Thursday, July 22, 2004

Move over, boys: The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel asks young Latinas what they think about Marvel's latest superheroine, Amazing Fantasy's Anya Corazon:

"It's girl power."

"And she dresses like a normal teenager. She's not all seductive."

"And I like the fact that it doesn't have any bad words. It's not about killing. It has a good moral."

Phil Boyle, co-owner of Central Florida's six Coliseum of Comics stores, also offers his opinion: "Anything that comes along that's a little outside the pasty-white norm is interesting and gets some attention. We find that our customer base is made up of black, white, Latino. We've got an incredibly diverse customer clientele. But the superheroes, themselves, are about as diverse as a hockey team."