#gypsy moth

[doctorslippery]

[scarlet--wiccan]

Any opinions on Sybil Dvorak aka Skein?

I'm not a huge fan. During my interview with Romanistan, I mentioned Sybil as a character who is sometimes attributed Romani identity, but Spider-Woman #48 specifically states that she was "raised by gypsies." That phrasing evokes very a specific media trope, and to me, it implies that Sybil was either a non-Roma child who was adopted or abducted by gypsies-- something we see in a lot of popular European literature-- or, that Nocenti was simply using "gypsies" as a stock backdrop for rural Europe, with no consideration for the fact that this is a distinct ethnic group.

To my knowledge, Sybil never expresses any particular cultural identity, and I don't believe that the text ever treats her as a racialized character. This is also a persistent problem with Romani depictions in comics-- when these characters leave their homes or communities, it's as if they cease to be Romani. It's always framed as being a part of their past, but never their present. If they have children-- think Luna, Billy, and Tommy-- those children are rarely attributed the same heritage.

So, I don't believe that Sybil is a character who really contributes any meaningful or substantial representation. She reminds a little of Meggan and Amanda, but with so few appearances, she just doesn't provide much material for me to discuss.

I do actually find Sybil's backstory really interesting. The way that it's written in #48 is, frankly, really shallow, but there's a lot of potential there, and I think the character's very sympathetic. Reaffirming her Romani identity in a more well-researched, well-realized fashion could help bring more life to her origins as a trafficking victim, her ethos on class and wealth, and even her experiences with substance abuse and proximity to certain countercultures-- all things that were depicted very poorly in Spider-Woman, but could certainly become part of a much better, more powerful story.

But Sybil/Skein/the Gypsy Moth has never been that character, and at this point, after forty-odd years, I'm not sure if she ever will be. I have a soft spot for her, but to me, she falls on the lower end of Romani depictions in comics.

[browsethestacks]

Spider-Woman (1983)

Art by Brian Postman And Sam de la Rosa / Bob Larkin And Elliot Brown (Photography)

[doodlefish]

My half dryad OC, Somriel. His tree is a willow tree and I read something about gypsy moths being a frequent pest to trees in the Salix family. So I drew him with some moths. Maybe they will make an appearance in the story?

Drawn in Procreate~

[pd-lyons]

women we should know/ Beryl Markham

http://womanpilot.com/?p=67 Originally published in Woman Pilot • January/February 2000 Against Prevailing Winds – The Remarkable Life of Beryl Markham   By Jackie Kruper West with the Night, the autobiography that introduced me to the extraordinary woman, Beryl Markham, chronicles her Kenyan childhood and her historic, solo flight across the Atlantic from east to west. Her captivating memoir…

[ultradude13]

Spider-Woman #48 Cover Recreation 2012 by Brian Postman, in shaun clancy's Cover Recreations #3 Comic Art Gallery Room

[sebeth]

Gypsy Moth

[elgaberino-mcoc]

spreadsheet cleanup SIBYL DVORAK (aka Gypsy Moth aka Skein)

ComicVine: 97 total issues Fandom: 54 unique appearances 0 variants apparently 0 video games

Psychokinetic tangler mutant, member: Night Shift, Thunderbolts, Femizons, Masters of Evil

medium priority for @MCOCwishlist 

- Other Gabe

[roadtripnewengland]

The Department of Agriculture Balloon the "Gypsy Moth" Arrives at Henniker, New Hampshire - July 1923

[tedhead]

Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in THE GYPSY MOTHS (1969) — dir. john frankenheimer, cin. philip h. lathrop

[burtlancster]

Deborah Kerr's letter to the editor in response to a quote from MGM President James Aubrey cited in a piece entitled Hollywood: Will There Ever Be a 21st Century-Fox? from the February 9, 1970 issue of Time Magazine:

The established stars must face up to other adjustments, too, with the industry's new orientation toward youth. "The older stars are going to have to play older roles if they want to work with us," says MGM President James Aubrey. "We can't make a picture with Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr groping with each other any more. That's obscene. It's like watching a couple of grandparents pawing each other." That even goes for Liz Taylor.

[doctorslippery]

Roberto Coltro

[thatonecatcat]

“you cant make a hilda one peice au! you only watched till water 7!”

watch me.

[browsethestacks]

Spider-Woman (1982-1983)

Art by Brian Postman And Joe Rubinstein / Brian Postman And Brett Breeding

[lobbycards]

The Gypsy Moths, Italian lobby card (fotobusta), 1969

[pd-lyons]

women we should know/ beryl markham

women we should know http://womanpilot.com/?p=67 Originally published in Woman Pilot • January/February 2000 Against Prevailing Winds – The Remarkable Life of Beryl Markham   By Jackie Kruper West with the Night, the autobiography that introduced me to the extraordinary woman, Beryl Markham, chronicles her Kenyan childhood and her historic, solo flight across the Atlantic from east to west. Her…