prisoners of gravity
I was looking for vids of the gilda stories musical but came across this set of interviews about racism in spec fic from 1993 that includes jewelle and a bunch of other folks.
Commander Rick looks at how racism is handled in comic books and speculative fiction, featuring writers Samuel R. Delany, the first Black science fiction writer and winner of the Nebula Award (for his novel, Babel-17); African-American writer Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories); Native American writer Owl Goingback; Asian-American science fiction writer William F. Wu; science fiction writer Karen Haber discussing the mutant as a metaphor for racism; and SF author Spider Robinson (co-author, Starseed); and renowned fantasist Andre Norton. Commander Rick looks at racism in comic books with writer/artist Will Eisner (creator, The Spirit) whose latest graphic novel, To The Heart of the Storm, deals with issues of anti-Semitism during the Second World War; Black comic book artist Denys Cowan discusses Milestone comics, the new multicultural imprint he's directing for DC Comics; Louise Simonson (writer, Superman: The Man of Steel) discusses racism at The Daily Planet; Gilbert Hernandez (co-creator, Love and Rockets). Cartoonist Dan Piraro (Bizarro) also puts in an appearance.
so... people in the industry were talking about this in 1993? oh gee whiz...
Commander Rick looks at how racism is handled in comic books and speculative fiction, featuring writers Samuel R. Delany, the first Black science fiction writer and winner of the Nebula Award (for his novel, Babel-17); African-American writer Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories); Native American writer Owl Goingback; Asian-American science fiction writer William F. Wu; science fiction writer Karen Haber discussing the mutant as a metaphor for racism; and SF author Spider Robinson (co-author, Starseed); and renowned fantasist Andre Norton. Commander Rick looks at racism in comic books with writer/artist Will Eisner (creator, The Spirit) whose latest graphic novel, To The Heart of the Storm, deals with issues of anti-Semitism during the Second World War; Black comic book artist Denys Cowan discusses Milestone comics, the new multicultural imprint he's directing for DC Comics; Louise Simonson (writer, Superman: The Man of Steel) discusses racism at The Daily Planet; Gilbert Hernandez (co-creator, Love and Rockets). Cartoonist Dan Piraro (Bizarro) also puts in an appearance.
so... people in the industry were talking about this in 1993? oh gee whiz...