Co-creators Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3 have announced White, a new six-part series that stands as a sequel to their acclaimed comic Black. The book, which will also reunite the co-creators with artist Jamal Igle and cover artist Khary Randolph, is live on Kickstarter now, and it continues to depict America reacting to a […]
San Diego’s First Ever “Black Com!x Day” Celebrates Diversity in the Comics Industry
To end Black History Month, I wish to highlight a recent event held in San Diego, California, home of the world-famous San Diego Comic-Con and of local comics publisher IDW. On February 17th, the augural Black Com!x Day was held at the Malcolm X Library. The organizer for the event, Keithan Jones, is also the […]
A Year of Free Comics: read the complete Black #1 right now
The collected edition of Black, is out this week, and it remains, as it was when it first hit Kickstarter, a torn from the headlines story with a provocative premise: “In a world that already hates and fears them—what if only black people had superpowers?” Writer Kwanza Osajyefo, designer Tim Smith 3 and artist Jamal Igle (aided […]
INTERVIEW: BLACK co-creator Kwanza Osayjefo talks the comic’s creative past, spin-off present, and movie future
Kwanza Osayjefo’s BLACK , the comic he co-created with Tim Smith 3, is a concept that has succeeded at every possible turn. First, it exploded its Kickstarter campaign–blowing past its original goal of $29,999 to raise nearly 100K. This year it’s popularity has led to not only a spin-off young adult series, but a movie deal […]
Osajyefo and Smith’s ‘Black’ optioned by Studio 8
Here’s a “comic book gets optioned” story that has a bit more bite than usual. Black by Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3 (with additional art by Khary Randolph and Jamal Igle) has been optioned for a film by Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8, Deadline reports. And as they point out, Black’s story of a world where only African-Americans […]
MARCH: BOOK THREE wins big at the Annual Glyph Awards
Last Night, the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention presented the Annual Glyph awards. The award was held in Philadelphia at TECH Freire Charter School in a departure from its typical venue at the African American History Museum of Philadelphia. The awards began with a bang as writer Brandon Easton and artists Tony Vargas and […]
Jamal Igle announces Action Lab Entertainment departure
Jamal Igle announced to the press that he has stepped down as Action Lab Entertainment’s Vice President of Marketing. “I am a creator and as such, I’m forced to make my multiple creative endeavors a priority,” Igle said. He started handling PR for Action Lab in November 2013, but Igle stated that he’s working on the next […]