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Old 07-10-2014, 01:18 PM   #41
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I would do her black, asian ,white. Just saying.
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Old 07-10-2014, 03:28 PM   #42
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Old 07-10-2014, 03:34 PM   #43
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Old 07-10-2014, 03:38 PM   #44
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TBH, Mirage April always came across as mixed to me with the way her hair was.
Me too. Peter says no though. I just don't get how could someone to look at those pages and covers and not see a biracial woman. She is definitely not Anglo.
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Old 07-10-2014, 03:57 PM   #45
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This comes up on Tumblr every now and again, with people cherry picking art from various covers and pages depending on which side of the argument they happen to lean towards.

How April looks really depends on who's drawing her, and in the case of the panels that started this thread: who's coloring her.

Personally? I'd love to see a brunette April of any ethnicity.
But we've about as much chance of that happening as we do of Shadow Jones making an appearance on the Nick Toon.
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Old 07-10-2014, 04:22 PM   #46
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This comes up on Tumblr every now and again, with people cherry picking art from various covers and pages depending on which side of the argument they happen to lean towards.

How April looks really depends on who's drawing her, and in the case of the panels that started this thread: who's coloring her.

Personally? I'd love to see a brunette April of any ethnicity.
But we've about as much chance of that happening as we do of Shadow Jones making an appearance on the Nick Toon.
I'd rather she remained a redhead since that's what she's been in most incarnations. I'd find it weird for her to have any other hair color.
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Old 07-10-2014, 07:33 PM   #47
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Me too. Peter says no though. I just don't get how could someone to look at those pages and covers and not see a biracial woman. She is definitely not Anglo.
To be honest, I've never thoroughly read the comics before, but based on this cover, wouldn't you assume that she looks that way because curly hair was a trend back then? http://www.miragelicensing.com/comic...e01/11/11.html
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Old 07-10-2014, 07:50 PM   #48
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I like April being a red-head. Remember April was actually always seen as brunette until the 4kids cartoon gave her the definitive hair color. That's why both IDW and Nick kept the red/orange hair afterward.
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Old 07-10-2014, 07:57 PM   #49
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all this talk about a black April makes me wanna draw one for fun ^_^
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Old 07-10-2014, 08:02 PM   #50
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although we've seen race changes at times and the turtle franchise I still feel more comfortable with April staying as a white woman mostly because she's a character that the majority of people care about as opposed to other characters that have less impact
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Old 07-10-2014, 08:13 PM   #51
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I would do her black, asian ,white. Just saying.
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all this talk about a black April makes me wanna draw one for fun ^_^
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although we've seen race changes at times and the turtle franchise I still feel more comfortable with April staying as a white woman mostly because she's a character that the majority of people care about as opposed to other characters that have less impact
Uh... I'm going to assume you didn't mean this how it sounds. Because the idea that you can't have a pre-existing character be a person of colour if they're "major" and cared about? That doesn't sound great.

April being a person of colour changes absolutely nothing about who she is as a character. I can't imagine what problem there could be with making her a POC, or what valid reason there is for keeping her white, necessarily.
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Old 07-10-2014, 08:53 PM   #53
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although we've seen race changes at times and the turtle franchise I still feel more comfortable with April staying as a white woman mostly because she's a character that the majority of people care about as opposed to other characters that have less impact
As a person of color, I can't help but feel slightly offended, but I'm sure the offense caused was unintentional.
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I can't imagine what problem there could be with making her a POC, or what valid reason there is for keeping her white, necessarily.
I can't see what valid reason there is to make her non-white.
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Old 07-10-2014, 09:32 PM   #55
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Personally? I'd love to see a brunette April of any ethnicity.
Ironically, David Wise actually assumed toon April was a brunette. I guess the cel coloring varied enough to give people the impression she was a redhead.
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Old 07-10-2014, 09:38 PM   #56
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To be honest, I've never thoroughly read the comics before, but based on this cover, wouldn't you assume that she looks that way because curly hair was a trend back then? http://www.miragelicensing.com/comic...e01/11/11.html
I have definitely thought about that. Gina Davis-type look and all, but it's the skin tone, the lips as well as other drawings of those first issues of Mirage.
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Old 07-10-2014, 11:04 PM   #57
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Black April, redhead April...

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Old 07-10-2014, 11:05 PM   #58
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I'd rather she remained a redhead since that's what she's been in most incarnations. I'd find it weird for her to have any other hair color.
Well she could just as easily be a black woman who dyes her hair red; hey, it worked for Rihanna!

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all this talk about a black April makes me wanna draw one for fun ^_^
Would love to see your art if you do, BabyTurtles!

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although we've seen race changes at times and the turtle franchise I still feel more comfortable with April staying as a white woman mostly because she's a character that the majority of people care about as opposed to other characters that have less impact
That... came out a little awkward-sounding.

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I can't see what valid reason there is to make her non-white.
Why would it matter if she wasn't white though? What's wrong with an April of color? I don't mean that to sound confrontational so please don't think I'm attacking you, I'm just saying - there'll still be all the other versions where April's white. I'm more likely to pick something up if it has non-white or non-het characters - there might be plenty of girls and women out there who would love the idea of a black April.
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Old 07-10-2014, 11:06 PM   #59
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Okay I finished XD Black April O'Neil!

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Okay I finished XD Black April O'Neil!

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...psb4ca600b.jpg
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P.S. Wasn't April orginally going to be blonde in the Early Nick Concept art?
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