Month: August 2016

At BlackNerdProblems.com: ‘What We Actually Care About When We Ride for Diversity’

Go HERE to read William Evans’s piece.

Netflix's The Get Down

Netflix’s The Get Down

“Shadows of the Dark Crystal”: An interview with fantasy author JM Lee .@joeyverse

LINK: Expanding Jim Henson’s “Dark Crystal” Universe

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Trailer for fantasy feature “Zoom”: Alison Pill animates Gael García Bernal

LINK: Pedro Morelli’s live-action/cartoon fantasy flick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfIyelASeIY

Hey, Errbody! #MECCAcon2016 Applications & Tickets are Now Available! Apply TODAY!

MECCACON2016flyer-4-x-6-2263662Tables for #MECCAcon2016 are now available. Go HERE to get more information and register.

This will be the convention’s 3rd year.

Be a part of real change in the comics community! Register TODAY!

Creator Maia “Crown” Williams says: Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts – M.E.C.C.A., aka MECCAcon, is a large comic book and artist convention held annually in Detroit, Michigan. The primary reason M.E.C.C.A was established was to promote knowledge and activity in the youth art culture. It is my mission to make sure that children know that not all “heroes” look the same—that many actually look just like THEM. It is also important to learn the origin of comic books and what the word “hero” actually means. Unlike many “comic cons,” we don’t just focus only on comic books. Art comes in many forms, and we want to highlight them all. At the end of the day, art is and always will be creative expression.

This is some of what you’ll find at MECCAcon:

  • COMIC BOOKS
  • FINE ART
  • INDIE FILM FEST
  • ILLUSTRATION
  • AFROFUTURISM
  • ASTROBLACKNESS
  • STEAMPUNK DEVELOPMENT CLASS
  • INDEPENDENT FILM
  • DJ ARTISTS
  • AFRICAN DANCE
  • URBAN GARDENING
  • AFRICAN MARTIAL ARTS
  • GAMING
  • GRAFFITI ART
  • ARTISANS AND THEIR HANDCRAFTED ITEMS
  • CLOTHING DESIGNERS
  • SCI-FI
  • YOUTH LITERATURE
    and MORE…

 

After ‘Justice League,’ Cyborg Will Join ‘The Flash’

io9 has the story.

Fisher at the San Diego Comic-Con promoting Justice League Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

Ray Fisher (Cyborg) at the San Diego Comic-Con promoting Justice League Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

Graphic Novel Tells Story Of Nigeria’s Atlanta ’96 Olympics Feat

LINK: Titled “Nigerian Golden Legends,” the 40-page publication is the first of its kind

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The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies

LINK: The horror-movie trope owes its heritage to enslaved Haitians

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Psycho Surrogate Terrorizes Couple in New ‘When the Bough Breaks’ Trailer

Read all about it at Dreadcentral.com.

New Godzilla Resurgence Trailer in English! See it While You Can!

Watch it at Dreadcentral.com.

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Sausage Party’s race problem

LINK: The problem with the whole “equal opportunity offender” trope is that IRL shit is just not equal

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Also, there’s this: ‘Sausage Party’ Allegedly Forced Animators to Work Overtime for Free, Refused to Credit Artists