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Here Comes A New Challenger: BIC Distro Brings Black Comics To Retail
All images used with permission.   BC: What sorts of challenges with the comic book industry-led you all to say, "it's time to begin our own distribution network?" MD: Lack of access to retailers and bookstores for one. JR: I think Diamond shutting down [for the pandemic] was a wake-up call for all of us. AO: Well, for me, this[...]
Black Comix Day 2020 Brings A Cultural Spotlight To San Diego
In a fit of irony, fans and creators of Black comics material will descend on the World Beat Center for Black Comix Day, a two-day celebration of African-descended makers of sequential art and content aimed at that community. Organized by The World Beat Center's Makeda Dread and cartoonist Keithan Jones, this is the third year this[...]
Dieselfunk Dispatch Artistwatch: Jerome Walford of Forward Comix
I'm currently working on my second novel, two new comic titles, but most of my time, lately, has been on the next trade in my graphic novel series, Nowhere Man. DD: I'm familiar with your work within the Black Comics Community However, one major standout is your sense of design In fact, this is a characteristic[...]
Dieselfunk Dispatch: Cons of Color, Gender, and Inclusion
Why? Because everyone deserves representation. They are: East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) Schomburg Black Comic Book Day Women In Comics Con Black Age of Comics   Latino Comics Expo   Flamecon   Black Comics Expo Khemfest Onyxcon Atlanta Scifi and Fantasy Expo Motor City Black Age of Comics   Glass City Comix Fest   Asian American Comicon Black Comix Arts Festival Kids Comic Con Black Speculative Arts Movement SOL-Con Black Comix Day Blerd City Blerd Con Pocket-Con Blacktasticon Mecca Con Mid-City Micro-Con Wicomicon[...]