Tag: comic books

Changing the face of diversity in Canadian comics and sci-fi

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AsiaPOP Comicon Manila 2016

LINK: New Comic Book Movies & Asian Superheroes Revealed

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Marvel’s new Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider comic series

LINK: Just in time for character’s intro to Agents of SHIELD

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Kripa Joshi’s Miss Moti Busts Body Image Issues One Comic At A Time

LINK: From Feminism In India’s “Women In Power” series

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Lavish, nervy and idiosyncratic: Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda’s “Monstress”

LINK: Gaudy beauty and extravagant horror

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Chicano Con Will Celebrate Latino Superheroes

LINK: Just Two Miles Away From San Diego Comic Con

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EBONY: Ariella Johnson’s Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia

LINK: More Than a Comic Shop: An Oasis

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How Syfy is Leading The Charge With Imagining Diverse Futures

Read at io9.com.

https://youtu.be/wbd2x6uJB_c

POC Women in Comics: Helen “Duffy” Mohler (June 11, 1917- June 13, 2008)

Today, we remember Duffy Mohler, artist, letterer, and beloved aunt of Jeanne Chu (who helped and inspired Dark Matters to get started!).

LINK: Read about her life and work here

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Female Creators Receive Record Number of Eisner Award Nominations

Check out the names at The Mary Sue.

PEOPLE OF COLOR (women and otherwise) are also represented among this year’s Eisner Award noms. The list includes:

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Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda for Monstress; Valentine De Landro for Bitch Planet; Erica Henderson for The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Jughead; Guojing for The Only Child; Jillian Tamaki for SuperMutant Magic Academy; Riad Sattouf for The Arab of the Future; John Leguizamo (!) and Shamus Beyale for Ghetto Clown; Cliff Chiang for Paper Girls; Dustin Nguyen for Descender; Frances Gateward and John Jennings for The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art; and Tony Ong for The Eternaut.