The Critic Changing Comic Books
Feb 27, 2019•26 min•Ep. 5
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Episode description
Zainab Akhtar is the publisher of ShortBox, a mail order box for independent comic books. Zainab wanted to change the way independent comics were sold but as a visibly Muslim woman, her efforts were often dismissed. How did she enter a market designed to exclude her?
Store: ShortBox
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Host
Anshuman Iddamsetty
Producers
Michelle Macklem
Emma Fedderson
Anshuman Iddamsetty
Senior Supervising Producer
Tammi Downey
Engineer
Jason ‘Metal’ Donkersgoed
Musical Score
Jim Guthrie
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