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Interview with Christina Mancuso at the Barrie Public Library Comic Con 2017

Chat with Christina Mancuso at the Barrie Public Library Comic Con.

Christina talks about how comic books and graphic novels have become a great medium for exploring diversity. She even name drops Chip Zdarsky and Steve Manale.

Christina is Education Officer at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Ontario. Her background includes museum educator, college art professor and art teacher. During the comic con she presented how comics and independent graphic novels have moved beyond the archetypal superhero to embrace representations of gender, diversity and inclusion.

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You discover more about the MacLaren Art Centre at http://maclarenart.com/

You can listen to the Steve Manale interview on the MacLaren Art site
http://maclarenart.com/podcast?page=3

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