Spider-Man and Other Moments of Comics Discrimination (One in a Series of I Don’t Know How Man

For those of you who have just gotten out of bed this morning, gotten through that first cup of coffee, driven into the office, logged on, and chatted around the water cooler. For those of you who have gotten the kids off to day camp, or just gotten showered up and ready for your day after that 3-mile run. For all of you who have just logged on to the computer, you should know that this is a historic day. Spider-Man is black.

Let me have a couple of other gentlemen bring you up to speed on what's happening out there.

Ferrett Steinmetz talks about how the new Spider-Man is destined, ultimately, for second banana-hood.

Jim Hines talks about the less than flattering reaction.

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I am a white ally. I have also read comic books since I consumed them rabidly in college (circa 1983 if you're counting.) And while I have not been up on things like the Marvel Ultimate Series, or say, Blackest Night, I'm savvy enough about comics to still know what's going on, and I still read the occasional comic from the main companies.

Here's our new Spider-Man. Maybe I'm getting older and my maternal instinct is kicking in because he looks like such a little boy who needs a hug. And given some of the reaction to him, he probably does, although as an adolescent, he'd have to pretend not to like it.

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Mirrored from Writer Tamago.