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We spoke to the scholar and author about the history of Latinx comics, heroic inspirations, and ‘Marvel’s Voices: Comunidades.’

Monday's Access Utah episode. Latinx representation in the popular imagination has infuriated and befuddled the Latinx community for decades. These misrepresentations and stereotypes soon became as American as apple pie. But these cardboard cutouts and examples of lazy storytelling could never embody the rich traditions and histories of Latinx peoples. Not seeing real Latinxs on TV and film reels as kids inspired the authors to dive deep into the world of mainstream television and film to uncover examples of representation, good and bad. The result: a riveting ride through televisual and cell...

Writer chuck dixon. i'm sod so glad to have you with me. i read your op ed journal piece yesterday. i thought it was really interesting. i wanted to ask you chuck, let start, why do you think this has happened over time? >> well, i mean, sort of a code of left leaning editors have taken over the super hero area of mainstream comics. >> and you have been writing comic books for years. do you think that over time, because the printed, comic book version, but now there is the possibility of a hollywood blockbuster, do people get -- maybe the writers got seduced a little bit by hollywood? >> no, i...

Change since the comics of my youth. and there is a much of a conservative voicing mainstream comics. and, in the fill graphic novels it's somewhat same. although there is a couple of exceptions. we just released a graphic novel edition of amity slay's best seller forgotten man graphic edition. a 300 page book that will appeal to conservatives. >> now, chuck, when you think back to how -- maybe how things started, what do you think really changed in terms of the moral equivalency that now you start to see in some of the super heroes that we didn't ever see before? >> well, i mean, it was obvio...