Steve Orlando ~ Social Justice Power Hour!
To get all y'all supa'-psyched for our conversation next week with the extraordinary Kelly Sue DeConnick & after the last two fabulous shows this week with LGBTQIA comix pioneers Phil Jimenez & Anthony Oliveira, we've decided to rebroadcast this meaningful moment shared with our dear friend Steve Orlando who is a rarity in the comic book industry, a very visible queer creator who is proudly bisexual & allows his identity to both inform & inspire his work & his readers alike!
As a multiple nominee for GLAAD awards, Steve has popularized the adventures of DC Comics’ Midnighter, the first gay male superhero to headline a series from a mainstream publisher comics, as well as created his own original works including VIRGIL (named IGN’s best Graphic Novel), Undertow, Commanders In Crisis, as well as contributed to Marvel’s PRIDE anthology.
As Steve his own self sez~
“Representation is important in all media & in all fiction, not just comics. It’s really important across the board. When we’re met with fiction when we’re younger, it’s all about messaging & who we see get to be the hero. The fact is, everyone deserves a hero who looks like them & is like them. We all deserve that moment where we see that no matter how mundane or how much life has us down or how much we might feel insignificant, we’re not. We can be heroes too. Fiction needs to show us that. Comics more than ever show us that because it’s such an electric pop culture medium. It’s a sad world when queer youth are growing up & they’re never told that they can the hero. And that’s not just about queer youth ~ It could be any kind of underrepresented group. Why do we need it? Because when Midnighter #1 came out, I was getting messages from people on social saying that they had waited 30, 40, 50 years for a character that looks like them & that’s too long.”
Join Steve & our own BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Seda-Schreiber in virtual community-buildin' conversation equally empowerin' & entertainin'
7pm ET/4pm PT
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