Black Sequential Art in the Age of Protest
A conversation with three Black comics book creators about art imitating life during the #BlackLivesMatter movement
Tag: indie comics
Bitter Root No. 6 pays Tribute to Myazaki anime My Neighbor Totoro with special variant
Bestselling, Eisner Award-nominated artist Sanford Greene pays homage to popular Hayao Miyazaki film, My Neighbor Totoro, in Bitter Root #6 written by David F. Walker and Chuck Brown. The new story arc of Bitter Root kicks off with issue #6 today and…
PODCAST: Tony Weaver Jr. Explains How Tupac, Static and Rock Lee showed him he was Weird Enough to make comics
Tony Weaver Jr. started Weird Enough Productions just out of college with a grant and created The Uncommons, a comic book series about a diverse group of superheroes with powers and abilities inspired by his love of anime. Echoing Green…
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Youtube: Steve Aoki Talks Neon Future, Cyborgs and Cryogenics
Musician, DJ, and EDM super-producer Steve Aoki is obsessed with future tech. Singularity, Cryogenics, and human symbiosis with technology fascinate the Grammy-winning DJ and producer. Neon Future, the artistic vehicle with which he expresses those concepts is now a comic…
EXCLUSIVE! Sebastian A. Jones talks about Stranger Comics’ new deal with HBO
I’m really excited about this interview because it’s the first EXCLUSIVE here at theblerdgurl! On this podcast episode, I’m talking to the creator of Stranger Comics, Sebastian A. Jones. I’ve been a fan of Stranger Comic’s series Niobe, (created with…
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Review: Ronin Island Explores a Zombie Apocalypse in Feudal Japan
Ronin Island is a fairly new comic from Boom Studios written by Greg Pak (Mech Cadet Yu, Firefly, World War HULK) about a fictional island in Asia that must battle both a zombie horde as well as a feudal class…
Why Ngozi Ukazu is the Most Successful Woman in Indie Comics Right Now
Ngozi Ukazu might just be the most successful independent comic book creator you’ve never heard of. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, born and raised in Houston Texas, Ukazu found success with her popular webcomic turned award-winning graphic novel Check Please!(First Second Books). Not…
Youtube: Black Women Writers in Comics Panel at the 7th Schomburg Black Comic Book Fest
Check out the replay video from my panel at the Schomburg Black comic Book Fest over the weekend.
