I’m sick of writing about Marvel and DC superheroes. I honestly don’t care enough about them to want to write about them anymore, and yes, that includes Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Mr. Terrific, Cyborg, all the rest. And there are other people, both here at PCS and elsewhere, who can talk about them with a bit more authority and certainly a lot more passion, than I can. When I first started writing about comics online, it was about independent and small press comics. That’s where my heart lies. That’s what I care more about. So from now on, the focus on this blog will be on the indy black creators and comics (comic strips too!). Exceptions: Vertigo, Zuda, Marvel Max, Icon, and maybe some Wildstorm (depending here and there) since the work created in these imprints are closer to the spirit of indy comics than Marvel and DC hero books, in my opinion. (I’m not very up on manga, but if I see a manga book relevant to this blog, I’ll write about that too.)

The Monday list will include upcoming Marvel and DC hero books with black heroes and/or black creators, and yeah, if something’s going on that’s too damn big to ignore, then I won’t rule out writing about it, but otherwise, let the other guys do it. I don’t care anymore. Instead, every week I’ll highlight a new or recent release that’s either a black indy comic and/or by a black indy creator and hope that some of you will put down that X-Men comic and give it a try instead.

And I’ll still write about black movies, TV, animation genre stuff, of course.

I’ll begin with a book that’s suffered some delays, but you should still be able to track down: Zero Killer, a 6-issue mini from Dark Horse, written by Rex Mundi creator Arvid Nelson. This is an original twist on a time-worn premise – the post-apocalyptic society. The protagonist is a bounty hunter doing a job with the promise of getting out of flooded New York and to the one safe place left on Earth – Africa. Here’s a recent interview with Nelson, and here are some positive reviews.

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Also this week:

The Web #3. Written by Angela Robinson.

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Also notable:

Blackest Night #5 (of 8)

Green Lantern #48. Blackest Night tie-in.

Image United #1 (of 6). The big Image crossover story drawn by all the original Image founders, written by Robert Kirkman.

Powers #1. Bendis and Oeming relaunch their acclaimed superhero crime comic.

Jericho Season 3 #1 (of 6). Based on the TV series.

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The Princess and the Frog will get NY and LA premieres this Wednesday, at the Ziegfield in Manhattan and at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. Here’s a piece about the advance ticket campaign, an interview with Anika Noni Rose at Oprah.com, and an interview with directors Ron Clements and John Musker.

Zoe Saldana talks Avatar. Plus, here’s 60 Minutes‘ interview with director James Cameron. (Did you know OJ Simpson was considered for the role of the Terminator?)

Metro, the first Egyptian graphic novel, gets banned in Egypt.