Mari Jiwe McCabe, better known as Vixen, is a successful fashion icon, talk show host, animal activist and superhero who is able to channel the powers of any animal that has walked or evolved on Earth through the mystical object given to her ancestor by the god Anansi called the Tantu totem.
"she has always been black. I do not know what is up with this thread? Also you made a duplicate thread just like this one too."
10 times out of 10, when two threads are made within .01 second of eachother, it is by accident. Also, I posted the scan that made me make this thread to begin with.
"she has always been black. I do not know what is up with this thread? Also you made a duplicate thread just like this one too."
The guy thought there was an error and just pointed out that Vixen looked white but it was the lighting effect of the background in the pic that made her skin lighten up a bit :)
there was actually a time when for some reason, Vixen was drawn as caucasion for quite a few issues.... a lot of people pulled DC up on it, and it even made Newsarama's blogs...
About six months ago people discovered that Vixen’s skin tone had been lightened in Justice League. The cockup was picked up in a few places, and the natural reaction of many superhero fans is to call the problem a “coloring error.”
Her lips, her cheeks, her eyes all tend towards the European. Seems someone forgot to tell the penciller the memo that this character is supposed to be black...
"there was actually a time when for some reason, Vixen was drawn as caucasion for quite a few issues.... a lot of people pulled DC up on it, and it even made Newsarama's blogs...
About six months ago people discovered that Vixen’s skin tone had been lightened in Justice League. The cockup was picked up in a few places, and the natural reaction of many superhero fans is to call the problem a “coloring error.”
Her lips, her cheeks, her eyes all tend towards the European. Seems someone forgot to tell the penciller the memo that this character is supposed to be black...
"there was actually a time when for some reason, Vixen was drawn as caucasion for quite a few issues.... a lot of people pulled DC up on it, and it even made Newsarama's blogs...
About six months ago people discovered that Vixen’s skin tone had been lightened in Justice League. The cockup was picked up in a few places, and the natural reaction of many superhero fans is to call the problem a “coloring error.”
Her lips, her cheeks, her eyes all tend towards the European. Seems someone forgot to tell the penciller the memo that this character is supposed to be black...
"there was actually a time when for some reason, Vixen was drawn as caucasion for quite a few issues.... a lot of people pulled DC up on it, and it even made Newsarama's blogs...
About six months ago people discovered that Vixen’s skin tone had been lightened in Justice League. The cockup was picked up in a few places, and the natural reaction of many superhero fans is to call the problem a “coloring error.”
Her lips, her cheeks, her eyes all tend towards the European. Seems someone forgot to tell the penciller the memo that this character is supposed to be black...
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Not just black, African. That means they screwed up times 8. What is seriously so difficult about drawing black/African characters with their natural features, let alone their skin tone.
I'm with White Mage and Pix. Just coloring their skin to match that of their race isn't enough. They gotta get the facial features to match too. They can do it with Firestorm and Black Lightning. Why not Vixen?
Maybe Ed Benes dosen't find the facial features of Black women attractive. I think it's obvious, especially if he's been doing it consistently.
I'm with White Mage and Pix. Just coloring their skin to match that of their race isn't enough. They gotta ... [more]
A theory that, unfortunately, might be correct. I HATE IT when I see black women drawn like white girls. Even Greg Land doesn't draw black women correctly, and he traces.
I completely disagree. There's no 'correct way' to draw black women. Not all black people look alike.
Even though Alek Wek and Iman are both African, they look nothing alike. Alek is Sudanese and Iman is Somali. Vixen looks like a Somalian woman. More people would probably agree that Wek looks more like a black woman than Iman just because her lips are fuller and her nose is wider, but that is pure ignorance.
Other black women that are African (and not "African American").
@bychance: It's not that people are saying it's a 'correct way', but that there are NO black female characters who are drawn with African features. They're all drawn as skinny white women & then painted brown instead of pink. But as this thread suggests, even their skin colour is getting lighter... characters like Vixen are being coloured paler and paler that they no longer resemble strong black women, but look like strong white women with a slight tan.
Why do you think that is? I mean everyone here is right, it is an issue. It bothers me as soon as I see a lot of these characters. Don't even get me started on Asian characters - not even Asian artists like Jim Lee can draw them!
Why do you think that is? I mean everyone here is right, it is an issue. It bothers me as soon as I see a lot of these characters. Don't even get me started on Asian characters - not even Asian artists like Jim Lee can draw them! "
It's just the common thing of fitting in, except it's turned to race. Lighter skin is portrayed as the epitome of beauty. Who do you see representing everything?
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