Day: September 30, 2015

Tituss Burgess Talks Diversity On TV: ‘People Are Hungry For People Who Look Like Them’

Click here to read at Whosay.com.

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This Year, One Third of “Genius Grants” Recipients Are People Of Color

Click here to see the complete list of fellows at the MacArthur Foundation website.

Joining a class of folks that includes the late Octavia Butler, Ta-Nehisi Coates is only one of the many people of color recently awarded a coveted MacArthur Foundation grant. (Awardees include everyone from a puppetry director to an inorganic chemist.)

But here’s a video:

The Love Between a Girl & Her Manga

LINK: Manga, the Cyborg Girl, and Me: A Love Story

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Asking Why Black Fans Avoid Black Creators At Comic Cons

LINK: The Pros Speak: B. Alex Thompson ‏@ApproBAT

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Watch the First Trailer for China’s ‘Little Door Gods’

Read more about it at Cartoon Brew.

Luju Ojha: Nepalese-American Death Metal guitarist Finds Water on Mars

LINK: Grad student, guitarist and scientific jack-of-all-trades…

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Would Darryl McDaniels Play Himself In The Movie Of His Run-DMC Superhero Comic?

LINK: MCDANIELS IN TALKS WITH TRISTAR

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Larry Stroman On When Black Fans Avoid Black Creators At Comic Con

Click here to read at Bleeding Cool.

Larry Stroman is co-creator of “Tribe” and is known for his work on “Darkstars” and “X-Factor.”

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