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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