Todd Terwilliger

As the run up to the NY comic con ends with a trip, a windmilling fall, and a dull thud, I’m coming in with a quick hit, fast and short, to the point like the jabbing of a sharpened stick: my uncle (by paths strange and wonderful) has started up his own blog: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BLACK: COMIC FANDOM FROM A BLACK FAN’S PERSPECTIVE. He’s just published his first post and already it’s moving to the top of my reading list (and not just because he’s in the family).

Here’s a taste that will illustrate where he’s coming from:

In “The Soul of Black Folks”, WEB DuBois discussed the African-American double consciousness wherein Black people have a love/hate relationship with the United States. Being a Black fanboy isn’t much different. During my long-term love affair with the sequential arts I’ve had to, all to often, put aside my anger/frustration/sadness at how Blacks and other ethnic minorities were either depicted or ignored.

The state of minorities in comic books has often been a subject of comedy between me and my friends (Power Man, I’m looking at you!) but it will be interesting to see someone take a halfway serious look at the subject.

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