Yeah, not sure what the other characters in that artstyle look like but this seems really bad. He looks barely human there.
Wtf is this
Doesn't IDW review these things before print?
Star Wars Adventures Issue 9
Art by Michael Avon Oeming
First page of the short storyEhhh, it depends how stylized the rest of the comic is.
It IS sus potentially though.
The art is awful but the writing is spot on at matching how Mace would speak, I can't help but read this in Samuel L. Jackson's voice.
I looked up the comic and it seems the drawing on Mace Windu didn't turn out right
Oeming has drawn black characters before and they don't look like this it's probably what someone said that they attempted to emulate his look from clone wars cartoon and it just didn't translate
That's what always hits me about things like this. Sure someone can create something questionable with no bad intentions, it happens. But at these massive companies how do they get signed off and released with nobody stopping to suggest that it's changed.I looked up the comic and it seems the drawing on Mace Windu didn't turn out right
Oeming has drawn black characters before and they don't look like this it's probably what someone said that they attempted to emulate his look from clone wars cartoon and it just didn't translate
The second example looks alot closer to Mace in the CG Clone WarsLooks like they wanted to adopt the TV Cartoon version to paper and it didn't come out right.
This one at least looks like Mace. I have no idea what happened to result in the one in the OP.
You can still see his raised brow, just barely.This one at least looks like Mace. I have no idea what happened to result in the one in the OP.
Yep. Don't think the intention was there, just can be easily misconstrued unfortunately.Based on how Mace is stylized on the other pages I dont think the one in the OP is intentional. It seems like the artist just lowered the mouth too much when drawing the head at a raised angle for the sake of having his expression read more clear
idk, it looks like a heavily stylized artstyle to me. Apparently the guy only drew two issues so far with little to no other characters.
I'd just thought I'd point out the Laura Ingraham adopted a Black child. I guess my point is, it's not really a good way to judge whether a person may or may not be racist, just like who they marry isn't (McConnell is married to an Asian woman).I would be extremely shocked if Oeming was a racist.
e: I guess I don't know anything about him personally, but he works a lot with Brian Michael Bendis who has adopted black children and I'd guess wouldn't put up with any of that if it's been evident before.
Same.I don't think it's racist. Judging by the artist work, it's just bad.
Is this what "he can't be racist, he has a black friend" has evolved into?I would be extremely shocked if Oeming was a racist.
e: I guess I don't know anything about him personally, but he works a lot with Brian Michael Bendis who has adopted black children and I'd guess wouldn't put up with any of that if it's been evident before.
The best part about all of this is... it doesn't actually matter. Like everyone can give their two cents if they think the artist is racist or not and I'm never in the mood to argue with Era folks on what black people are allowed to see as racist. The image is racist regardless of intent and shouldn't have gotten through whatever approval process they go through to publish these comics.I don't think it's racist. Judging by the artist work, it's just bad.
You know we aren't part of the process here.
Almost offensive?I don't think it's intentional, just poor art that emphasizes parts of his face poorly for emotional effect. The poor attention to anatomical consistency is what makes this look exaggerated to the almost offensive level it's at.