Tag: blacks

Disney’s First Black Animator Is Finally Getting The Attention He Deserves

Read about it at The Huffington Post.

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life is streaming on Netflix.

Blerd Comic Ron Funches is in Scifi Short ‘Movie Mind Machine,” a Very Funny Exploration of Film Obsession

Watch Movie Mind Machine at io9.com.

Below: A video of Ron blerding it up at ComicCon in a galaxy far far away (2013)

https://youtu.be/IBa9AlDJDMY

The Newest American Girl Doll Is From 1960s Detroit — And Black

Read about it at Mental Floss.

American Girl Doll store in Los Angeles

American Girl Doll store in Los Angeles

Get Ready for MECCAcon! Graveyard Shift Sisters Interviews Creator Maia Williams

Click here to read at GraveyardShiftSisters.com.

Maia "Crown" Williams

Maia “Crown” Williams

Andre is Serious About ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’

Watch his review below!

The Superman Crossover That Perfectly Explained White Privilege Decades Ago

The story is at io9.com.

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Questlove to Make Pandora Cool Again by Hosting a Weekly Show

Read about it at Vulture.com.

Questlove  in Sao Paulo in 2011

Questlove in Sao Paulo in 2011 – Photo credit: maissoma

Actually, Zendaya Might be Mary Jane Watson in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’

The AV Club has the story.

Actress Zendaya - Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

Actress Zendaya – Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

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

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…