It was an email from Marvel, the entertainment behemoth, asking the Whitefish Lake First Nation artist to illustrate a special Indigenous comic book issue. Marvel will release an issue Wednesday spotlighting some of its famed Indigenous super heroes. It's all worth it, he says, to know a young Indigenous comic book lover will be able to pick up the issue and see themselves reflected back in the pages. Sinclair helped organize the Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novels collection at the university, a wide-ranging catalogue reflecting on Indigenous representation and production of graphic novels. "Now what you're seeing is Indigenous stories are best told, most interestingly told, most creatively told by Indigenous creators," said Sinclair, who contributed to the Indigenous graphic novel anthology "This Place: 150 Years Retold".

Source: CBC News November 16, 2020 00:00 UTC