![]() I became engrossed not only in the lives of Abbie and her eventual companion Jaime, but in finding out more about Nilah as a creator. This was accomplished work from screen one, but it kept getting better and more sure of itself with every chapter. So I went to the link above and checked it out. How could I turn down something pitched like that? I couldn’t. The comic series she produced was about identity and acceptance, both of which I felt spoke to the themes Dwayne often explored in his work. Her story, for me, was a breath of fresh air in tone and aesthetic. I reached out to Joseph Illidge, who served as one of the Award judges and helped select Nilah and her webcomic M.F.K.” over more-established print creators such as Gene Leun Yang, G. I say this to set up the fact that without hearing her name attached to winning the first Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, I wouldn’t have the first clue about who Nilah Magruder was or why I should care about her. ![]() My comics routine simply doesn’t have seeking out or keep up with webcomics as ingrained in it as the same for print comics, which in itself is getting harder & harder to manage due to sheer volume. I don’t actively block them or feel that webcomics are less deserving of inclusion into the medium as print comics. Full disclosure: I am woefully ignorant of 99.99% of the current webcomics scene. ![]()
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