July 24th 2023.
Aza Comics is bringing girls on a revolutionary journey through the universe. This is what the creator of this comic, Jazmin Truesdale, has promised. She started the Black-owned, all-women comic-book universe as she wanted to see herself and other minorities represented.
Inspiration for the characters came from her diverse circle of friends. Truesdale remembers one night out with her friends who identified as Black, Latina, and South Asian. She shared with CBS News, “I was like, if I want to see myself [represented], I’m sure they want to see themselves. That’s how the whole Keepers was born. It’s like a group of women from different parts of the world all fighting to protect the universe.”
The Aza Universe website states that Truesdale’s creation, with the help of the best talent in the industry, “will develop a new generation of heroes for TV, Film, Comics, and Games that will be inclusive of everyone no matter the age, gender, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.”
Truesdale shared with CBS News that before she created the comic-book universe, she was going through a tough time. She said, “I kind of write these real-world instances happen to these girls, and how they would navigate them or how we as women would wish we had navigated that thing we wish we had said or that thing we wish we had did.”
Despite facing difficulties in securing partnerships, Truesdale didn’t give up. She completed her MBA the year before creating the company and decided to publish it on her own. As the saying goes, if you can’t get a seat at the table, bring your own table. That’s exactly what Truesdale did and Aza Comics was born.
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