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Black History Month Comics: Nowhere Man by Jerome Walford (Plus a bonus interview!)

02/21/2019 1:00 pm by Ricardo Serrano Denis Leave a Comment

Black History Month Comics: Nowhere Man by Jerome Walford (Plus a bonus interview!)

Nowhere Man is a great example of black superheroes done right.

Filed Under: Diversity, Indie Comics Tagged With: Black Comic Book Festival, Black comics, Black creators, black history month, Black Superheroes, diversity, Indie Comics, Interview, Jerome Walford, Nowhere Man, Representation

An important year ahead for Latinxs in comics

02/05/2019 11:30 am by Ricardo Serrano Denis 5 Comments

An important year ahead for Latinxs in comics

Do Latino comics creators have a mainstream visibility issue? Where do creators like George Perez and Fabián Nicieza fall in the history of Latino writers comics?

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Conventions, Diversity, lion forge Tagged With: border town, Comic Conventions, diversity, El Peso Hero, Eric Esquivel, identity, latino comics expo, Latinos in comics, Vertigo, vita ayala

NYCC ’18: Old Classics, New Voices – What Today’s Diverse Creators think of the Comics Canon

10/11/2018 2:00 pm by Beat Staff

NYCC ’18: Old Classics, New Voices – What Today’s Diverse Creators think of the Comics Canon

    By Adam Karenina Sherif Content Warnings: sexual assault, sexism, racism This past weekend at NYCC saw a number of panels which earnestly attempted to push into more critical comics territory. Moderator Elana Levin, a comics podcaster and digital political organiser, guided the panel through a series of topics which offered some especially engaging […]

Filed Under: Diversity, NYCC, Old Comics Tagged With: Adam Karenina Sherif, canon, diversity, History, nycc '18

My MCU Rewatch: Doctor Strange and Spider-Man Homecoming – The Streets of New York

04/25/2018 5:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

My MCU Rewatch: Doctor Strange and Spider-Man Homecoming – The Streets of New York

ALMOST DONE! DOCTOR STRANGE (2016) DID I FALL ASLEEP? No. DID I LIKE THE MUSIC? Didn’t do much for me. EDIT: As many have pointed out, this was also by the great Michael Giacchino, but it did not capture my attention as I was multi tasking. WHAT ELSE DID I NOTICE: I saw this twice […]

Filed Under: Marvel, Movies Tagged With: #Marvel, Benedict Cumberbatch, diversity, doctor strange, jacob battalon, Jon Favreau, marisa tomei, mcu rewatch, Michael Keaton, michelle yeoh, Movies, rachel mcadams, Robert Downey Jr, Spider-Man: Homecoming, the vulture, Tilda Swinton, Tom Holland

2017 Glyph Awards nominees announced

04/23/2018 12:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

2017 Glyph Awards nominees announced

The 2018 Glyph Award nominees have been announced, rewarding the best in black-themed comics. Winners will be presented at the ECBACC convention on May 19th. Judges for this year’s awards include Shenkarr Davis, André LeRoy Davis, M. Asli Dukan, Micheline Hess, Regine Sawyer and Alex Simmons.    STORY OF THE YEAR A.W.O.L.; Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, writer, […]

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: diversity, ecbacc, glyph awards

C2E2 ’18: Marvel Announces Updates and Additions to Its Slate of Podcasts

04/07/2018 1:45 pm by Joe Grunenwald

C2E2 ’18: Marvel Announces Updates and Additions to Its Slate of Podcasts

Culture, diversity, and food take the spotlight in Marvel New Media’s newest offerings

Filed Under: Announcements, Breaking News, C2E2, Comics, Marvel, Podcasts, Podcasts and other media, Top News Tagged With: Announcements, c2e2 2018, cooking, Culture, diversity, Marvel, Marvel New Media, Podcasts

The Top 20 Graphic Novels of 2017 Prove Diversity in Comics is Alive and Well and Selling a Lot

02/05/2018 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

The Top 20 Graphic Novels of 2017 Prove Diversity in Comics is Alive and Well and Selling a Lot

This year’s best selling graphic novels show a wide range of material from a strikingly diverse group of creators.

Filed Under: Graphic Novels, Sales Charts, Top News Tagged With: Black Panther, diversity, ICv2, kristen mclean, march trilogy, Milton Griepp, my favorite thing is monsters, npd/bookscan

Crowdfunding Watch: A Fresh Look at Love, Identity and Friendship

11/27/2017 4:00 pm by Andrea Ayres

Crowdfunding Watch: A Fresh Look at Love, Identity and Friendship

After a long Thanksgiving weekend it’s time for us to tuck-in to another crowdfunding round-up. This week’s edition will explore recovering from brain injuries, a new zine-anthology featuring love stories told by Muslim women, and the latest from small press Forward Comix. So sit back, relax and rest your weary Cyber Monday deal searching eyes […]

Filed Under: Comics, News Tagged With: Crowdfunding, diversity, Indie Comics, kickstarter, Small Press

SPX 2017: The year of getting woke

09/18/2017 3:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

SPX 2017: The year of getting woke

This was an SPX unlike any previous SPX, as the tumult of the outside world has reached even Camp Comics. But the welcoming spirit of unity and creativity was still there, and strang as ever.

Filed Under: CAFs, SPX, Top News Tagged With: Ananth Hirsh, ben passmore, chris kindred, diversity, Eleanor Davis, iasmin omar ata, Ignatz Awards, jillion tamaki, katie fricas, kyle pinion, michael cavna, racism, sabin cauldron, shannon wright, Sloane Leong, Small Press Expo, Sophia Foster-Dimino, spx 2017, tanka stotts, Team Comics, tillie walden, Tom Spurgeon, Yuko Ota

The 2017 Hugo Awards: No Dogs Allowed.

08/15/2017 8:00 am by Torsten Adair

The 2017 Hugo Awards: No Dogs Allowed.

Before we get into it… Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda, was awarded the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, besting: Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous, written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa Saga, Volume 6, illustrated by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan, lettered by Fonografiks […]

Filed Under: Awards, News Tagged With: diversity, Hugo Awards, hugo awards 2017, Monstress, Worldcon

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