Women in Comics Collective (WinC) has relaunched and updated their website. Now, you can become a part of the WinC community or sponsor a membership for up-and-coming creators. That’s all that’s new with the group. For our new members, we have partner discounts, virtual events, a fellowship program, and special access on the website for members only! The relaunch has
Read moreJoin 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/.
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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
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A sneak peak inside of an SDCC panel deep on the intellectual and spiritual side of black art: Afro-Futurism.
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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
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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
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The ladies of Blerd Galaxy sat down with the Blossom and Brew podcast well over an hour of lively conversation. Get to know more about Regine, Marqueeda, Vanee, and Jonita as they chat about Blerd Galaxy. Discover more about their origin story, just how nerdy they really are and their plans for the newly launched zine.
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I know. You are probably thinking, “What does education have to do Black nerd culture?” Education is not usually deemed a very Black space. That, my friend, is the issue. Academia has historically been a site of harm to the Black soul. This is not news to anybody Black, not even those of us who did well in that system
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Regine L. Sawyer brings us in for a little chat about The State of the Blerd–In (Independent) Comics.
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The Black East Coast Back Comics Creators E-Philly Convention was earlier this month, and the Blerd Galaxy team had a panel tho themselves. Listen as Marqueeda, Regine, Jonita, and Vanee discuss the state of comics and blerdom. The ECBACC Con airs online due to COVID-19 this year. For 18 years, the con has been a space for An annual gathering
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