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The Critic Changing Comic Books
Manage episode 228162471 series 2479918
Zainab Akhtar is the publisher of ShortBox, a mail order box for independent comic books. Zainab wanted to change the way independent comics were sold but as a visibly Muslim woman, her efforts were often dismissed. How did she enter a market designed to exclude her?
Store: ShortBox
Recommended: Thought Bubble, Critical Chips, Toni Morrison’s quote on race
Host
Anshuman Iddamsetty
Producers
Michelle Macklem
Emma Fedderson
Anshuman Iddamsetty
Senior Supervising Producer
Tammi Downey
Engineer
Jason ‘Metal’ Donkersgoed
Musical Score
Jim Guthrie
20 episoade
Manage episode 228162471 series 2479918
Zainab Akhtar is the publisher of ShortBox, a mail order box for independent comic books. Zainab wanted to change the way independent comics were sold but as a visibly Muslim woman, her efforts were often dismissed. How did she enter a market designed to exclude her?
Store: ShortBox
Recommended: Thought Bubble, Critical Chips, Toni Morrison’s quote on race
Host
Anshuman Iddamsetty
Producers
Michelle Macklem
Emma Fedderson
Anshuman Iddamsetty
Senior Supervising Producer
Tammi Downey
Engineer
Jason ‘Metal’ Donkersgoed
Musical Score
Jim Guthrie
20 episoade
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