Open AccessWho is afraid of a black Spider(-Man)?
Author(s) -
Ora C. McWilliams
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2013.0455
Subject(s) - spider , comics , race (biology) , the internet , art , advertising , visual arts , media studies , sociology , aesthetics , literature , world wide web , gender studies , computer science , business , ecology , biology
An Internet post asking about Spider-Man's race in a film turned into an Internet campaign about an actor that led fans to interact with each other as well as with the actor, which in turn led to the attention of media producers, which resulted in a change in Spider-Man's race in a print comic book