Thanks to Jen Bartel, Kris Anka: This #AAIronFist Redesign Took Over Twitter

This past weekend, Netflix finally dropped all 13 episodes of Iron Fist. For the most part, the internet was not pleased. While a smattering of Fist Stans tried their damnedest to pretend what they watched was, you know, good, the consensus among critics (and fans too) was this was Marvel’s first big miss. There was one awesome outcome of the Iron Fist debacle, however: a slew of awesome comics artists began sharing their takes on a redesigned Asian American Danny (or Dani) Rand! And it all started when Jen Bartel shared her riff on Kris Anka’s original:

https://twitter.com/heyjenbartel/status/843490494793596929

Of course, Jen’s gorgeous illustration elicited some less-than-enlightened comments from “comics purists.” To which Jen, an Asian American artist, responded:

https://twitter.com/heyjenbartel/status/843529377270939648

Fortunately, Jen’s take on #AAIronFist inspired other artists to take part. Starting with the one credited with the design in the first place!

https://twitter.com/kristaferanka/status/843578939725422592

Soon, more joined in on the fun, including this amazing genderbent take on Dani Rand by Paulina Ganucheau:

https://twitter.com/heyjenbartel/status/843679564484268032

That opened up the flood gates, as dozens more contributed their take on an Asian American Danny/Dani based on Kris and Paulina’s designs.

https://twitter.com/kristaferanka/status/843697686922461184

https://twitter.com/paulreinwand/status/843614050873356289

https://twitter.com/lanibirdtweets/status/843681571613921280

https://twitter.com/paulreinwand/status/843697509461508096

https://twitter.com/IniquitousFish/status/843708158002438144

https://twitter.com/chippolyta/status/843750903689576448

https://twitter.com/jermainedesign/status/843753028406644736

https://twitter.com/Rahzzah/status/843829800410210304

https://twitter.com/MissJamieKaye/status/843960590548848640

UPDATED 3/21/2017! Even more artists have joined in on the #AAIronFist fun!

https://twitter.com/yoshisquared/status/844004098944913408

https://twitter.com/RandallTrang/status/843994851154821120

https://twitter.com/audkoch/status/843975304263561217

https://twitter.com/TheCosmotir/status/843971019106803712

https://twitter.com/rosemcclainart/status/844133089173487617

And Erica Henderson decided to just draw the Iron Fist we deserve: Lewis Tan as Danny Rand!

https://twitter.com/EricaFails/status/844094451190501378

So it looks like folks looking to be entertained by Iron Fist should have logged onto Twitter instead of Netflix.