our recap on the CBC Blog.

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