3 weeks ago
Nama…does a good job of balancing…characters like the Black Panther, Luke Cage, and the Green Lantern John Stewart, and less iconic figures like Brother Voodoo. In fact, it’s a…safe bet that he devotes more space to…Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger than anyone ever has…
more.
Need. Also, on Free Comic Book Day Saturday, Tash got me a comic book image sampler. We make good comic book soul mates. Yes.
P.S. Martha Washington is my favorite Black Superhero. Everyone read Give Me Liberty.
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3 months ago
Black History Month is wonderful. But the best thing about our history is that it’s not going anywhere. It’ll be there for us whenever we need it. But the present? That can slip through our hands like water if we don’t pay attention—water that can thin the “gumbo” and dilute its flavor.
So, for the next twenty-eight days, I propose we kick off a celebration of Black Present Month by gifting ourselves with wonderful creations by inspired artists and writers currently putting pen to paper and digit to keyboard. What’s out there now that we can pluck from the shelves or add to our feeds?
And for those of us who feel the drive to create as well as consume? Well, a Black Future Month is in order. The pot’s waiting.
Throw something new in it.
»Cheryl Lynn “Digital Femme” Eaton
Cheryl Lynn is the founder of the Ormes Society, an organization supporting black female comics creators, characters, and consumers. Her work has been invaluable to the development of the Black Creators category at the Women in Comics Wiki, and I support her proposal 100%.
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7 months ago
You rarely see beautiful magazine covers anymore which is one of the reasons I haven’t subscribed to one in quite awhile. No one makes anything beautiful anymore or unique. It’s always these close-ups of models or actresses. For fashion magazines to be more about art & creativity, the covers are pretty lame.
Remember this fantastic cover with Muhammad Ali? I know Esquire was not a fashion magazine but we can take a lesson from this. We need more props, we need more fun! This cover isn’t crazy-unique but it’s probably the most beautiful cover for a fashion magazine I’ve seen in quite some time. Step yo game up!
(Source: thesmithian)
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10 months ago
'Can I touch it?' The fascination with natural, African-American hair - CNN.com «
Super fun article about touching Black hair without permission. Personally, I don’t always see it as a race thing. I just see it as uncomfortable. When it comes to my friends, I really don’t mind because I know them. Complete strangers amazed by my dreads (and in the past, my ‘fro) coming up to me out of nowhere to pet me is another thing.
Compliment me if you like them but don’t try reaching out to cop a feel. Doesn’t that seem like the right thing to do?
1 year ago
I remember seeing a music video featuring the Tokyo rockabilly scene. I can’t remember the artist (probably because I didn’t like the music) but I thought it was such a cool thing and apparently photographer Alexander Atwater is doing a London exhibition featuring shots of this subculture.
I think it’s really awesome! Growing up in San Antonio and being around Latino culture, I was always intrigued at how they took on the “greaser” look. It was fun to see how they made it their own. It’d be interesting to see if Japanese Rockabilly does not fall totally in line with American Rockabilly just as like the Latinos took Rockabilly. Until I can make it overseas though to witness anything like this, I guess I’ll just have to glance at these awesome photos. //Gallery//
