I was watching the news this weekend, and I saw a piece about Judd Winick. Winick, who writes for DC Comics, is taking on HIV with a Green Arrow sidekick, who due to life on the streets and the lifestyle often involved with it, has contracted HIV.
In the latest issue of "Green Arrow," set for publication Wednesday, a teenage runaway named Mia -- who has been in the care of the title hero for two years -- discovers that her time spent as a street-dweller and prostitute has resulted in her picking up the virus.
Writer Judd Winick, who oversees the "Green Arrow" story line, said this is a way to explore socially conscious themes while also giving the Mia character extra motivation to make a difference in the world.
In an upcoming series in the Outsiders title, Winick enlists the help of America’s Most Wanted John Walsh to take on another serious issue: child abduction.
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