Season one of the Disney Plus show, Ms. Marvel, just came to a triumphant end, and can I just say… wow. WOW. What. A. Ride. I grew up reading comics, Marvel comics specifically, but if I’m being honest, I didn’t read Ms. Marvel. I read a few issues when G. Willow Wilson first started writing the character, but then I fell off. Who is to … Continue reading Ms. Marvel – A Season 1 Reflection
Do you remember Saturday morning cartoons? You know, cereal or oatmeal in hand, just before your momma turned on Luther and Anita to start the house cleaning routine… those Saturdays. That feeling of joy and expectation where absolutely nothing could ruin it? That is how it feels reading Is’nana Were-Spider: Birthday Day. Greg Anderson Elysee has, once again, managed to bottle lightning with the latest … Continue reading Is’Nana back in Action: “Birthday” Review
Women in Comics International launches its new logo, new conference, and brand new literary magazine! it’s going to be a #HotGirlSummer at Winc! Continue reading Women in Comics is Ready for Summer!
If you have not checked out the 2021 Virtuous Con this weekend yet, you are truly missing out! Virtuous Con is a Black woman-owned sci-fi, and fantasy convention that launched in November of 2020 that exists completely in the virtual space. Talk about when the world needed a hero, right? This year they are hosting guests like the one and only Phil Lamar, who needs … Continue reading Virtuous con is Rocking Juneteenth weekend!
Co-Founder Vanay Smith reviews the Facing Race digital conference, for the good, the bad, and the best! Continue reading Conference Review: Facing Race 2020
Review of Indie Comic Is’nana the Were-Spider: Showtime! Continue reading Comic Review: Is’nana The Were-Spider in Showtime
A Love Letter from Black Teachers During Distance Learning Look… we get it. We really, truly get it. You are not a teacher. You didn’t sign up for this. What the world is throwing at you right now is insane. You have to raise your kids during a pandemic already, and now you have to help teach them, too. That’s crazy! What’s worse is that … Continue reading Dear Black Parents: We See You, We Hear You, We Are You
Editor’s Note: Blerd Galaxy’s “Putting in the Work ” is a new column that highlights injustice in our community and lays out the pertinent details (the facts) before giving you ways to activate–to put in the work yourself. This moment we are in is not going to improve our society unless we all step in and put in that work. Each week, we will discuss … Continue reading Putting In the Work: You Can Join the Fight For Justice for Breonna Taylor and BLM
I am crying as I write this. Not sobbing, but the slow, searing flow of tears that burn as they fall. I don’t have the strength to sob, and honestly, the burn is helping. It means that I can still feel something. This is not about me, though. This is about Chadwick Boseman. This is about the collective Black joy that he brought to us. … Continue reading RIP Chadwick Boseman: On Mourning Black Royalty and Collective Black Grief
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
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