Khary Randolph is one of the hardest working comic book artists today. Having worked in the business for about 20 years, Randolph has worked for companies ranging from Marvel (Mosaic) to DC (We Are Robin) to Image (Tech Jacket). More recently he's been involved with Black Mask's smash hit BLACK and last year launched the […]
The hot gossip coming out of comic book shows this weekend from a number of prominent sources, is that in the summer of 2020 leading into 2021, DC Comics is planning to bring us a black Batman. Not Bruce Wayne, but someone else donning the cowl and cape. Who this new Batman will be, I […]
The sequel to critically-acclaimed comic Black is called White, and it's raising funds on Kickstarter starting today! Black, a comic set in a world where only Black people have superpowers and exploring the way America reacts to that (spoiler: negatively), originally launched on Kickstarter in 2016, went on to be a success at Black Mask […]
Teased at New York Comic Con, the hit comic Black by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, Jamal Igle, and Khary Randolph, set in a world in which only Black people have superpowers, which has launched a universe of spinoff titles in the form of Black AF, is getting a proper follow-up next year. Set 400 years after […]
BLACK, the superhero comic book series by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, Jamal Igle, Khary Randolph, and Sarah Litt, funded on Kickstarter and published by Black Mask Comics, is to be a new movie from Jeff Robinov's Studio 8, with Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3 as co-producers and Matteo Pizzolo of Black Mask as producer. Deadline reports that Dexter […]
Black, the comic book series created by Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3 about a world where only black people have superpowers, is the latest to fulfill its comic book destiny by getting optioned for a movie by Studio 8. Mixing social commentary with classic superhero action and drama, the series, named one of six […]
Bleeding Cool has written extensively about the controversy surrounding Howard Chaykin's Divided States Of Hysteria over the past few weeks. The book first came under fire in early June for an interior scene depicting the violent beating of a trans sex worker. Then, to close out the month, the book became embroiled in controversy again for […]
The Eisner nominations were released earlier today, and could those judges be any more wrong?! Why, we haven't been this mad at the list since last year, or the year before that, or the year before that!! What we mean to say is, Matthew Rosenberg took to Twitter to call out the judges for leaving […]
A new multi-fandom convention was announced yesterday, "dedicated to inclusion, highlighting Women, LGBTQ, the Disabled and Persons of Color." Called Universal Fancon, the idea was created by Black Girl Nerds and The Black Geeks: Since it's on social media, I have a special announcement to make. I've partnered up with @theblackgeeks for new event to […]
From Black Mask Comics for September 2016… that launch of the much anticipated Black, and the new series The Forevers… and a few other bits and pieces along the way. BLACK #1 (W) Kwanza Osajyefo (A) Jamal Igle (CA) Khary Randolph, Ashley A. Woods IT'S HERE! The comic that blazed through Kickstarter during Black History […]
There's a catchphrase from the old British gameshow Bullseye that I've mentioned on Bleeding Cool before. When the contestant has failed, the host Jim Bowen would parade past all the items that they didn't win – and didn't know they could win, saying "look at what you could have won." It's a moment of publicly […]
Ahead of the new Captain America: Civil War movie, here's a look at some of the merchandise being created for kids alongside it. It must have been an interesting conversation in the design agency. "Black Panther is a black character, isn't it racist to have a white kid modelling it on the packaging?" "Isn't it more racist […]
2000 DC: Black To The Future – How eschewing the establishment allowed me focus on what was is missing and what matters in making comics. By Kwanza Johnson, professionally known as Kwanza Osajyefo. What if only Black people had superpowers? The question hung in my mind as I thumbed through some comics, wrestling with the notion […]
It's Black History Month. Which seems like a rather opportune moment for some of the comic book industry's most prominent black comic book creators to launch a Kickstarter for their new comic book. It's called Black. Just in case you were in any doubt. This is often referred to as being "on the nose". […]
Who: Tim Fielder of Dieselfunk Studios (Matty's Rocket), organizer and creator of the event, says the groundbreaking event is meant to show the public that there are plenty of African American and indie artists doing quality work in the industry. Some of the artists participating will be Erika Alexander and Tony Puryear, creators of the graphic […]
By B. Alex Thompson So, a certain Bleeding Cool expose has been making the rounds and creating quite a stir amongst the interwebs. Being affiliated with the Bleeding Cool family and the creators discussing the topic, I felt that there needed to be a lot more detail on this subject given as opposed to the […]
Larry Stroman, co-creator of Tribe and known for his work on Darkstars and X-Factor, wrote on Facebook. for all of you BLACK PEOPLE who go to comic shows,comic cons,events at comic stores who break your necks to AVOID every black creator working on an independent or mainstream book……you should be ashamed of yourselves. It seemed […]
CBR has it straight from Marvel's EIC Axel Alonso. regarding a second Brian Bendis Iron Man title that he had teased. Brian and David are playing the long game with "Invincible Iron Man." When Brian pitched us, he said there was an idea for a sister-title that would spin out of the first germinating in his brain. But […]
Writer and creative director Roye Okupe will launch his debut graphic novel E.X.O. – The Legend of Wale Williams August 2015, narrating the origins of a superhero from Nigeria (Africa). E.X.O.: A superhero story about redemption set in a futuristic 2025 Africa. Roye Okupe writes, You know, when Rich Johnston sent me an email this evening […]
Two comic books. Thor and All-New Captain America. The first has a mystery woman take the role of the god of thunder, spinning Mjolnir, after Thor was judged unworthy to wield his own powers. And second has Sam Wilson, The Falcon, a black man, taking the role of Captain America, after age caught up with […]
