Fantagraphics Presents a Stunning New Hardcover Edition of the Eisner Award-Winning Classic Featuring Over 140 pages of Extra Material, a Foreword by Filmmaker Charlie Ahearn, an...
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The Necessity of a Black Gay Sci-Fi Chaos: An Interview with Author Brent Lambert
When you’re in the art/creative industry, you tend to make connections that stay with you for years and years. Upon creating Is’nana the Were-Spider, I met Brent Lambert, a...
Glyph Comics Awards Submissions Now Open
The Deadline for Entries is SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2024(Must be received by Sunday, January 31, 2024 11:59:59 PM Eastern) ECBACC, Inc. is currently accepting submissions for award nominees from you; our devoted fans, friends and convention family; to be recognized at the upcoming East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention Reception and Kick-off in May 2024. ECBACC is looking for comics that...
Interview with Anime Storyteller Richard Singleton II
In the expansive world of anime, there are a lot of offerings from production studios that seek to make an impact with their artwork and storytelling. Every year, a fresh batch...
Attorney, Author, and Business Consultant Gamal Hennessy Returns to Kickstarter for THE BUSINESS OF FREELANCE COMIC BOOK PUBLISHING
(September 12, 2023) The success of indie comics like THE WALKING DEAD, SCOTT PILGRIM, HELLBOY, and TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES have inspired writers, artists and would-be...
Reviews
Review/ Sirens of the City #2
Created By: Joanne Starer & Khary Randolph Written By: Joanne Starer Art By: Khary Randolph Lettered By: AndWorld Designs Published By: BOOM! Studios “Sirens of the City” started on Glass Eye Studios’ Substack before being published by BOOM! Studios. The dark...
Review/ Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
Inspired by Africa’s diverse histories and cultures, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire is a captivating 10-episode animated Afro-futuristic anthology series created by Triggerfish that premiered on...
Review/ Good Deeds #1
Written By: Che Grayson Art By: Kelsey Ramsay Colors By: Ronda Pattison Letters By: Shawn Lee Published By: IDW Publishing Possible Spoilers Goods Deeds is from IDW Publishing and one of its...
Review/ Dot’s Home
While clocking in at just about an hour long, this brisk 2D, narrative-driven free-to-play point-and-click title’s tackling of hard-hitting and often all-too-real subject matters gives it lasting...
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It’s All Programming: How ‘The Creator’ Flips the Script on ‘Independence Day’
My first take on The Creator was that it was written as the PR that Artificial Intelligence desperately needs right now. ChatGPT is being heralded as the biggest threat to writing and critical thinking anywhere. WGA and SAG-Aftra contract negotiations were...
Top Ten Most Influential Black Speculative Media
Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month, y'all. Since I was a kid, Black sci-fi and fantasy have nurtured my imagination to fill it with wonder, creativity, and some clever turns of phrase. As an...
Juneteenth Horror Recommendations
Horror has always been my favorite genre. As a kid, I wanted so badly to see more horror stories that centered on Black characters where they were main… not the sidekick or supporting characters on...
I Couldn’t Have Imagined This: Black Woman Wonder and Why We Need More of It
#BlackGirlMagic. #BlackBoyJoy. In the year of unnecessary Avatars, 2023, we are all familiar with these concepts. If not, I hope you soon cast off whatever rock has been crushing you and get into...
Gaming
A Fascinating Announcement: Star Trek: Resurgence is Now Available on Disc
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- October 27, 2023 -- On Vulcan we have a saying: Kol-Ut-Shan, or ‘Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations’. By extension, if the purpose of a piece of entertainment is to be experienced by as many life forms as possible, logic...
Who Are (Street Fighter Edition): Dee Jay & Kimberly Jackson
DEE JAY Hailing from the sunbathed Caribbean island of Jamaica, the always cheerful and perpetually smiling Dee Jay debuted as one of the four new challengers in 1993’s Super Street Fighter II....
TELLTALE CELEBRATES THE EXPANSE: A TELLTALE SERIES PRE-ORDERS GOING LIVE WITH A BELTA-TASTIC STORY TRAILER
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOS ANGELES – THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2023 – Telltale, the leading narrative game development studio and publisher, today revealed the story trailer for The Expanse: A...
Review/ Marvel SNAP
The answer to the POP quiz no one asked for: Marvel comics is to Marvel SNAP as World of Warcraft is to Hearthstone. This card game developed by Second Dinner is the brainchild of Ben Brode, who...
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Black Panther and STEM
Check out a STEM-related video about the world of Wakanda/ Black Panther from the BlackSci-Fi TV Vault. Watch as BlackSci-Fi.com correspondent Deigratia A. Daniels discusses the convergence of Shuri...
Tech and Equipment Created By 3 Black Inventors That Shaped the World
African-Americans have provided numerous contributions to society that helped create the world that we know today. For a long time though, they were not given the credit that they were due because...
Black-Owned Tech Company Exstreamity Selected as a Venture Atlanta 2021 Showcase Company
Press Release ATLANTA – September 22, 2021 – Exstreamity announced today that it has been chosen out of a record-breaking 400-plus applicant pool as one of the top technology...
Check out the trailer for ‘Ada Twist, Scientist’
What looks to be a celebration of STEM combined with a child-like wonder, Netflix is releasing Ada Twist, Scientist on September 28th. As reported in Essence, "Ada Twist, Scientist will premiere on...
On The Blerdar
On the Blerdar/ The 22nd Annual East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
Press Release Philadelphia, PA - May 20, 2023 - In its 22nd year, The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC Philly), which sponsors Philadelphia's premiere Black comic book convention, will once again celebrate the myriad worlds of quantum sci-fi &...
On the Blerdar: THE SISKO DAY! – Honoring and Celebrating Benjamin Sisko
Here at BlackSci-Fi.com, we've expounded at length on why Captain Benjamin Sisko is one of our favorite Star Trek captains. It looks like someone else feels the same way that we do. Check out the...
On The Blerdar: 11th Annual Schomburg Center Black Comic Book Festival
Check out the latest On the Blerdar event! From the website: The 2023 Schomburg Center Black Comic Book Festival marks a 11 years of bringing together animators, Blerds, bloggers, cosplay lovers,...
On The Blerdar: Virtuous Con 2023
Check out the latest On the Blerdar event! From the website: "Virtuous Con is a company created by Cerece Rennie Murphy that produces and hosts virtual events, as a vehicle for independent science...
