From what I’ve seen, last week’s stunt by a group of black comic strip creators was pulled off very well indeed. The stunt, as you’re aware of by now, was to render the same story over and over again in each of their respective strips as a means to protest the belief that black-themed comic [...]
“…According to the Associated Press, NAACP president Benjamin Jealous called Delonas’ cartoon ‘an invitation to assassination [of President Barack Obama]‘ and called for ’serious disciplinary action’ against the Post, including the firing of the cartoonist and editor Col Allen. While many in our profession have questioned the efficacy of Delonas’ cartoon and the judgment of [...]
Blankman ranks higher than Black Panther.
Meteor Man ranks higher than Luke Cage.
Way too much emphasis on TV and film.
But at least their number one choice is a decent one.
I mean, c’mon, you or I could make a better list than this without even thinking hard.
I’m a huge fan of Garth Ennis’ Punisher. While the recent Punisher film (with Thomas Jane in the title role) wasn’t terrible, I thought it could’ve been truer to Ennis’ vision of the character, since the screenplay obviously drew from his run on the book, including characters like Joan and Spacker Dave and the Russian. [...]
I’ve never taken part in a meme before, so I figure this looks like a good place to start. (It’s all Claudia’s fault.) Two book blogs, Worducopia and Color Online, have started it (CORA standing for Color Online Reader Activist) with the intent to promote diversity in literature. And while prose books are the focus [...]
We all know Tintin, right? Classic European comic, internationally known and loved, about to be made into a movie by Spielberg? Apparently one of the Tintin graphic novels, set in Africa, has come under fire by a British watchdog group who claims it contains racist depictions of Africans.
Something about this makes me want to call [...]
My roommate Max told me about this webcomic over at the Top Shelf website called Cakewalk and it’s… unusual, to say the least. Go there and read the whole thing first. It’s not that long. Then come back here.
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Read it? Good.
Blackface obviously has a long, long history in the world of entertainment, as anyone who [...]
“Black women are out there creating, but unlike our peers, we have the tendency to create in a vacuum. And while other creators use message boards and activist organizations to wisely network and receive emotional support, we post our thoughts and creations on individual websites and then wonder why various activist organizations don’t reflect our [...]
Oh snap.
He’s back.
“My last big writing project was Green Lantern: Sleepers Book Three for iBooks/Simon & Schuster. It kind of ruined me for comics because it was immensely freeing. It was so much fun, and so much work (for so little pay), but it allowed me to discover things about myself and my writing, and [...]
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