“Lighten Up”
At The Nib, Ronald Wimberley tells a story and elucidates the implications of being asked to lighten a character’s skin tone for a Wolverine And the X-Men jam comic.
Mucking Up The Respectable Comics Business
I’ve been thinking about disreputable art more than usual lately, between the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey coming out and Jonathan Franzen franzenating about women mucking up the whole respectable novel business. I can’t help but think of the history of the novel in Europe and […]
“Oya: The Coming of the Orishas”
Watch Nigerian writer and director Nosa Igbinedion’s Oya: The Coming Of The Orishas here.
“The Pull List: Black History Month”
At Tor.com, Alex Brown shares her top ten favorite Black comic book characters. “For all their talk about diversity and inclusion, comic books still tend to be pretty straight, white, and male (and catered to same). But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of great characters of […]
“Four Continental Black Afrikan Speculative Fiction Artists”
Chronicles of Harriet profiles Black African artists who work in speculative fiction: Loyiso Mkizse; Tobe “Max Spectre” Ezeogu; Setor Fiadzigbey; and the artist of Kiro’o Games.
“It’s Okay To Be The Uncool Black Girl”
“I find it amazing how much you appreciate being a nerd once you get older. Adding two cups of wisdom along with a pint of experience and mix it all together with maturity gives you a bewitching concoction of someone who is secure in who and what they […]
The Cultural Gutter 