Disabled Creatives in Comics: Interview with Tee Franklin

July 23, 2023 3:32 AM

Funny, smart and far-ranging interview with the creator of Sun-Spider and #BlackComicsMonth and much more on disability (plus!) visibility in comics. "I’ve always loved comics. Like my villain origin story is me basically blackmailing my older cousin who had his little girlfriend come over, and he was supposed to have been watching me, but since he chose to pay more attention to her, I was like “Give me comics and I won’t snitch.” [laughs], and that’s my introduction into comics." (Podcast available as well, interview by Carolyn Hinds)
posted by dorothyisunderwood (2 comments total)

Okay this interview has achieved untoward levels of dopeness.

Let me be 100 [percent]… I really don’t know how I didn’t piece it together. None of this is “I don’t like writing.”, but what I did prior to writing comics was come up with stories, and tell these amazing stories as a disabled sex worker. I was already crafting my own Bingo Love. My own Harley Quinn. I was making these amazing stories.

posted by Playdoughnails at 5:05 PM on July 23, 2023

Saw someone in Sun-Spider cosplay this weekend at Connecticon.
posted by cheshyre at 6:31 PM on July 23, 2023 [1 favorite]