NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Black Superheroes

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

A (Black) Comic Book BOOK Party
in Brooklyn In Collaboration w/ Bronx Heroes
Saturday, October 27th, 2012 / 6PM - 8PM
Brooklyn, New York City

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N.Steven Harris is coordinating an event which utilizes alternative space for comic events. Bronx Heroes is going to Crooklyn!!! There will be independent and mainstream comic artist displaying and selling their work, books and other items. Come check out another side of comics you may not be use to seeing.

Simeon and Cinningham Gallery:

A Comic Book BOOK Party

Featuring Some of the Most Talented

Comic Book Creators and Animators

Be Prepared To Buy Stuff

Saturday, October 27th, 2012

6PM - 8PM

1081 Fulton Street

(at the corner of Classon Avenue)

Brooklyn, New York City

"C" or "S" (Shuttle) Train To Franklin Avenue

GOOGLE MAPS

ARTISTS

Jennifer Crute

Ray Felix

Robert Garrett

N. Steven Harris

Regine Sawyer

Rob Taylor

Trevor Von Eeedon

UPDATE (Saturday, October 27th, 2012)

I just got back from the Comic Book BOOK Party and had a nice time. I saw one of my favorite artists (a qool, qool brutha) and the co-event organizer, N. Steven Harris.

I picked up a few books from the grassroots Black artists that were there: so, from C.F. Godwell we have NUKLEUS: Born Into This and it's precursor The Boy From Planet (pictured above and signed -- of course!)

And from an artist named Da'Shen I picked up a science-fiction novella (short story) called The Atrophied Man. The small compact size and NICE cover caught my attention, plus the fact it was science-fiction themes opened my eyes more.

Da'Shen said The Atrophied Man is about a brutha who has these powers where he can communicate with inanimate objects. The downside is that when he uses theses powers he blacks out for lie 3 months and when he awakens there's drama at times because he hasn't conducted his life in 3 months. It sounds interesting so I'll give it a read.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

White Scripts and Black Supermen:
Black Masculinities In American Comic Books
A Documentary Film by Jonathan Gayles

WHOOOOOA, BABY! WOW!!!

I LOVE comic books and this is just rich!! I DEFINITELY WANNA SEE THIS FILM...

Official Website: BlackSuperMen.com

Jonathan Gayles, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of African-American Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a graduate of Morehouse College (B.A., Psychology), Winthrop University (M.S., School Psychology) and the University of South Florida (Ph.D., applied anthropology). His primary areas of interest include the anthropology of education, educational policy, Black masculinity, race and ethnicity as well as critical media studies.

An avid comic book reader as an adolescent, he was often frustrated by the general absence of African-American superheroes. He identified with the few African-American superheroes that he did discover primarily because they too were African-American men. As an adult and with a growing interest in the critical engagement of Black masculinity, his retrospective consideration of these characters has greatly diminished his fondness for the characters. With adult eyes, he was shocked by much of what he read in the comic books that he so loved as a child. In preparing a paper on the subject for an academic conference, he encountered a growing body of scholarship on race and representation in comic books. Furthermore, he was introduced to communities of scholars and artists that critique representations of African-Americans in comic books and create their own representations of African-Americans in the genre. After deciding to produce a documentary, he bought a Canon XHA1S, attended an intensive summer documentary film institute offered by Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies and began shooting during the fall of 2009.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

The New (Black) Aqualad

Artist David Finch's INCREDIBLE interpretation of the new (Black) Aqualad is so qool I had to post it.

Nice costume and LOVE the hair and everything...

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Monday, May 17, 2010

ECBACC (eck-BACH) 2010
9th Annual East Coast Black Age Comics Convention
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 In Philadelphia, PA.

ECBACC (Pronounced as eck-BACH)
East Coast Black Age Comics Convention

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Copyright © 2010 ROD PATRICK RISBROOK

Free Program Booklet At The ECBACC Reception Desk
Of The Crowne Plaza Hotel In Downtown Philly

I Got To Meet And Talk With ECBACC's
President And Founder Yumy Odom
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He's a Very Qool Brutha And Believes In Passing On
The Oral History Tradition Of The African Diaspora

Some Of The Staff From ECBACC-
The Brutha On The Far Right With Da Lox Is
A REAL Cutie! LOL!

The History of ECBACC Over The Course of 9 Years!

One Of The Many Vendors Showcasing Their Black Superheroes

Faith Walker Character

A Vendor / Artist At His Table

It Was So Qool To Photograph And Document
A Few Bruthaz Drawing On The Fly

A Close-up Of This Brutha Drawing

My Friend Ernest Standing In Front Of A Vendor's
Black Superhero Comic Book Collection

My Friends Ernest And Ardley

This Was A Real, Real Interesting Cover Depicting
Racial And Social Commentary
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See The Next Picture's Close-up...

Lois Lane Transforming Into A Sistah... Okkaaaaay!
Pretty Freakin' Fierce!!! LOL!

The Main Market Place Room

It Was Great To See A Sea Of Black Vendors / Artists
And The Black Family Patronizing The ECBACC Event

The Jaycen Wise Table
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For Me This Was Hands Down The Best Art At This
Convention (Besides N. Steven Harris' Fringe Book)

Little Brutha At The Jaycen Wise Table

The Art Is So Freakin' Qool At The Jaycen Wise Table!

Artists And Fans Talking

This Brutha Was The Most Interesting At The Convention...

This Artist's Technique And Art Tool is Drawing On A
Touchscreen Computer Tablet
Installed With The Windows XP Operating System
And Utilizing Adobe Photoshop
As His Drawing Canvas Software Application...

He Draws In Adobe Photoshop Using
A Special Pen With The Touchscreen!
It Was Incredibly Amazing!!
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If There Was A "Techniques & Technology Award"
This Brutha Would Win It For Sure!!!

18th Avenue Online.com

A Host Of Black Cartoon Characters
Who Are Neighborhood Friends

Some Bruthaz Conducting Interviews

Kids and Adults Enjoying The Convention

An Artist And A Child Talking

This Bruthaz Deserved A Photograph
With His Qool Black Outfit...

A Close-up Of His Drawing

A Sistah Superhero
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A Lot Of Sistahs Represented At The Convention

Fringe Is A Really Dope Pro-Black Socio-Political Comic Book
By Artist N. Steven Harris Who I Finally
Got To Meet For The First Time
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I First Discovered Fringe At Nubian Heritage,
A Black Owned Business In Downtown Brooklyn, NYC
Where I Bought The Book