While diversity in many shows today, live-action or animated, is quite commonplace, African and African-American representation in cartoons for a quarter of a century was still quite sparse until recently. Few programs sought to address or represent the lack of minorities or merely had “token”...
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The BlackSci-Fi.com Online Campaign Corner/From Here to Timbuktu: A Steamfunk Action Adventure
In our continuing goal of highlighting BlackSci-Fi and contributions by creators of color and works featuring characters of color across the various creative spectrums, we here at BlackSci-Fi.com are going to highlight some awesome Kickstarter, Seed and Spark,...
Official Trailer and Key Art For CBS ALL ACCESS’ “Star Trek: Lower Decks” Revealed
Press Release July 13, 2020 –CBS All Access, ViacomCBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today revealed the official trailer and key art for its new half-hour animated comedy series, STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS. STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS will...
AWARD-WINNING WEBCOMIC CROWDFUNDS NEW ANIMATED PILOT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEATLANTA, GA - November 18, 2019 - Moving Ink Media, the creative company behind the award-winning webcomic Kamikaze launched a Kickstarter on November, 11 to fund their animated pilot entitled Kamikaze: Embrace the Fire based on their main...
Check out ‘The Mighty Grand Piton’
Love giant robots? Lush Carribean backdrops? Afrofuturism? Animated fare that pulls at the heartstrings like The Iron Giant? Check out The Mighty Grand Piton. Created by Wesley Louis, the short was animated by London based animation studio, The Line Animation. From...
Time To Save The City: An Interview With Mill City’s Finest creator Samuel Stequoah
Western animated television series featuring lead characters of color are few and far between. More often than naught such characters are tossed to the side as the comic relief, sidekicks, or badly stereotyped villains. With such notable examples as Avatar: The Last...
New Animated Series Combines the Wonders of Afrofuturism & Sun Ra
Okay Player reports: "From the team that brought you Spotify‘s eccentric and insightful Drawn & Recorded series, comes another animated journey for music lovers of all severity. Turning the lens to Afrofuturism and the origins thereof, DUST has charted the cosmic...
Big Damned Heroes For Everyone: An Interview With T.A.S.K. Creator Damion Gonzales
In our continuing goal of highlighting creators who are doing big things on all parts of the creative spectrum, check out BlackSci-Fi.com correspondent Dennis Upkin's recent interview with Damion Gonzales, creator of the animated world of T.A.S.K! Dennis Upkins:...
