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a RaceFail symposium Transformative Works and Cultures is an online peer-reviewed journal that deals with pop culture and fandom. Here’s a link to a great big meta-discussion hosted by TWC, involving some of the participants in the “RaceFail” debate concerning race in SF that spread across a number of SF blogs earlier this year. (Thanks to Jane for [...]

Are you a POC that likes SF/F? Then go here PDQ and TCB, OK?

Brooklyn teen to appear in Superman comic Not a regular Superman comic, but a special one-off, as the result of an essay contest. (Thanks to Maurice Boyer for the link.)

Comics for August 19 and news Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama #1 (of 4) 6-page preview (plus variant cover) Amazon link to buy Army of Darkness director’s cut DVD —————————————————————- Also this week: Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #4 (of 6). Art by Chriscross. Supergirl #44. Pencils by Igle. Squadron Supreme: Bright Shining Lies TP Beyond Wonderland HC. Written by Gregory. Gold Digger #110. By Perry. —————————————————————— Also notable: Daredevil #500 Archie #600. Archie [...]

Comics for July 1 and news Buffy TVS #26. Pencils by Jeanty. Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #3 (of 4) Spawn #193 Escape From Wonderland #0. Written by Gregory. Gold Digger #108, GD Peebo Tales Special #5, GD Tech Manual #5, GD: Tiffany & Charlotte – Second  Semester #1 (of 4). By Perry. —————————————————————- Also notable: Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 (of 7) Captain America: Reborn [...]

Darrin Bell, Brandon Easton in a thread on SF POCs On the message boards at Trek Nation, writer Brandon Easton (”comicbookwriter”) and cartoonist Darrin Bell (”Cartoonist” – gotta love these usernames they’ve chosen) have been part of a discussion about people of color in sci-fi that has gone on for months. Easton enters the discussion on page four, Bell on page 11. Worth a look. Related: [...]

more Comic-Con ‘09 reports Vince Moore @ Comics Waiting Room on the Black Panel CBR report on the Cleveland Show panel Don Cheadle interview Pam @ AWSM (lotsa pictures)

news bits Jamal Igle talks Supergirl. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje wants to return to Lost. Steampunk fans of color? Who knew? Something about the way Michelle Obama looks on the cover of the Female Force TP seems off. Maybe it’s that pose.

What’s with these black versions of cartoon characters? “The phenomenon of ‘urbanized’ cartoon character tees exploded in the early ’90s, and its figurehead was Black Bart Simpson. Black Bart wasn’t the first case – a Washington Post article from June of 1990 reports that ‘Afro-Americanized’ Mickey Mouse tees predated him by a little bit – but he was the biggest. As the official [...]

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