Yesterday, it was announced that the comic book superhero series Black created by Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3, set in a world in which only Black people are developing superpowers, had been picked up by Warner Bros as a movie, with a script written by Batman And The Outsiders writer Bryan Edward Hill. The movie[...]
That she is the first Black woman in The South of the United States turns this into a unicorn of a comic book shop Comics & Geeks of Alabama will be opening in early October, and is located at 1264 Perry Hill Road, Montgomery, Alabama.Lashawn Colvin tells me "Basically my comic book store is a comic[...]
More recently he’s been involved with Black Mask’s smash hit BLACK and last year launched the new Image Comics hit with creator Brandon Thomas, Excellence In time for his gallery opening September 26th at City Tech in NYC, Randolph took some time for an interview about his experience in comics, work ethic, his gallery opening,[...]
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 don't[...]
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 and[...]
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 books[...]
The Divided States Of Hysteria #4 doesn't have any variant covers, and its only cover is displayed right on Diamond's website.But that alone is a privilege not all controversial covers are afforded.Last year, for instance, Khary Randolph's cover to Black #3 was censored by Diamond for featuring a racial slur on its cover The uncensored[...]
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:https://twitter.com/BlackGirlNerds/status/809173175582027776https://twitter.com/BlackGirlNerds/status/809173541371445254https://twitter.com/BlackGirlNerds/status/809173792895467522https://twitter.com/BlackGirlNerds/status/809174352608509952And:https://twitter.com/theblackgeeks/status/809175632777248769The Kickstarter is seeking to raise $25,000, and it's already raised almost $200 in just one day (as of the time of[...]
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 Month 2016.
In a[...]
you know, if this hadn't happened...So Marvel says goodbye to its second black President of the USA And Civil War II #0 rubs your nose in it.Look at what you could have won.Thanks to Matt for a typo check. There's a catchphrase from the old British gameshow Bullseye that I've mentioned on Bleeding Cool before[...]
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 to imply[...]
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 that a specific[...]
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kwanzer/black-1It'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".The creators are ex-DC[...]
Afrofuturefest is American Culture.” says Fielder.Serving as ground zero for their largest fan-base of black nerds or "blerds,” Afrofuturefest participants will be selling copies of their work, creating original pieces, participating in panel discussions, signing autographs, taking pictures with fans and conducting on camera interviews for social media This event is not to be missed!See[...]
As the show progressed, Anthony begin to notice something that Brandon already realized: While there was strong interest in the All Ages book, none of the Black attendees would stop What really stands out and affects the duo to this very day was when a little Black boy stopped, checked out the book, and was[...]
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 to strike[...]
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 he also had something to say, for a second week,[...]
