We've seen the white savior trope, in which a white hero swoops in to save people of color from their misfortunes. But you've probably never seen it written like it is in the new Dark Horse comic "White Savior."
Co-authors Scott Burman and Eric Nguyen, who's also the illustrator, spoke with Salon about "White Savior," which attacks the tired theme with a refreshing humor that flips it on its head and subverts stereotypes. The four-part comic series features 20-something Todd Parker, a film teacher, who claims that despite his Japanese American heritage he has "more in common with McDonald's and Domino's Pizza" than with "any of the Seven Samurai."
