Thursday, October 1, 2009

Conscious Ink: Dresden Codak's Hob,

The search for diversity and multi-culturality in Fantasy and good-media-in-general continues...

Here are a few recent finds:



Clockworks:

http://shawntionary.com/clockworks/?p=156

Possibly featuring a Native American character (see update below), Clockworks is an online RPG for the Steampunk movement. Click the image to visit.

update:
Shawn, the creator of Clockworks helped clarify the heritage of the Clockworks character, Thorton, in the comments:
"Thorton (the possibly Native American character) is from Irone, which has a number of influences, probably the closest would be middle/near eastern. He and his father moved to the city when he was 5. "Thorton Nickelby" wasn't his birth name, but one his father gave him upon arriving in the city."



Hob

http://ieet.org/images/a_hob_03.jpg

Though it appears to be mostly Eurocentric, characters of color including the main character, a Europeanized blue-eyed Asian girl named Kimiko, are featured. The art is exceptional, and the delivery of the content is witty and fun-lovingly sci-fi. The author, Aaron Diaz a.k.a Dresden Codak, a lover of the wonderfully executed Riceboy, appears to be Euro-American.
Many thx to Gaslamp Fantasy for the intel.





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Somewhat related:

One day we have to make it to the Alternative Press Expo
Participate in Pretend To Be Time Traveler Day on Dec 8

2 comments:

Shawn said...

Shawn, creator of Clockworks here.

Clockworks is set on the imaginary world of Vheld, as such no exact Native Americans.

Thorton (the possibly Native American character) is from Irone, which has a number of influences, probably the closest would be middle/near eastern. He and his father moved to the city when he was 5. "Thorton Nickelby" wasn't his birth name, but one his father gave him upon arriving in the city.

Just figured I'd pop in and chime in with the details. Thank you for the link, and I'm glad I've successfully gotten across the hints of Thorton's heritage.

PurpleZoe said...

Peace Shawn *_^

Thanks for stopping through. Clockworks is an interesting comic. It's very cool to see that it has diversity in its cast as well. I'll add a note about Thorton, to clarify that he's not Native American, but moreso of Eastern descent.

Continue to shine
-PZ