Comments on: BLACK FRIDAY http://worldofhurtonline.com/2009/11/27/black-friday/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:24:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Jay Potts http://worldofhurtonline.com/2009/11/27/black-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Jay Potts Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:19:35 +0000 http://worldofhurtonline.com/?p=1758#comment-747 Mr. Moore, Again, thank you so much. I think the lack of leading Black comic characters means that those that do exist become more representational of the Black community as a whole, for good or for bad. I think creators of all stripes who write Black characters understand this, but the responsibility is particularly acute among Black artists, or at least it should be. As long as it is for the sake of the story and consistency of character, I don't necessarily have to approve of everything I have Pastor do, but at the end of the day, I tried to take pains to create a character I could respect at the end of the day. Also, I had no idea that there were follow-ups to <em>The Kundalini Equation</em>, so I'll hae to track those down. Thanks for the heads up! - JEP Mr. Moore,

Again, thank you so much. I think the lack of leading Black comic characters means that those that do exist become more representational of the Black community as a whole, for good or for bad. I think creators of all stripes who write Black characters understand this, but the responsibility is particularly acute among Black artists, or at least it should be. As long as it is for the sake of the story and consistency of character, I don’t necessarily have to approve of everything I have Pastor do, but at the end of the day, I tried to take pains to create a character I could respect at the end of the day.

Also, I had no idea that there were follow-ups to The Kundalini Equation, so I’ll hae to track those down. Thanks for the heads up!

- JEP

]]> By: Vincent S. Moore http://worldofhurtonline.com/2009/11/27/black-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Vincent S. Moore Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:10:35 +0000 http://worldofhurtonline.com/?p=1758#comment-745 Jay, you are more than welcome. You are deserving of any praise I lavished upon you and your strip. It's definitely something I need to see since there just aren't enough strong black heroes out there. Especially ones who aren't born of stereotypical hip hop ghetto backgrounds and influences. Nice to see other brothers reading Steven Barnes' work. If you liked The Kundalini Equation, check out Blood Brothers and Iron Shadows. Both books are considered by Barnes to be spiritual sequels to Kundalini. Take care. Jay, you are more than welcome. You are deserving of any praise I lavished upon you and your strip. It’s definitely something I need to see since there just aren’t enough strong black heroes out there. Especially ones who aren’t born of stereotypical hip hop ghetto backgrounds and influences. Nice to see other brothers reading Steven Barnes’ work. If you liked The Kundalini Equation, check out Blood Brothers and Iron Shadows. Both books are considered by Barnes to be spiritual sequels to Kundalini. Take care.

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