Join Blerd Galaxy’s Vanee Smith as she chats with writer and creative Kia Barbee. Barbee talks about her writing and gives us the details of her program Scriptreading. Find more information at https://thescriptread.com/. Continue reading Blerd Galaxy’s Indie Creator Spotlight on Kia Barbee
Comic-Con 2020 content is more accessible than ever. You can now watch all the panels from this year’s Con at your leisure on YouTube–from the comfort of your own home. No waiting rooms, or sold-out news to contend with. No overnight camping for Hall H necessary. No piecing together the panel from clips a week later. It is completely possible to see every panel offered … Continue reading Blerd Galaxy Magazine SDCC 2020 Curated Recap YouTube Playlists
This review contains spoilers for Cut Throat City. Cut Throat City has the feel of an epic journey. One bolstered by the lyrical dialogue and the gothic scenery of New Orleans 9th Ward post-Katrina. It’s not the “gangster” story that the movie trailer promises, but more of a hero’s journey that is all too real for those of us who had creator dreams as little … Continue reading Film Review: ‘Cut Throat’ is RZA’s Lyrical Ode to Blerd Artists and Katrina’s Casualties
By Michele St. Martin The SDCC Comic-Con at Home panel “Crazy Talk: Mental Health, Pop Culture and the Pandemic” was pretty much a roundtable discussion about how pop culture can contribute to mental wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also explored how the current state of affairs is shaping the entertainment industry and what we’re doing as a creative industry to help reshape the “stigma” … Continue reading #ComicCon@Home Panel: “Crazy Talk: Mental Health, Pop Culture, and the Pandemic
You probably missed the panels on our favorite Black family on the CW in Black Lightning. Here’s a reminder of why we love watching us as superheroes onscreen. Women in Comics Collective reporter Foxxy Jazzabelle sat down with Nafessa Williams in the middle of last season for a chat about the Black Lightning third season and so much more. Williams expressed pride in getting a … Continue reading Nafessa Williams and WinC’s Foxxy Jazzabelle Talk Black Lightning and Representation
Preview Day of #ComicConatHome started the same way SDCC has in previous years. It’s schedule showcased education panels from 3pm PDT to 6pm PDT, mostly provided by GeekED. One, in particular, was “The Watchmen and the Cruelty of Masks panel”. Panelists included: Dr. Kalenda Eaton (University of Oklahoma), Dr. David Surratt (University of Oklahoma), Hailey Lopez (UC Berkeley), Robert Hypes (Phoenix Creative Collective), and Moderator, … Continue reading What Lies Beneath: The Watchmen and the Cruelty of Masks Panel at #ComicConatHome
A sneak peak inside of an SDCC panel deep on the intellectual and spiritual side of black art: Afro-Futurism. Continue reading A Panel deep Enough to Swim in: Afro-Futurism and Black Religion
Recap of SDCC Wednesday Preview Night programming for Comic-Con@Home. Continue reading SDCC Wednesday Recap: Preview Night
Chances are, you know a Blerd woman. Whether you follow her on Twitter for her cleaver banter and creativity or you see one each day in your own home, you know a Black nerd woman. And, you know just how much we are going through right now. Take a look at any social media platform to see a Black woman laboring to make something of … Continue reading State of the Blerd–Black Women
Journalist Marqueeda LaStar knows the world of journalism well. She takes you back to some of the diversity spats and the progress of these promises in the age of COVID-19. LaStar ends up giving us all the “lowdown” on the state of blerds in journalism. WE GOT TIME TODAY! Take a Listen Continue reading State of the Blerd–In Journalism
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