About the "Silver Scorpion" Comic Book
At Crucial Juncture, Unlikely 'Diplomats' Create New Comic Book Superhero
On Free Comic Book Day in the U.S. on May 7, the Open Hands Initiative introduced the world to the "Silver Scorpion." Comic book stores gave away thousands of free copies while more than 20,000 people read the comic on Scribd, where you can still get your copy of the first edition developed jointly by American and Syrian youth disability advocates who participated in the 2010 Youth Ability Summit.
The "Silver Scorpion" is more than a superhero; it represents a new phase of US-Arab and Muslim public diplomacy efforts, and serves as a cross-cultural hero for the world that promotes tolerance, inclusion and equality.
Read the Silver Scorpion now, learn more about it, or watch how the comic book was created. A larger, magazine-sized collector version of the first issue is also available for order via HP's Magcloud print on demand service.
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"Comics as global peace initiative with a high-minded pedigree"
– Glen Weldon NPR’s Monkey See
"A great example of not only great ideas in comics, but of how young minds across different cultures can come together and tell a great story on equality and inclusion."
- Tim Robinson, Comic Book Fury
“…surprised the heck out of me, because I enjoyed it so much…”
– Big Shiny Robot
One of the “10 Coolest Free Comic Book Day Titles"
- WIRED
"…the surprise of the bunch and high quality."
– Michael Sangiacomo, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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