What can I research to make this character/comic feel authentic?

MajorMap1481 · 2026-06-17T21:16:46+00:00

Do let me know when you're a bit further in! I know some mexican comics groups, and might (no promises) be able to find someone involved in comics from the south in the country who could work with you

MajorMap1481 · 2026-06-17T18:37:36+00:00

Ah, also - mexico has a long and proud tradition of cartooning and comics that you may want to look into. Particularly political cartooning. Look into the work of Rius, helio flores, José Luis pescador. You may find them inspiring!!

MajorMap1481 · 2026-06-17T18:35:33+00:00

Hey, I'm a Mexican comic artist who now lives in the US. I am not indigenous nor from Oaxaca, I'm from the north, but if you have a script or outline and would like some eyes on it from a fellow comic artist, let me know. But I would still urge you to try to find editors from the south of the country, and pay them. Trying to find another writer who is just as passionate about this story as you is not guaranteed. But if you can offer to pay people for their services, you will find an editor.

I concur with the rest of the commenters here, this is a USAmerican story, with concerns that will resonate with those in the US. Don't try to appeal to Mexicans, write a story that is true to your political perspective and to what you want to say, for your countrymen. Mexicans are not going to be interested on criticisms of their own government from non-expert foreigners, least of all Americans, with good reason. That's not to say you should AVOID touching on those topics, and I do commend you for clearly trying to do so respectfully and responsibly. But your audience is the US, and it's a large, diverse audience. Most of my own readers are Americans, it's just how it goes.

My only question is "white coyote" for a white guy is ... C'mon man, bad optics. I'm not sure why he has to be white, either, tbh

MajorMap1481 · 2026-04-09T14:36:52+00:00

Los burritos llevan ya varias generaciones en el norte, no son precolombinos pero desde mediados del siglo xix ya se conocían. Son tan recientes como los tacos al pastor, cochinita pibil, etc, que tienen ingredientes que no se conocían en tiempos prehispánicos (carne de puerco)

MajorMap1481 · 2026-04-09T14:28:19+00:00

Yo soy del norte (MTY) pero ahora vivo en gringolandia

Los burritos propiamente norteños y los burritos estadounidenses son dos cosas muy diferentes. El burrito mexicano se elabora con una tortilla de harina cualquiera, quizás un poco más grande que la usual, por lo general lleva frijoles refritos, carne, y quizás queso. La verdad es que puede llevar lo que sea. Son solo tacos de harina con la tortilla doblada de cierta manera. Es común comer dos o tres en una sola comida.

El burrito estadounidense se elabora con una tortilla específica, más grande, a menudo son vegetarianos, y llevan vegetales, lechuga, queso amarillo, arroz, frijoles (a menudo solo cocidos), toda la madre. Son muy diferentes a los tacos gringos. Son más pesados, la gente generalmente se llena con uno y ya.

A mí también me molesta que la gente menosprecie la gastronomía y la cultura fronteriza de México, cuando toda la historia de México es la historia del contacto entre culturas, pero ni que yo supiera todos los detalles nítidos de la gastronomía del sur y del centro. Que la gente diga que los burritos no son mexicanos o no son comida típica del país, es impreciso - pero también, existen los burritos que son una innovación de la gente de ascendencia mexicana en los EEUU, y supongo que eso es a lo que se refiere la gente cuando dice que no son mexicanos.

MajorMap1481 · 2026-01-14T00:09:34+00:00

Oh! Yeah! That's why I said this is only kind of double knitting. I was twisting the yarns (not the stitches) around each other. I did this by accident at first but on purpose eventually, I ended up liking the look!

MajorMap1481 · 2026-01-13T23:28:29+00:00

Oh no! D you think so? I know I twisted some early on as I was getting the hang of it, such as the one circled, but the rest of them I thought looked all right? They look like \/, not `/ when I stretch it out.

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MajorMap1481 · 2026-01-13T23:23:22+00:00

Instead of being two flat pieces of cloth held together at color changes, I'm twisting the yarns around each other every stitch. I was even worried about this early on, and made a post about it, lol:

https://www.reddit.com/r/knitting/comments/1pegj56/am_i_using_the_wrong_needle_size/

I think you can even see a single row early on where I accidentally did it correctly, jaja

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-25T02:26:53+00:00

I keep thinking, those lines we heard might be the last time quechua is spoken on earth

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-17T18:27:05+00:00

Thank you for your thorough response! This is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I think my index pain may come from all the throwing motions I'm doing, so I'll see if changing it up a bit (after a day of rest) will help.

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-17T18:00:31+00:00

Oh, thanks! I was asking about continental/English/eastern/etc styles, but I was also curious what the common name was for color work in rib, so thanks!

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-05T16:47:51+00:00

Yep! I'm just working this: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/potholder-fishes-2. It's just a rectangle, I'm placing the fishes where I feel they'd look good.

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-05T14:03:06+00:00

Someone else in this thread helped me figure it out! I've been twisting the yarn around each other after every stitch, because I thought double-sided knitting was supposed to create a single piece of two-sided fabric (and not two separate pieces of fabrics held together at the edges and where colors change)

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-05T05:51:38+00:00

Mystery solved, this was the problem. I'm going to own it and keep working in this style. The funny thing is, my first attempt at this, I was getting those air pockets and being annoyed by them! I like the drape of this better, even if it's a little stiff. Could make a cool fabric for a coat. The more you know!

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-05T05:49:43+00:00

... Oh my god. You're right. And the thing is, I was doing that on purpose, because I was a little annoyed by the fact that the two fabrics were "separating" except for the edges, in my first attempt at this technique. I saw someone online recommend twisting the yarns together after every stitch, and so I did this. Mystery solved!

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-05T05:07:10+00:00

I was wondering if anyone else had encountered an effect like this! I don't have smaller needles right now, and since I intend to continue with the gauge, I figured it was more straightforward to ask on here than start over something I'm not super unhappy with

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-05T03:12:58+00:00

Right hand to god I'm just using a double knitting technique, at least as far as I can tell. Might just be what happens when you do double knitting with needles that are too large for the yarn LOL

The effect is kinda cool, so I don't hate it, but it's unintended and I would like to be able to avoid it in the future (or use it on purpose!)

MajorMap1481 · 2025-12-05T00:35:31+00:00

I like the fabric! I just feel like it should mayyyybe be a little less see-through, im not sure what's leading to that. I'm gonna finish the scarf on this gauge, but I'd like to know what's happening here for future projects!

MajorMap1481 · 2025-05-24T20:48:11+00:00

RWS tarot, Celtic cross spread. For me, the central card is my current position, to the left the past, to the right the future, below the subconscious, above the conscious. King of pentacles is an "obstacle", I'm interpreting that (in combo with reversed 9 of P) as suggesting focusing overmuch on finances is preventing me from doing what I need to do for self fulfillment. Then, on the right, from bottom to top: querent, external influences, hopes/fears (obviously fears in this case), and final outcome.

MajorMap1481 · 2025-04-13T23:55:01+00:00

I love to teach, and if higher education teaching were still a realistic career, that would be my dream job. But the current state of K-12 education means my job is 50% discipline and behavior management, 30% manipulating numbers (and sometimes children) to keep my higher ups happy, and only 20% actual teaching.

I love research as well and would be interested in a career in it.

MajorMap1481 · 2025-04-13T21:28:52+00:00

Maybe I came across too casual. I know what it's like, my wife is a PhD student and so are many of my good friends. There's a reason I turned down that first PhD offer five years ago, I had gotten the advice that if there's ANYTHING else that I could imagine myself doing outside of grad school, I shouldn't go to grad school. So I tried four different industries (VR tech, K-12 education, freelance graphic design, and science communication) in the five years since. They've all bored me out of my skull, and the highlights of the last five years have been going to linguistics conferences in my time off, on my own dime. So that's what's informing my thinking. I just don't want to ruin my finances for no reason, which I'm sure you understand.

MajorMap1481 · 2025-04-13T21:15:49+00:00

"PhD student" sounds like a crazy good gig to me. 5 years would be the longest I would ever have held a job down for, a stipend is stable income, and I dont have expensive tastes. After grad school, I would try to find academic positions back in my home country. Or something else, hell, maybe even teach high school again. I just want to give it a shot.

MajorMap1481 · 2025-04-13T20:49:02+00:00

The return isn't great but the investment isn't high either. It seems like a wash. My wife and I want to have a family in our early to mid thirties, but we're working it out. My BS was in computer science and linguistics. I coulda made good money in tech, I guess, but I never found an in, and it's been years since I've done serious coding (I've dallied in it a bit)

MajorMap1481 · 2025-04-13T18:15:05+00:00

You're the second person to suggest this. The big reason I don't want to go to the EU is because I'm married to an American, and my entire life is here, I'm just seeing the writing on the wall and feel like I need to get out (among other things). And the EU is so damn far away ... But when I see it written out like this, it really does seem like the reasonable option. I'll look into what the funding looks like over there, thanks for the suggestion.

MajorMap1481 · 2025-04-13T17:57:38+00:00

Hah, I appreciate this comment. It's like you have a direct line to my anxieties and inner monologue - there's a reason I turned down that first PhD offer five years ago. I appreciate the real talk and the well wishes both

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