I'm tired of seeing white people in all media, black people in "diverse" media, Latino people in popular media, and having all Asian people be reduced to serious Japanese people with swords/katanas or racist portrayals of Chinese people. I used to care about portraying all people equally in my stories and comics but seeing this, I'm gonna just keep drawing Filipino people or mixed Filipinos so me and all the Filipino or mixed kids out there can have someone to identify with. So meet my exclusively Filipino and/or mixed cast of characters from my comics I have yet to start
First up is from my passion project called Strawberry Candy, this is Evelyn Reyes, a spunky mixed white/Filipino girl who like strawberries and can probably kick your ass
Next is her dad Bayani Reyes, a Filipino man who immigrated to the US when he was 16 and fell in love with an Irish woman
This one is Isko Almeda, a mixed Japanese/Filipino boy who loves cooking with his Filipino mom and Evelyns best childhood friend. There is also no romantic history between them, they just love each other as siblings
This one isn't Filipino but he's mixed, meet Delsin Noir, and Vietnamese/french mixed trans man who is trying to get back on his feet with the help of Bayani
Now from my other comic Ahking Diosa! this is Marisol, full Filipino and soon to be college student who wants her last summer before college to be special and falls head over heels in love
With who you might ask? She falls in love with Mayari, the filipino goddess of the moon who helps Marisol make the most of her summer. She also has some traditional Filipino tattoos on both arms :)))))
Lastly, there is Hanan and Tala, the godesses of the sun and stars, respectively. They try to find Mayari after she disappears from The Sky.
Ive never had a someone I can really relate too in media who really shares the same lifestlye as me and I'm sure a lot of other feel this way too. I want my Filipino brothers and sister, ates and kuyas, or any other mixed race people to have some sort of media they can relate to so hopefully this will help.
