We are proud to post this comic. This is one of three comics that was commissioned by Somewhere Between a documentary film. We were asked to create comic around the theme of “Language” and this is what we came up with =).
“SOMEWHERE BETWEEN examines what it is like to come-of-age as a trans-racial adoptee in today’s America, as seen through the eyes of four of the 79,562 adopted girls from China. Through the voices of these young women, we will see not just their lives, but our own, reflected back to us – whether we are adoptive families or not. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN will start a dialogue about what we see, who we are, and the changing face of the American family.”
Linda wrote for the Adopted the Comic September 2010 Newsletter #2:
“The reason we wanted to commission the comics for the documentary is because they use HUMOR…and so brilliantly. As Jessica said to me when we first met – she hoped that my film wouldn’t be all unicorns and rainbows in regards to examining the topic of adoption…but also not all dark and tormented…”
We would love to congratulate Somewhere Between for their success so far in the many film festivals they’ve been a part of this year and can’t wait for them to have a wider international screening/distribution *hint hint wink wink from the uk* =P.
Found out more about the film, see the trailer and sign up for email updates go to their official website:
www.somewherebetweenmovie.com
Find and support them on Facebook and Twitter where you can see updates, photos and hear the impact the film is having on people:
www.facebook.com/somewherebetweenmovie
twitter.com/swherebetween
It has been great to work with Linda, and to support fellow adoptive creative projects. Watch this space for the other two comics that they commissioned.
definitely made me laugh. I would say most of the odd or inappropriate prying remarks I’ve fielded come at the supermarket – and yes, I was asked if my infant daughters spoke Chinese or English. We even were asked if we had to raise them buddhist….from a family member! For the record we attend church and are not buddhist, so not sure why this was even a question.
We adopted our son from Vietnam when he was 19-months old. Recently, a secretary where I work remarked that his English is “coming along.” He is now 10-years-old…
I was often asked: “Is her father Chinese?”
The proper answer to that question is, “I don’t know. I never saw his face.”
Love this. Had this exact thing happen several time to us too. To the extend that my husbands coworkers (a group of 8 people) told me I was wrong thinking she wouldn’t naturally speak Spanish. That my daughter who we adopted at 10.5 months from Colombia would be able to teach us Spanish when she got older.
I finally gave up the conversation with them as how do you argue with a group of ignorate people?
Can we sign up to be emailed if there are new comics posted in the ‘adoption’ series?
Hi Lisa, I’m sorry at the moment we don’t have an email notification for new (comic) posts. At the moment we only offer notifications on Facebook and Twitter. Email notifications are only for news letters, which we dont sent out that often, and is more about news rather than posts. If I add this feature in the future I’ll let you know, but unless I don’t, I’m sorry for the inconvenience.
Actually I just thought of something, alternatively you can use the comic only RSS feed, and you might be able to find a program that emails you the updates =) Hope that helps.
http://www.adoptedthecomic.com/category/comic/feed/ (Please not you need a feed reader to view posts, though some browsers you will be able to view the link I’ve given).
Edit (march 2013): Now this project has come to a close the feeds have all been disabled.
I got asked that same stupid question when I brought my 10 month old home. I am glad we can laugh at some of these shared experiences. People are not trying to be ignorant. They just don’t think when they speak and this is a perfect example.