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 adult, I am grateful that there is a plethora of Black sci-fi and fantasy works to enjoy across mediums,...
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Missives from the Nebula: ‘From Here to the Legion’
I started reading comics in the early 70’s in collected additions of the daily strip (not actually a strip) Family Circus. Those collections introduced to me the concept of an overlapping story with...
Rep. Cummings, HBO’s ‘Watchmen’, and How Black Creatives Can Battle Erasure
HBO's Watchmen ignited its season with three things that most blerds love: masked heroes, alternate timelines...and Regina King. King's character, Angela Abar (dubbed 'Sister Night' in the series)...
The Making of a Black Superhero: From the Background
By L.M. Davis I stand on the edge of a cliff, cheering for the man who would be king, as he fights the battle to win his crown. My attire is regal, perhaps too lavish for the conditions, but all who...
Dragon Ball Z & Racism
Check out this discussion about Dragon Ball Z and its problematic handling of race over the years, via YouTube channel, Get In The Robot, and actor, writer, self-professed anime fan, and comedian...
A Time Traveller’s (R)evolution Journey to a Cosmic Explosion of Self-Revelation
BlackSci-fi.com celebrates Women’s History Month! Join us in our celebration of the history makers of the past, present, and future. by Clairesa Clay (Recorded in 1972)...
Reign Of The Black Supermen
While not the first comic book character, Superman is unequivocally the father of and quintessential embodiment of the superhero. The innovation of writer Jerry Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster...
Gun Violence in the Gaming Community
August 26th was circled on several Madden players’ calendars as it was the date of a Madden Classic qualifying event in Jacksonville, Florida. Competitors ran through a gauntlet of scores of peers...
“Where’s my Black Shepherd?”
With the recent release of the crowdfunded beat’em up Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn on all major gaming platforms, itself a complete and satirical remake of the infamously terrible (ranked one of the...
When Survival Equals Destruction – Let’s Talk About Sorry to Bother You
This article assumes you’ve seen the movie Sorry to Bother You. Spoilers ahead. Every day I’m expected to be complicit in my downfall. This is not an easy thing to admit, and yet it’s true. In order...
The Effect Black Panther Is Having On Comic Book Creators of Color
It is beyond exciting that the movie Black Panther has done so well at box office for multiple reasons, including the image that is being portrayed to our young people that we are more than slaves,...
The Portrayal of Killmonger
Editor's note: In our continuing goal of providing multiple viewpoints on the Black Panther movie we present the following op-ed piece by guest contributor LindoYes. By LindoYes There is an ongoing...
Finding The Heart Shaped Herb of Wakanda
By now the majority of the world has seen Black Panther. The impact it's made on the world since its premiere has been phenomenal, inspiring think pieces in epic proportions. I've read a few as ...
BlackSci-Fi.com Writers Discuss Black Panther
With the release of Black Panther, we here at BlackSci-Fi.com wanted to share some thoughts on the film, and its reception by audiences. Takeia Marie, Writer The response to Black Panther has been...
Black Panther and STEM
Watch as BlackSci-Fi.com correspondent Deigratia A. Daniels discusses the convergence of the technological genius Shuri from the Black Panther universe, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,...
Why you need to check out The Cloverfield Paradox
During last night's Super Bowl LII, soon to be world conquering streaming platform Netflix released a trailer for the latest installment in the Cloverfield film series, The Cloverfield Paradox. The...
The Problem of Manufactured Racism within Sci-Fi Media
Racism…the familiar frontier. These are the continual tropes of writing teams across all media. It’s continual mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, and...
A fan celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
I’ve been a huge Star Trek fan for as long as I can remember. Next to my love of comic books, Star Trek is the fandom with which I most relate, and a huge part of that is because of the late 80’s/...
Black Women Boycotting Black Panther? Issa Lie
I have a question. Why are Black women continuously the butt of the joke? Like, why would any man’s dating choices be important enough to Black women to warrant the boycott of any film, let alone...
Why Sleight had the best superhero origin story
Sleight , a story written by J.D. Dillard and Alex Theurer, is a film about a street magician named Bo ,played by Jacob Latimore. In the story Bo cares for his younger sister by performing street...
The BlackSci-Fi.com Online Campaign Corner: Kamikaze Vol. 2
A couple of weeks ago I attended MomoCon, in Atlanta, GA. Spent some time with my wife and nephew, who enjoyed his first time at the convention. I ate too much, saw a lot of cosplayers, sat in on...
