George Carmona III

Brooklyn Celebrates Wakanda: A Special Screening of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

When the Black Panther came out in 2018, I was fortunate enough to attend that first celebration of superhero Black Excellence in downtown Brooklyn. It was a true celebration of Blerds. Now in 2022 and the release of the highly anticipated follow-up movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever For All Nerds co-hosts Tatiana King, and DJ BenHameen joined with Nitehawk Cinema - Prospect Park, BLERD City...

George Carmona III

George Carmona III

George Carmona 3rd is an Artist/Designer, former Milestone Media Intern, former DC Comics paper pusher, book lover and lifelong comic geek. You can find his work at FistFullofArt.com or follow him on twitter at GCarmona3.
Before There Was Mace Windu…..

Before There Was Mace Windu…..

Before George Lucas sold his crown jewel to Disney, there were extra works in the form of novels and comics that further explored Star Wars. Dubbed the Expanded Universe, fans were given a depth of stories for which the movies didn’t have the time.  At...

Remembering a King

Remembering a King

Late last night I got a text from a friend that just read “Chadwick Boseman…what the hell?!”, I was on the phone with my wife so I sent a text back asking what she was talking about, and my friend's response floored me, “Dead at 43. Colon cancer.” I immediately got on...

Save The Day With ‘The Avengers’

Save The Day With ‘The Avengers’

I don’t know how I missed this at New York Comic-Con. Avengers: Damage Control is a fully immersive virtual reality that takes place after the events in Avengers: Endgame. This game lets you visit various Marvel locations like Shuri’s lab in Wakanda, Doctor Strange's...

The Black Comix Expo 2019

The Black Comix Expo 2019

Photo credits: George Carmona III As part of Black History Month at the Brooklyn Academy of Music or BAM, the Black Comic Collective returned for its second annual Black Comix Expo, a showcase of black independent creators throughout the U.S. Like many other...

Milestone Is Back!

Milestone Is Back!

For me the big draw on day one of New York Comic Con 2017 was the return of Milestone’s Dakota Universe and the Launch of Earth M panel. Consisting of original Milestone founders Denys Cowan and Derek Dingle, current “show runner” Reginald Hudlin, creative talents...

Victor LaValle discusses Destroyer

Victor LaValle discusses Destroyer

A few months back at BookExpo America here in New York, I was fortunate to speak with one of the publicity people at BOOM Studios. I talked about how I was a fan of their newest comic Destroyer by novelist Victor LaValle, and how I was ashamed to say I haven't read...

Talking With Team Superb

Talking With Team Superb

Have a craving for more of Lion Forge’s new Catalyst Prime comics line? Well you’ll be happy to know their third title Superb hits comic stores on 7/19. Fresh off the Catalyst Prime/ Lion Forge writing summit, I got to chat with the Superb writing team of comics...

Inside The Walls of Prison City

Inside The Walls of Prison City

The first time I got a heads up about Prison City I was interviewing Tim Fielder for another BlackSci-Fi.com piece about his art retrospective last summer in NYC. Before the guests arrived for the opening, he was working on some of the promotional art for Prison City...

Joseph Illidge talks Catalyst Prime

Joseph Illidge talks Catalyst Prime

Earlier this week I was able to chat with Joseph Illidge, Senior Editor for Lion Forge Comics, about the upcoming Catalyst Prime superhero universe launch in May 2017. I've had the honor of personally knowing him for close to 20 years. He’s a writer and expert in...

Star Trek: Mission Accomplished

Star Trek: Mission Accomplished

Unless you’ve been trapped in the Delta Quadrant on the weekend of September 2-4, then you know that fans from all over beamed into New York’s Javits Center for Star Trek Mission. The event was a convention for Trek geeks to come out and celebrate 50 years of all...

Guns Down, Comics Up

Guns Down, Comics Up

This article is dedicated to all the victims of gun violence and to the families that have been shattered by the carelessness of those who traffic in death. Back in the 80’s I remember when DC and Marvel both did special comics to bring awareness to the relief efforts...

How I Beat The Kobayashi Maru

How I Beat The Kobayashi Maru

“Mother f*****, I should have paid for the picture in the Captain's chair!” I said those words to my traveling buddies back in November of 2000, as our plane taxied to leave Las Vegas and head back to New York. I've regretted that cheap/ stupid decision for the past...

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