People of Color Comics Collective's Journal

jun_i @ 5:07pm: POC in anime
Slightly off topic, but figured some of you might be interested since many anime characters originated from comic book characters:
List of black and brown anime characters

jun_i @ 10:49am: People of color in fantasy/sci-fi art

http://eastofelvendom.blogspot.com/

zenlari @ 12:51am: Call for Submissions: Other Tounges Anthology. x-posted.
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

OTHER TONGUES: Mixed-Race Women Speak Out

Co-editors Adebe D.A. and Andrea Thompson are seeking submissions for an anthology of writing by and about mixed-race women, intended for publication in Fall 2010 by Inanna Publications.
( Follow the CutCollapse )
Sauce

A comic would be great for all my comic creators!

jun_i @ 9:57pm: Cartoonist Matt Baker inducted into to the Will Eisner Hall of Fame
From http://schulzlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/congrats-matt-baker/ :

"Although Matt Baker’s comics career was cut tragically short (reportedly due to heart failure) he made a significant impact on the medium between 1944 and 1959. Baker was one of the first known African-American cartoonists, and arguably one of the most prominent in his day..."

jun_i @ 2:15pm: Pop Mythology, Buying and Selling: A Report from the First Asian American Comic Con

Came across this link to Joseph Shahadi's Pop Mythology, Buying and Selling: A Report from the First Asian American Comic Con through fight_derailing.

jun_i @ 8:02am: Manga High
From Harvard Education Press: Manga High - Literacy, Identity, and Coming of Age in an Urban High School

"Since 2004, students at Martin Luther King, Jr., High School in Manhattan have been creating manga—Japanese comic books. They write the stories, design the characters, and publish their works in print and on the Internet. These students—African-American and Latino teenagers—are more than interested in the art and medium of manga. They have become completely engrossed in Japanese language, culture, and society.

Based on a four-year study, Manga High explores the convergence of literacy, creativity, social development, and personal identity in one of New York City’s largest high schools..."

The project is also mentioned on the Schulz Library blog.

sfa_webcomic @ 1:28am: RENAMON FAN ART

Picture Pitch:
Renamon, from the Pokemon series. Why catch em all...? Just catch the sexy one.

I've got a Brand New Sketchbook on sale. Check out the free samples:
http://www.indyplanet.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1047&osCsid=3235f72ae4096b605a29f4b71c80436f
If you like my art, you'll love it.

My free webcomic, SFA, updated 5 times a week:
http://www.drunkduck.com/SFA/index.php?p=361276
BTW, SFA contains edgy adult humor. Viewer discretion is advised.

My Deviantart gallery, updated twice a week:
http://www.dsng.deviantart.com/

everreese @ 5:47pm: Urban Sprawl The Comic

URBAN SPRAWL (The Comic)

Friends, It is time it unveil the most anticipated comic book of 2008!!! (Of which I am writer, co-owner and co-developer w/Dion Floyd) Naima also known as Katana-One is coming to stores, conventions and networks near you. This coming attraction is in comic ash-can form and will be $5.00 to purchase. Free signed copies at events near you. I will keep you posted on locations and time. Here is the url, please visit the site, send us a friend request and leave comments and love! http://www.myspace.com/urbansprawlthecomic Art By Mshindo I

Ur

zenlari @ 1:02am: Hello!
Hi,
There of some of you that may know me already but there are some that don't! My name is Jordan and I currently live in Portland, Oregon and I'm starting to get my stuff together for art school to work in the comics field. So that's it for introductions!

I was wondering is anyone here reading New Warriors by Marvel? It's one of the most diverse, non-mutant, doesn't have a Wolverine clone in sight, comic I've seen! It's amazingly drawn and the story-arcs seem to be along the lines of "sticking it to the man as much as possible."

If not New Warriors, what books are people reading right now?

--Z--

morchades @ 3:53am: New Carnival (Accepts Comics Posts!)
First People of Colour SF Carnival
Hosted by Seeking Avalon on June 15th
Submission Guidelines
Submission Form
Contact Willow if you would like to host.
Its brand new, so link everywhere!

For those of you who don't know what a Blog Carnival is:

A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. There are many kinds of blogs, and they contain articles on many kinds of topics. Blog Carnivals typically collect together links pointing to blog articles on a particular topic. A Blog Carnival is like a magazine. It has a title, a topic, editors, contributors, and an audience. Editions of the carnival typically come out on a regular basis (e.g. every monday, or on the first of the month). Each edition is a special blog article that consists of links to all the contributions that have been submitted, often with the editors opinions or remarks.

(And as long as I'm here, the 14th Feminist SF/F Carnival will be on May 30th.)

digital_femme @ 11:28am: The Ormes Society Launches!
The Ormes Society website and forum are now up!

The Ormes Society

Enjoy!

morchades @ 12:13am: Anyone interested in the Ormes Society?
Digital Femme has an update on her Ormes Society project which animeg3282 just linked, and a request for info.

Also, for superhero-fans, Bahlactus has taken up his Dark Stars feature again. May be useful for projects about the history of black people in mainstream comics, or reference for anyone looking to break into the superhero genre.

recumbentgoat @ 6:07pm: A call for artists
African american artists such as photographers, sketch artists, illustrators, etc. to showcase and interview for Black History Month.

Please visit Simply Outstanding

recumbentgoat @ 3:34pm: Drawing conclusions
Picking the brain of Scott McCloud, the world's reigning comics genius
By: IAN A. MAISEL

Scott McCloud writes about cartoons in a comic book format, and has become one of the world’s premiere comics theorists. In his books, he draws himself as a professorial narrator who invites the reader onto the page to check out his ideas about cartoon history and the psychology of what happens when we read comics.

His first book about cartoons, Understanding Comics, was published in 1993 and was promptly added to the syllabus of every cool college professor across the country. Seven years later he drew Reinventing Comics. It was a visionary book, but by his own admission it was also too ambitious: a vessel for every theory he’d ever had about cartoons, Reinventing became an intellectually bloated history manual and was greeted with mixed reviews.

This fall McCloud will publish a new book, Making Comics. He’s a kind-hearted and fascinating guy, and our interview quickly spiraled into a three-hour love fest. Here are a few excerpts.

What’s hard for you to draw?
There are a few things cartoonists will tell you are just plain hard to draw. Bicycles are hard to draw. You really need to look at a bicycle in order to draw a bicycle. You think you know what it looks like, alright? Until you actually sit down to draw it, then you totally – you completely choke on it.( Read more...Collapse )

17andinsane @ 9:10pm: Can I get some recommendations for some good POC comic artists, specifically ones who deal often with the subject of race or cultural identity? All I can think of off the top of my head are Aaron McGruder (Boondocks) and the Hernandezes (Love and Rockets).