Artist Statement

What inspired you to choose the format you did for this project?- What inspired me was the comic and doing something different to see what I can be good at. Doing essay all the time can get boring and at some point you start to realize your not putting enough effort into it. So doing an interview and actually reading what the author said and making up answers as if I was an interviewer was actually pretty interesting.

Who is your audience for this project? What should they know before diving into your work?- My audience is every and anyone, if your into action or superhero’s that’s even better. They should know that this comic is so interesting they will want to read the next edition, that I’m not a real interviewer and some of the answers from the author are true.

What do you want them to learn from your project?- I want them to learn that women can do anything a man can do. That we can rescue people in clothes that aren’t short and show skin. That we can be treated equal and not have to be separated or categorize.

Do you think they’ll be able to learn that? Why? Why not?- Yes I would like to think that they can learn that because of how the book tell’s it’s story. How a “brown girl” from Jersey City can turn into Ms. Marvel and save/ help lives.

What emotional impact were you going for?- I wasn’t going for more of an emotional impact but an outlook on life and how it can change starting with how we allow our minds to think.

What specific panels of Ms. Marvel inspired the type of project you created?- I always been into the marvel and hero background I guess so just reading the comic was different for me especially in a English class reading a comic book would’ve never crossed my mind. So all of it together kind’ve inspired me to try something different.

What did you learn about your own writing/creation process through doing this project?- I learned that I can open my mind to different types of writing and could try anything I wanted to. How interested I was when I was researching this comic and questions made me realize how interested I was and wanted to know more.

What unique perspective did you bring to your close reading of Ms. Marvel that someone else might not have? What is the value of this perspective?- I just allowed myself to be more opened and didn’t judge the book by it’s cover. You never know what to expect and what you might like even if it’s not what your use to.

What did you learn through this project?- I learned that I can get out of my comfort zone of writing essay’s and try something new.

What did you not learn?- I can say that I didn’t learn as more as I would’ve liked such as writing wise and more of a leading women in control.

What would you still like to learn?- I would still like to learn as far as the comic goes more about the emotion that went through all the characters and what they thinking about during the changes.

What, if any, role did class discussions and your peers play in your project?- I guess just everyone’s different outlook and what they had to say made a huge role in my project so I can get a feel of how and what people would think or say.

If you had another week to work on your project, what would you do with it? How would you change it?- Of course I would add so much more information and questions. Really to get to know the characters more and the transition Kamala went through.

What will you take with you from this project into future projects? – I would take that change and doing something different is always the way to go.

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