Mark Martell’s Work Featured on Medium
We are delighted to share a recent piece on Medium that features Mark Martell’s work which was recently published in the Journal of Comics and Culture. It is a wonderful coverage of what Mark writes in his essay – specifically recuperating the place of Asian Americans within comics world and the politics of such representation.
The Medium piece takes on a DC Comic character named Wing who was problematically represented as the sidekick “Chinese servant” of Crimson Avenger, a DC superhero who made their debut in 1936. Mark classifies Wing as the first Asian (American) superhero in comics (even predating the Green Turtle, a superhero who has now generally been referred to as the first Asian/Asian American superhero). It’s quite an interesting story / debate!
Here is the link to the Medium interview piece: