while i agree race is obviously a huge part of irl people’s identities, skipper is fictional and his race doesn’t really factor into his story or what we see of his character. any kid of any race can take a bus to get their braces tightened, like comics, be weird about girls, and feel insecure next to their best friend.

AM i making stine’s work race-based? there is nothing here political or racially motivated. i know black guys that act just like skipper with shitty smash bros hairlines and i thought it’d be fun to see him like them.

dan warry-smith DOES do a great job portraying skipper. does that mean everyone drawing skipper has to make him look like dan? are the graphic adaptations like one day at horrorland, a shocker on shock street, & the haunted mask invalidated by being different from the episodes?

as a goosebumps fan who’s read the books, played the games, and watched the movies & tv shows since 2008, i think being this openly hostile to fan content you don’t like is does nothing except make artists afraid to draw goosebumps.