George, N.L., is making his Marvel Comics debut in a book that's being called important not just for what it's saying, but for who is saying it. If you are interested in following along with Tribal Force and wish to purchase the comic or the new edition when it will be released, here is the link to the Machine Comix website: machinecomix.An artist from Bay St. Hearing that motivated me to get Tribal Force back on track,” said Proudstar. I went to the Indigenous comic con and other writers came up and told me that Tribal Force encouraged them to write their own comics. “I want Tribal Force to inspire other natives to create their own books or comic books. The comic follows them along in their adventures of real-life problems that Native Americans still deal with today. There is Nita, a Yoeme Dine who goes by the superhero name Earth, Jaguar-Knight who is the Jaguar Mezo Azteca warrior and Little BigHorn, a Hunkpapa Sioux who stands 13 feet tall with four arms but can’t talk as a result of fetal alcohol syndrome. The characters of “Tribal Force #1” are Thunder Eagle, who is a Native American deity that builds a team of heroes that are picked from various North American Tribes. I wanted to reach out to the kids passively to show them there are other ways to deal with it than suicide,” said Jon. Jon was also a counselor for over 32 years and worked with survivors of sexual and physical abuse. I’m creating heroes for survivors,” said Proudstar. “The main purpose of Tribal Force is to expose how rampant child molestation is and was to native children today plus the other problems that they face. He used the money he made to fund his book once again.Īnother partner and friend of his that helped with the comic, Gene Jimenez reached out to Proudstar and let him know that he owned his own publishing company, Machine Comix, and wanted to help publish more copies of Tribal Force. Proudstar is also an actor and is in the show “Reservation Dogs” as Willie Jack’s father Leon. Life also happened so “Tribal Force” was put on hiatus. In 1996, Tribal Force was officially published but unfortunately the company went out of business.įrom there, there were many years of failed attempts to find a publisher perfectly suited to help publish more of the comic. Finally, a publisher reached out, Mystic Comics said they would help them publish their books. Once they finally had a draft of Tribal Force, they went to a comic con to find a publisher that would help them publish their book. He teamed up with Ryan Huna Smith, who is a very talented artist and painter, from there they would meet up to discuss different ideas and goals they had for making this comic book. Finally, one day Proudstar decided to just start writing a comic that was about native superheroes. When first coming up with the idea of Tribal Force, as a child Jon got tired of waiting for native superheroes to come out, there was Thunderbird from Marvel but was disappointed that Thunderbird got killed off early. Plus, a second edition will be released next month. But as of recently, Proudstar, a Pascua Yaqui from Tucson, Arizona, will be releasing a new edition of “Tribal Force” after a 27-year hiatus. Back in 1996, Jon Proudstar released the first ever comic book featuring an all-Native American cast of superheroes called “Tribal Force”.
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