What sort of group is this about exactly?
Is it a forum? I'm not super good at forums, but I can chat on Discord sometimes.
I'm interested in forming a group of (let's put it in a bold, awkward way) Responsible Artists™
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What is a Responsible Artist™? (ok, let's drop the ™ it's silly)
Well, that is a person who doesn't make comics or stories just to tell a story or express themselves, but also wants their work to contribute to improve representation, address social topics in constructive, positive ways, and provide content that is healthy and safe to read. This requires that the artist puts a certain amount of thought in the way they present their stories and characters; and, preferably, research documentation on the topics they explore so to avoid bad/biased representation, and subsequent pissing people off or leading them into prejudice and misinformation.
Such artists would reckon that art does have an influence on readers, and that bad representation can lead to harm (moral or physical), prejudice, discrimination, hatred, and sometimes even death (woah, this got very serious at once – yeah, I'm serious).
As a subsequent requirement, they would need to be open-minded and not take their open-mindedness for granted U u U
If someone's interested in this, they can shoot me a message
(maybe preferably on Tapastic because I don't check the forums just as often)