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/treetopkingdom The Elephant Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

No, but that’s not the point of my comment. Artist will definitely try and draw similar features for Asian characters

Not give them the same eye shape and sometimes color as all the non Asian characters.

In the show, there’s no ambiguity

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u/LexeComplexe Apr 02 '24

No your point was you think Asian people must look a certain way or they can't be Asian. And not all Asian people have the same eye shape either! You're just being racist (I don't care whether that was the intent or not, doesn't change the fact that you are by definition being racist with your assumptions)

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u/treetopkingdom The Elephant Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

All I said was, it wasn’t obvious just from looking at her. She has the same eye shape as the other non Asian characters. And no other features that commonly belong to people of Asian decent. And that kirkman wanted it to be ambiguous.

I’m not saying she can’t be, but it certainly wasn’t intended. Until the show

Mark in the show, has more easily identifiable Asian features, now no one is assuming he’s Latino, Everyone knows he’s Asian.