Category: News

News about current and upcoming genre media projects that include people of color. Info about historical projects, as well.

NSFW: Japan’s Rokudenashiko debuts vagina-themed graphic novel

From battling a controversial criminal case in Japan to signing books in Toronto, Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi

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Disney Studios Promotes Tendo Nagenda To EVP Production

Go to Deadline.com to read more about this Queen Of Katwe production exec.

He’ll also be heading A Wrinkle In Time with Ava DuVernay set to direct. AYYYYE!

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.@Nnedi Okorafor, Alyssa Wong & Other Women Own 2016 Nebula Awards

LINK: A record number of wins

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Horror game that draws from Taiwanese culture & Chinese mythology

LINK: 2D Horror Game Set In 1960’s Taiwan

Captain America’s Joe & Anthony Russo to Produce Chinese Superhero Franchise

LINK: Following massive $95.8 million debut of ‘Civil War,’ in China

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Google Proposes More Gender Diversity In Career-Based Emoji, Such As Women Doctors, Engineers, & Rock Stars

Check it out at The Mary Sue.

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What is the Indigenous Comic Con?

LINK: Details and registration available on the official site

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This fall in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the National Hispanic Cultural Center check out the very first Indigenous Comic Con! Featuring Indigenous creators, illustrators, writers, designers, actors, and producers from the worlds of comic books, games, sci-fi, fantasy, film, tv, and graphic novels.

5.15 submission deadline for People of Colo(u)r Destroy Horror!

LINK: Editor Silvia Moreno-Garcia looking for unpublished horror of up to 7500 words

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Rihanna’s Gonna School You (With International/US College Scholarship)

LINK: She is running the program through her Clara Lionel Foundation

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‘Dear White People’ Is Becoming a Netflix Series So You Can Get More Woke

Check it out at Vulture.com.

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