{"id":201891,"date":"2021-03-14T14:23:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/real-one-encapsulate-my-biggest-gripe-with-modern-mainstream-comics-featuring-black-characters-omnigeekempire\/"},"modified":"2021-03-14T14:23:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:23:33","slug":"real-one-encapsulate-my-biggest-gripe-with-modern-mainstream-comics-featuring-black-characters-omnigeekempire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/real-one-encapsulate-my-biggest-gripe-with-modern-mainstream-comics-featuring-black-characters-omnigeekempire\/","title":{"rendered":"#Real One Encapsulate My Biggest Gripe With Modern Mainstream Comics Featuring Black Characters! \u00bb OmniGeekEmpire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ed795900be\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ed795900be\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/real-one-encapsulate-my-biggest-gripe-with-modern-mainstream-comics-featuring-black-characters-omnigeekempire\/#Like_this\" >Like this:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/real-one-encapsulate-my-biggest-gripe-with-modern-mainstream-comics-featuring-black-characters-omnigeekempire\/#Related\" >Related<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Real One Encapsulate My Biggest Gripe With Modern Mainstream Comics Featuring Black Characters! \u00bb OmniGeekEmpire<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hey, back at it again with another one of my opinions! Today, I wanted to take a look at Nubia: Real One, a DC graphic novel and discuss why these types of comics perfectly illustrate why western comics featuring Black characters never seem to take off!<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-24678\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Over the years, we\u2019ve seen more Black characters rise in the comic space, which to me is great! However, when you start to look beyond the surface-level stuff, you\u2019ll soon start to realize that in actuality, there\u2019s still not much progress being made. That\u2019s why when I saw Nubia: Real One, it perfectly captures everything wrong with how writers are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching Black characters. Nubia for those not-versed in DC lore is an Amazonian character who happens to be the twin sister of Diana aka Wonder Woman. She debuted in\u00a0<em>Wonder Woman<\/em>\u00a0(vol. 1) #204, (January 1973) yet since then DC hasn\u2019t done much with that character, like most Black characters created in the past. There\u2019s a good story to be told with her too which makes it frustrating. We could have seen what it was like being raised by Mars the god of war, who abducts baby Nubia, and the turmoil she endured in an all-new modern take, which would introduce her to new fans in a natural way that makes sense.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24684\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/omnigeekempire.com\/2021\/03\/14\/comics-like-nubia-real-one-encapsulate-my-biggest-gripe-with-modern-mainstream-comics-featuring-black-characters\/nubia_final_cvr-1280x720-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/omnigeekempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24684\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/omnigeekempire.com\/2021\/03\/14\/comics-like-nubia-real-one-encapsulate-my-biggest-gripe-with-modern-mainstream-comics-featuring-black-characters\/nubia_final_cvr-1280x720-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/omnigeekempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-1200x675.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1200w, https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1280w\" src=\"https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"wp-image-24684 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24684\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/omnigeekempire.com\/2021\/03\/14\/comics-like-nubia-real-one-encapsulate-my-biggest-gripe-with-modern-mainstream-comics-featuring-black-characters\/nubia_final_cvr-1280x720-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/omnigeekempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280\u00d7720-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/omnigeekempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/omnigeekempire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1-1200x675.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1200w, https:\/\/823415.smushcdn.com\/1618889\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NUBIA_Final_CVR-1280x720-1.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/noscript><\/noscript><figcaption>Left appeared in Future state\/ middle appeared in Nubia: real one\/ Right appears to be fan art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instead, the name Nubia and her character are used as commentary on the politics and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> issues that just use her for political purposes. The storytelling suffers from contrivances and a heavy-handed message that overexaggerates to the point where it\u2019s hard to take things seriously. Not to mention that you could literally take the name \u201cNubia\u201d away from the comic and it wouldn\u2019t even impact the story! This is one of the major issues I have when writers decide to write Black characters. It\u2019s never about the story but always about commentary! The comic itself is bad, and that\u2019s not even mentioning the art style. The art style, my god, I really don\u2019t get my modern comic illustrates are insistent on making everyone so damm ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, this one of the biggest problems that plague a lot of comics that feature Black characters as leads of the story, and thus leads to low sales or even mass adoption by fans. Heck, even the story made no sense at all which didn\u2019t help its cause. Trust me when I say this, most Black readers would not enough this comic\/graphic novel at all. We get it, our reality currently sucks balls, but what I don\u2019t want is to be reminded of that with the media that\u2019s known for \u201cescapism\u201d! Sometimes, I wanna see cool people do cool shit!<\/p>\n<p>I really don\u2019t have an issue if you\u2019d like to discuss real political issues, but for the love of God, make it tasteful at least, and make it make sense. Anyways that\u2019s just my opinion on this, let me know what you think about this novel if you\u2019ve read it!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-89879263-24678-604e36f293a59\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=89879263&amp;post_id=24678&amp;origin=omnigeekempire.com&amp;obj_id=89879263-24678-604e36f293a59\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-89879263-24678-604e36f293a59\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Like_this\"><\/span>Like this:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sd-link-color\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related\"><\/span><em>Related<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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