A mother overrun by a houseful of boys finally gets the daughter she always wanted, but the daughter is just one of the boys. Butch Rapunzel is a Queer retelling of the German fairy tale Rapunzel; it tackles gender expression and the outside world’s reaction to it.
Alesha is an illustrator, Designer, and Educator from Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her BFA in Illustration from Columbus College of Art and Design and her MFA in Visual Communication Design from Kent State University. Alesha is an advocate for Diversity and Inclusion, and she combines her many interests in her research, which focuses on character design and the representation of marginalized and minority characters in comic books. Her research asks how minority identities are designed and characterized in comic books, and what methods are used to create more effective representations of marginalized and minority characters. Currently, Alesha is an assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology and is writing and illustrating her comic series called God Don’t Listen to the Blues. Alesha’s portfolio link https://aleshamakesart.com/
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