I got a friend of mine to read The Movement because he was interested in comics that dealt with heroes "punching up", but he can't get past the usage of Kulap Vilaysack. He thinks that Katharsis is exploitative of a celebrity. I told him you were friends b

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Kulap is a dear friend and long time comic book fanatic.

She once mentioned on her show that there were no Lao heroes in comics, and I was creating some characters for Batgirl. I talked with her hubby to see if she would be cool with it, we wanted it to be a surprise.



The character turned out to be popular, and I liked writing her, so she ended up in the Movement.



I have put lots of friends in comics, most of them are not celebrities.



I am actually not entirely positive what the question is, to be honest. She was right about there being not much Lao representation in American comics, and she shared her story with me to use for Katharsis, including crossing the Mekong with her mother as a kid.



In fact, it has also gone the other way around. She is making a documentary called SECRET ORIGIN about her journey, and it talks a lot about Katharsis.



Anyway, don’t know. But even if it was true, so what? She was thrilled, people like the character, I am just baffled.

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