I’ve been missing the book — as in mourning the cancellation — since the bad news was announced.
Still wondering why the title didn’t get at least ten issues — I’ll presume first issue sales were *that* bad. But I’m okay not knowing… Too busy crying to care anyway…
Always interested in reading the why's of the decisions that go into making the choices that ended in the page. Once thing though, the issue that a lot of readers had, was less to do with Thunderbird getting a new costume, and more to the fact that the original design contained some very problematic imagery that was common on NA characters in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, that unfortunately came from racist depictions of NA in media, especially Hollywood. The long hair/headband combo, for example, has nothing to do with Apache or NA culture, but comes from Hollywood depiction of NA in movies, where most of the actors hired were not NA but Italian Americans. Because all of these actors had short hair at the time, they were usually given wigs and the headband was there to hold those wigs in place. The tussles are also another aspect that has less to do with native cultures and more with European settlers that brought them from Europe. And of course, the biggest issue was always the Thunderbird name/i.agery itself, that is a deity from the Pacific Northwest tribes and have nothing to do with Apache beliefs and culture.
Great little run.
I’ve been missing the book — as in mourning the cancellation — since the bad news was announced.
Still wondering why the title didn’t get at least ten issues — I’ll presume first issue sales were *that* bad. But I’m okay not knowing… Too busy crying to care anyway…
Always interested in reading the why's of the decisions that go into making the choices that ended in the page. Once thing though, the issue that a lot of readers had, was less to do with Thunderbird getting a new costume, and more to the fact that the original design contained some very problematic imagery that was common on NA characters in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, that unfortunately came from racist depictions of NA in media, especially Hollywood. The long hair/headband combo, for example, has nothing to do with Apache or NA culture, but comes from Hollywood depiction of NA in movies, where most of the actors hired were not NA but Italian Americans. Because all of these actors had short hair at the time, they were usually given wigs and the headband was there to hold those wigs in place. The tussles are also another aspect that has less to do with native cultures and more with European settlers that brought them from Europe. And of course, the biggest issue was always the Thunderbird name/i.agery itself, that is a deity from the Pacific Northwest tribes and have nothing to do with Apache beliefs and culture.