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Wunmi Mosaku (Kiri, The End of the F**king World) will be joining Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett-Bell in HBO‘s upcoming drama series Lovecraft Country. Adapted from Matt Ruff‘s novel, the project stems from Jordan Peele‘s Monkeypaw Productions, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television.

Jonathan Majors (Hostiles) will be joining Jurnee Smollett-Bellhas on HBO's upcoming series roadtrip through Lovecraft Country. Adapted from Matt Ruff's novel of the same name, the project stems from Academy Award winner Jordan Peele‘s Monkeypaw Productions, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros Television.

If you thought things were going to go back to "as is" at Winchester University, Netflix's first official trailer for Dear White People Vol. 2 will set you straight. Created/executive produced by Justin Simien and set for a May 4 premiere, the new season finds Sam (Logan Browning) back in the booth and on the air.

Wesley Lowery’s 2016 bestseller They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice is coming to television.

In a response to the ongoing controversy surrounding his latest work, The Divided States of Hysteria, Howard Chaykin reveals he is not sorry for anything.

Netflix has a new original series and they decided to call it Gypsy. This is willful ignorance at its best because you cannot tell us that there wasn't

There has been considerable complaints regarding the recent Marvel Netflix version of Iron Fist, for casting a white man in the lead, of a show that

Ghost in the Shell is likely to be a movie that will have an extremely contentious debate surrounding it. There has been a huge black (or in this case,

The Negro Motorist Green Book and The Negro Travelers Green Book are one of the most famous American guidebook series of the twentieth century. Originally

Most shows try to temper this kind of casual and thoughtless racism by at least having some good guys of the race or culture, but Blindspot didn't even bother to do that That's what made this show's racism stand out, considering the dozen-odd new network shows premiering this week, only Blindspot comes off as so[...]

We know the drill. A beloved white comic book character from the sixties or seventies is announced as being played by a black actor in an upcoming TV or

Bill Purcell is a volunteer at Comic Con: International, working on the committee for San Diego Comic Con. And so it starts. Last Vol meeting before the

Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, and entertainment executive. He writes, Damn, it's 1963 all over again in Missouri. The police are using tear

New York Times reports on the death of Jeffrey Babbitt; “He was just a really, really, really sweet guy,” said Jeff Ayers, a manager at the store who has

The series explores tribalism, transformation, and the struggle for people to create meaningful lives in world without hope. This tale of redemption aims to deconstruct racial stereotypes, and its sophisticated storytelling prompted Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to deem it one of The Best American Comics of 2013. Alexander spoke to Bleeding Cool in this Q&A about the story,[...]

Any anonymous internet discussion of racism (in comics and in general) usually morphs into a virtual pissing match of accusation, denial, debasement, personal anecdotes and a lack of common decency Everything becomes personalized, people make speeches and few walk away with increased clarity on the issues of race and prejudice In the U.S., it becomes[...]

We're not talking Luke Cage's "Sweet Christmas" exclamations here. But in a discussion on the Byrne Robotics board about offense in comics, starting with

In my most recent column I talked about the somewhat too-fervent passion that some superhero fans bring to the subject of diversification. I mentioned

SlottWatch: Over the last 48 hours I have received several pleas to run a story alleging that Dan Slott is cyber-stalking an innocent woman. Except of

The second lowest ordered book of all time from Dynamite is coming out this week. Bring The Thunder #1, created and co-written by Alex Ross, written by

It was one of those oddities I came across a couple of years ago. Most people who have heard of Green Lantern, think he's  black. When I say "most

According to Neal Adams, they did, yes. On Facebook, Adams posted his cover to Back Issue Magazine #45, celebrating the famous Green Arrow/Green Lantern