Gavin Singh

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

@Zero18414130 @doitmuvaaa Brah. Something tells me you aren't actually a lawyer I can trust.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

@CartoonsHateHer I've had the opposite of this. I was with my ex girlfriend for almost 7 years when she decided that she felt too much like she was tied down. She had no problem with the relationship. She just decided that it's been too long and it's time she found a new one.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

@DaddyDomToront @Paulina21786813 It's that swirly thing in ramen.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

@Escobluv @SaeedDiCaprio I thought he was talking about the game and that was the only way it made sense. Wolves are not known for the videogame skills. Anyone can take them. It's the chimpanzees you have to watch out for.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

Xiao's webcomic was beautiful and poetic and I loved the way the theme of the void was illustrated in the artwork to meld different images together.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

#HongComics Loved all the webcomics for this week. They were all so sad. Xiao and O'Shea showed the struggle of finding missing pieces of one's own identity when the answers you seek have been lost.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

Khor on the other hand, shows someone who knows their racial and cultural identity, but is tired of always representing and defending it. The speaker just wants to be themselves - not a constant representative and defender of her people.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

Like Ray said, it was interesting that Auntie Po reflected the representation of whoever saw her. As a personal myth/God, she seems to be whatever someone needs her to be. She exists as an embodiment of hope and perseverance than a person. A manifestation of prayers.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

#HongComics The Legend of Auntie Po was an interesting adaptation of the Paul Bunyan myth that showed how America was built by more than just colonizers, and the struggles of immigrants to find a place in a country they helped build.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

@rayliur This is why representation is important. People, especially children need heroes they can see themselves in.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

@rayliur I agree. All I could see when I looked at Chin-kee were the Chinese caricatures spread during the yellow peril

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

This was also an interesting take on the Monkey King. I always saw him as a rebellious figure who refused to succumb to anyone. To see his story retold as one of assimilation and unwillingness to accept oneself was a fresh take.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

#HongComics American Born Chinese was a fun read that showed the cost of fitting in in a truly magical way. The connectedness of the three stories was a genuinely surprising twist.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

The use of Chin-kee as the fear of Chinese stereotypes was reminiscent of anti-chinese propaganda posters during the yellow peril. He was representative of this horrible, exaggerated take on an entire race that persists to this day.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

#HongComics Thought I'd share this trailer for the American Born Chinese show Disney is working on.
https://t.co/sy0OAqquZY

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

Also, this guy was a dick and I'm glad she put him in his place.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

#hongcomics Good Talk and Spellbound both showed the complexities of not only being a POC in the U.S.A. but also the difficulties in coming to terms with one's own identity.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

Mira Jacob's Good Talk showed how being a second generation immigrant can be complicated. It showed how children's habit of asking the hard questions can reveal the hard answers we adults often take for granted.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

Spellbound was a great expression of the inner self, the part that represents who you want to be and not what you're born as. It was a beautiful to see Som rewrite her story as the person she wished she was.

[Gavin Singh @Gavin_Singh93]

@bmpetronella I agree. The characterization was really done. You just can't help but root for Aiden and hope he finds happiness.