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'Black Villains Matter' – Full Schedule for This Weekend's 7th Annual Black Comic Book Festival

Published Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:00:37 -0600

Last updated Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:16:52 -0600

The Schomburg Center's Annual Black Comic Book Festival has announced its full schedule for their seventh event, kicking off this Friday with a free screening of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. The entire event is free, open to the public but registration is needed right here.

WHEN:

Friday, January 18 2019 10 AM – 9 PM
Saturday, January 19, 2019 10 AM – 7:15PM

WHERE:

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037
Countee Cullen Library (Youth Programming) 104 W 136th St New York, NY 10030

Friday, January 18, 2019

Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Program 1: 10:00 am – 11:15 am

"Little Apple" Sci-Fi/Drama Comic & Series

Riley Wilson, Writer & Director

Screening, Discussion and Q&A

Program 2: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Creating Black Fantasy

Dedren Snead (Sorghum & Spear)

Roye Okupe (Malika, E.X.O. The Legend of Wale Williams)

Moderator: Tim Fielder (Infinitum, Molly's Rocket)

Presentation and Q&A

Book Signing 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Esmerelda Santiago (When I Was a Puerto Rican)

Crystal Velasquez (Hunters of Chaos)

Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (Ricanstruction: Reminiscing and Rebuilding Puerto Rico)

Program 3: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

AfroPuertorriqueños: Cultural & Social Activism in Comics

Crystal Velasquez (PBS Maya and Miguel, Hunters of Chaos series)

Esmeralda Santiago (When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman)

Moderator: Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (La Borinqueña, Ricanstruction)

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Program 4: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Curating Black Nerdy Spaces

Hilton George (Blerdcon)

Clairesa Clay (BlerdCity Con)

Cagen Luse (#ComicsinColor)

Deirdre Hollman (Black Comics Collective)

Moderator: Kadiatou Tubman

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Program 5: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

#FortheCulture: New York City in Comics

Andre LeRoy Davis (The Last Word)

Mikayla Brown (The Boogie Down Brigade)

Ray Felix (Bronx Heroes)

Robert Garrett (Ayala)

Stephane Metayer (Tephlon Funk)

Moderator: Deirdre Hollman

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Shop and Sip Happy Hour

5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Special Program: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Screening & Talkback

[Limited Seating Available]

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Program 6: 10:00 am – 11:15 am

Black Villains Matter

Janicia Francis (Tea with Queen and J. Podcast)

Kennedy Allen, (Black Tribbles Podcast)

Kevin Mambo (Marvel's Luke Cage, Netflix)

Ron Simmons (You Don't Read Comics)

Moderated by Michael Flood

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Program 7: 11:45 am – 12: 30 pm

Coming of Age: Black Boys in Comics

Greg Anderson Elysee (Is'nana the Were-Spider)

Kwanza Osajyefo (BLACK)

Victor LaValle (A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers)

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Program 8: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Animating History: Comics and the Archival Record

Rebecca Hall (Wake)

Kamau Ware (Black Gotham)

Moderator: Deirdre Hollman

Presentation, Panel Discussion and Q&A

Book Signing 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Kwanza Osajyefo (BLACK, Black AF)

Victor LaValle (A People's Future of the United States, Destroyer)

Greg Anderson Elysee (Is'nana the Werespider)*

Program 9: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

How to Launch Your Comic Kickstarter

Camilla Zhang

Presentation and Q&A

Book Signing 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Eve Ewing (Ironheart)

Jamila Rowser (Wash Day)*

Vita Ayala (Livewire, The Wilds, Submerged)

Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs (The Invention of EJ Whitaker)*

Program 10:4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Cosplay Showcase

Kanene Holder and Aixa Kendrick

Program 11: 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Scripting Our Stories: Black Women Writers in Comics

Jamila Rowser (Wash Day)

Eve Ewing (Riri Williams: Ironheart)

Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs (The Invention of E.J. Whitaker)

Vita Ayala (The Wilds, Livewire, Submerged)

Moderator: Karama Horne (theblerdgurl.com)

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Youth Programming

Location: Countee Cullen Library

Program 12: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Little Apple by Riley Wilson

Heroes of Color by David Heredia

Program 13: 12:00 pm – 1:00pm

How to Draw Comics Workshop

Tim Fielder (Dieselfunk Studios)

Presentation and Hands-on Workshop

Program 14: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Superhero/ Supervillain Mask Making

Marcus Del Valle

Presentation and Hands-on Workshop

Program 15: 3:3 0 pm – 5:00 pm

Coloring Stations and Superhero Storytime

Marcus Del Valle

Hands-on Workshop

Founded in 1925 and named a National Historic Landmark in 2017, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the world's leading cultural institutions devoted to the preservation, research, interpretation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diasporan, and African experiences. As a research division of The New York Public Library, the Schomburg Center features diverse programming and collections totaling over 11 million items that illuminate the richness of global black history, arts, and culture. Learn more at schomburgcenter.org.

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