Guardians of Anti-Bullying

Bullying is a serious issue that gets overlooked far too often. Everyone has faced bullying at some point in their life and witnessed someone else being bullied. That is when a choice must be made to either stand by or help take a stand against bullying. I am happy and proud to support Anti-bullying month with my fellow Scribble Nerds, Marvel and Carol & John's Comic Shop. To show characters overcoming their own demons with bullying, I chose a couple characters from Guardians of the Galaxy. Throughout the movie these characters bullied each other. It took awhile but by the end Drax realizes that he had been a bully to Rocket, just like Rocket realized he had bullied Groot. Bullying is something no one should have to deal with. It isn't always a black eye or something visible, sometimes it can be worse like the hurt you can't see. 

So like the Guardians who realized their wrong ways... 

BE A HERO, NOT A BULLY.

Deadpool: Anti-hero/Anti-Bully

So, I love Deadpool.

A LOT of people love Deadpool for a MULTITUDE of reasons. But the reason I love Deadpool, the reason I think despite his antihero status he represents this sticker just as well as any Avenger, is that at the heart of him is a guy that wants to see the good guys win. A guy with incredibly low self esteem and a lot of hidden vulnerability due to his abusive childhood and living with a disfiguring illness whose favorite hero is Spiderman. Who fanboys out at the chance to team up with the X-Men. Whose one true love is Bea friggin' Arthur.
He's got layers, and ones I think readers of all ages and especially bullied kids can identify with.

Also he breaks the fourth wall and that's, like, hella cool.

HELLA

oh look at that, more HELLA RAD stuff at my blog!

Don't be a bully, bub!

As a shy, overweight nerd who dealt with the occasional bully I only needed to look as far as the spandex-wearing hero’s of my own childhood to find inspiration for my sticker design. Little me had a weakness for X-men trading cards, the cartoon show and comics so I decided to choose characters from my favorite team of mutant do-gooders. For me, Storm and Wolvie always stood out and seemed like an obvious choice as defenders of the “little guy”. 

 I've also decided to include my sketch, just to showcase a little of my process.

Weekly Challenge: Bullying Awareness Month

October is Bullying Awareness Month, and this week we’ve worked together with a local Cleveland comic shop, and some of our favorite superhero’s, to spread the word of “Be A Hero, Not a Bully”!

All the pieces you see this week will be available as stickers at Carol and John’s Comics this month.  Be sure to drop by and help support this very important cause.

Check out Carol and John’s Comics

Help support “Stomp Out Bullying!”

Check out the amazing work Marvel is creating for this cause