Cynthia L. Nakashima’s article An Invisible Monster inspired us to create a comic strip that captures in pictures and words the mix race ideology that dominates the U.S. culture. We seek to portray how society has denied the existence of mix race people. Our comic features a Korean African American girl with cornrows hairstyle and dark skin visiting her neighborhood church for the first time after moving to Koreatown.
We wanted to create a short and funny story to deliver the social context pertaining to mix race. The comic is hand drawn and made up of four panels. In panel one, we introduced the main character and developed the setting. The second panel displayed the build up between all the characters. Following with all the punch lines in panel three and four.
The images are well drawn and the overall look of the comic is clean and concise. Your group did very well in connecting the themes of the week into the topic of your story. The idea that mixed race is continually being ignored in society is prevalent in the U.S. today. I really liked how the Korean mean automatically assumed the girl was lost merely by looking at her appearance. No need to fix your statement.
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute and gets the point across concisely. It wouldn't even need an artist statement for the audience to know what the comic is trying to communicate, which is great! The statement itself is clear and straightforwards, and I don't see areas in it that need to be improved or rewritten.
ReplyDeleteThe comic connects to the themes of the week. In addition, the artist statement lends additional support and clarification to the comic. The artist statement does not need a revision.
ReplyDeleteVery straight forward cartoon to portray the continued misconceptions mixed race people face in the US. I understand the intent of the artist and it carried through very well.
ReplyDeleteThis comic strip was very simple and straight to the point of what we talked about in class. The art project does portray with the artists statement. Overall, great job.
ReplyDeleteThis comic strip discusses the struggle of being mixed race and continues on this weeks theme of being invisible. The artist statement summarizes the comic strip while describing the inspiration for the piece. I do not believe their needs to be improvements to the statement.
ReplyDeleteThis comic is simple and straightforward. The messages are clear and transparent as well. I did not have any problem with the artwork. Great job! The artist statement reflects and support the comic. There is no need to change your artist statement—it is good.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very straight forward piece. The art project incorporated the idea of Nakashima's and through a very common misconception mixed race people face. In this case the art project shows how the person is judged by the skin color. The artist statement ties back to the work itself very well, and expressing the idea for the piece in detail. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI like how the surprise element plays very well to the story that portrays so much about the appearance of a stereotypical Asian (Korean) and/or the stereotypical culture/institution that an Asian should or could belong to. The artist statement really complements the comic.
ReplyDeletePerhaps this is reading too much into the sexual attractiveness of mixed race individuals, but I read this comic with the intentions of both young Asian men drawn to the young woman's "exoticism." Not only is she racially ambiguous, but that she's wearing a white t-shirt to church, 'hurr all did in rowz,' and 'neck-jewz' all "blinging," is tantamount to her otherness that is both attractive and distracting.
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The comic strip attacks and challenges the idea of the monoracial "hegemonic" American culture. Here we see that the protagonist is marginalized and left confused by her fellow church goers, who judged her by color. They exemplified and highlighted race as a bold boundary of character and disregarded her faith immediately. While the protagonist is half Black and half Korean, the church goers also misidentified her as only black, demonstrating a hypodescent of her mixed composition. Overall, this comic is so simple and easy to read. Great artwork too! 😄
ReplyDeleteThe comic is simple but effective in reflecting how mixed race people are not welcomed or validated by society. The project matches with the artists' statement, perhaps further explain why the setting is a church and talk about how religion also affects people's perception of mixed race.
ReplyDeletei think this comic is straight forward and simple. It clearly portrayed the topics discussed in class and emphasized the issues discussed in Nakashima’s article. The only thing I would change would be to add a little touch of color to the images in order to make it more presentable.
ReplyDeleteThe comic and artwork work together very well, because the both elaborate and expand each other's ideas. If the artists are interested in macro-level analysis (beyond the confinements of individual engagements), the comic and artist statement could also explore how criminal elements in American, religious institutions have systematically persecuted or punished mixed race persons in the past (in relation to eugenics and the mutant/monster concepts in Nakashima's article in week two.)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the topic you chose since community churches are often segregated based on race. I am not sure if this was your intention, but in my opinion, I think the ethnic group that you based the comic strip off of was a good representation of the reality of our society since some Asian ethnic groups feel superior over other groups. Your comic strip was simple, witty, and strait to the point. The artist statement was reflective of your artwork as well. The statement needs little to none revision.
ReplyDeleteThere has to be requirements for people to be part of certain organizations, but who is the person delegating between these fine lines? Great way showcasing the way people are perceived and how they are treated. There's a possibility these men she spoke may have changed their demeanor only after finding out she was part Korean. Great artist statement and comic strip!!
ReplyDeleteThe topic of this comic is a very well known issue as there are many mixed race people who feel like they cannot belong to one or the other(s) of their races because they are too much of the other. I feel like a lot of mixed race people can relate to these feelings of being boxed even before the person or people boxing them finds out who they actually are and what they represent.
ReplyDeleteThe style of the comic feels mixed as well. The text is showcased in a "manga"esk fashion while the drawings are less manga style.
ReplyDeleteThen the commentary on mixed perceptions is spot on too! good job
This comic strip is very simple and easy to read. The message was straight forward. I didn’t need to read the artist statement to understand what the comic was about. No further revision needed. Good job!!
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