r/Invincible • u/ManyMention6930 Battle Beast • Apr 02 '24

Is Mark Korean-American in the comics as well? DISCUSSION

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I thought his race/ethnicity was something present in the comics but I’ve been reading through them and have found no mention of it so far

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u/Internal_Map_8765 Apr 02 '24

Nah, it's just in the show. Steven Yuen and Sandra Oh kill it imo , so good example of a more diverse cast done right

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u/HornOfTheStag Apr 02 '24

I always thought they were Asian from how they were drawn, but I guess it never specified. Weird.

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u/JVLawnDarts Comic Fan Apr 02 '24

Yeah same but I was a show first then comics so I probably just assumed

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u/ManOfTurtles2118 Apr 02 '24

What was it like to be a show?

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u/JVLawnDarts Comic Fan Apr 02 '24

Not too many downsides, gotta wait a while before the new me gets released though which sucks. Definitely better than being a comic though. You’d be surprised how many times my pages get ripped from too eager of readers

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u/ThreeHobbitsInACoat Apr 02 '24

Kinda the same way I always just imagined Terry Mcguinness as Asian American, despite nothing in Batman Beyond hinting that, outside of his vaguely Asian looking design.

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u/gitagon6991 Apr 02 '24

This is actually how I always imagined Terry as well. 

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u/paco-ramon Apr 02 '24

He looks like a younger Bruce Wayne with blue eyes.

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u/pocketbutter Apr 03 '24

Boy do I have news for you…

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u/rimurse Apr 02 '24

He's not Asian-American?

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u/ChesterBenneton Omni-Man Apr 02 '24

He’s a clone of Bruce Wayne, so probably no?

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u/rimurse Apr 03 '24

Yeah I know :(

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u/ianjm Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

Kirkman is on the record saying he deliberately drew Debbie an Mark to be somewhat racially ambiguous in the comics, so they can be interpreted as white, asian, or whatever the reader wants.

In the series they've pinned it with a concrete decision. Harder when you have movement to stay ambiguous.

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u/Protoman89 Apr 02 '24

I always thought they were hispanic when I read the comics

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u/HornOfTheStag Apr 02 '24

I can see it

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u/LexeComplexe Apr 02 '24

They are. Mark is Asian American.

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u/Kstoffeefan Atom Eve Apr 02 '24

Kirkman said it was left ambiguous in the comics, but it was a conscious choice to make Mark Asian for the show

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u/TheBoogyWoogy Apr 02 '24

I wonder why that was the case for the show being made clear

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u/Twisty1020 Comic Fan Apr 02 '24

Steve Yuen is cool.

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u/TheBoogyWoogy Apr 03 '24

You know what? I can't argue with that.

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u/moomoomilky1 Apr 03 '24

yeah I read the comic first and I thought they were asian

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u/ShillBot666 Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

Huh, it never crossed my mind that he might be Asian. I thought he was just meant to be a white guy with dark hair. But I've never seen the show so that wasn't an influence.

Edit: It looks like they slightly changed his eyes and made them brown for the show which helps to make him look more Asian.

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u/91816352026381 Apr 02 '24

What’s the difference between Korean and Asian

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u/HornOfTheStag Apr 02 '24

Asian is broad, Korean is specific.

Asian= coming from the continent of Asia in general

Korean= Coming from Korea. Mark is of Asian AND Korean descent.

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u/LuminousPog Apr 02 '24

There isn’t a difference, Korean would act as a subtype of the asian umbrella- along with others like Japanese, Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese… the list goes on.

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u/91816352026381 Apr 02 '24

Yeah that was a genuine question and I’m thinking the same as you, not sure why the downvotes as I was confused on that guy who used Asian as a qualifier against being Korean

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u/tragedyisland28 Apr 02 '24

One’s a country. Once’s a continent lol