When i was 3 yrs old I was diagnosed with Leukaemia, for one year I called the @RCHMelbourne home. It was there i fell in love with comicbooks. Helping me keep my mind occupied. I would read about superheroes and some of the amazing adventures they went on.

But i wasn't ever able to point to a comicbook character and say 'they're like me!'
I could never see myself in what i was reading.

As i grew up alot of my focus started to shift to building my own knowledge of Indigenous representation within the comicbook work. I started my research to find a long history of Aboriginal characters, not always within great contexts.

During my time at university, much of my studies were around representation within the comicbook industry, focusing on film.
Looking at how the narrative tends to be mis-communicated from page to screen. Over-sexualisation of characters, the white-washing of others...

And the appropriation of others, maintaining a stereotypical caricature of them.
The de-identification of blackness can be seen in on-screen characters such as Bishop or the Wizard Shazam, two Aboriginal superheroes. Both of which were not portrayed by Aboriginal actors.

Reading about all these heroes, I started viewing my community as the superheroes (as they rightfully are).
When I was older I my father passed away... a huge part of my life was lost. Another section of my journey where i found solace in reading comics and novels.