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East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention Temple University Student and Faculty Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Guy Sims
Guy Sims NONE Guy A. Sims is an acclaimed author known for his early publications on Kwanzaa, his collection of American Tall Tales, and his novel, Living Just A Little. He's also the head writer for...
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby 0000000116918041 Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg (1917-1994), was an influential American comic book artist, writer, and editor. Notably known for his creation of Captain America and co-c...
Jazmine Joyner
Jazmine Joyner NONE Jazmine Joyner, a Black disabled nonbinary femme, is a renowned comics industry professional. Notable for being the first Black woman to own a West Coast comic shop and an award-w...
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention Calgary Canada The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization which holds an annual convention in honor of Anthony Boucher, the disti...
Kerry G. Johnson
Kerry G. Johnson NONE Kerry G. Johnson, a talented cartoonist, caricaturist, and graphic designer from Nashville, is known for his webcomic, Harambee Hills, which was nominated for a 2010 Glyph Comic...
Encyclopedia of Black Comics
Encyclopedia of Black Comics Sheena C. Howard 9781682751015 Nonfiction Fulcrum Publishing Fulcrum Publishing The Encyclopedia of Black Comics, focuses on people of African descent who have published s...
Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation
Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II 9781441172761 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Publishing Bringing together contributors from a wid...
The Defeat of Black Power: Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972
The Defeat of Black Power: Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972 Leonard N. Moore 9780807169032 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press For three days in 1972 ...
Invisible Men: Black Artists of the Golden Age of Comics
Invisible Men: Black Artists of the Golden Age of Comics Ken Quattro 9781684055869 Nonfiction Yoe Books Yoe Books Hear the riveting stories of Black artists who drew, mostly covertly behind the scenes...
All-Negro Comics #1 (Reprint)
All-Negro Comics #1 (Reprint) Orrin C. Evans 9781794099869 Fiction Thomas Publications Thomas Publications “…every brush stroke and pen line in the drawings on these pages are by Negro artists.” All-N...
Method Man and Sanford Greene
Method Man and Sanford Greene MULTIPLE Method Man, a Grammy-winning rapper and actor, is part of the Wu-Tang Clan and resides in New York. Sanford Greene, a renowned comics artist for DC Comics, Imag...
Romance Slam Jam Convention
Romance Slam Jam Convention Virtual Now Romance Slam Jam is a VIRTUAL ROMANCE BOOK CONVENTION Originally held in a different city each year, the Romance Slam Jam convention is an annual book love...
Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration
Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration Ytasha L. Womack 9780760375617 Nonfiction Becker & Mayer The Quarto Group Take an engrossing deep dive into the cultural influences of Black Panther, from the dev...
Michelle Obama Addresses Convention
Michelle Obama Addresses Convention Kam Williams Interview Michelle Obama Addresses Convention: Heartfelt Speech Turns Undecided's Fears into Tears by Lloyd Willi...
Marvel’s Black Panther
Marvel’s Black Panther Brenda M. Greene Book Review The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was a memorable moment for independent researcher and writer Todd Steven Burroughs. Burroughs begins Marvel’s Bl...
It’s Life as I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940 - 1980
It’s Life as I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940 - 1980 Dan Nadel 9781681375618 Fiction New York Review Comics New York Review Books Originally published by Chicago’s Black press, long neglec...
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Dreams of Wakanda: Creators, Writers, and Comics Legends on the Impact of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Dreams of Wakanda: Creators, Writers, and Comics Legends on the Impact of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther Mateus Manhanini 9781984826176 Fiction Random House Worlds Pengui...
House of Slaves & “Door of No Return”: Gold Coast
House of Slaves & “Door of No Return”: Gold Coast Edmund Abaka 9781592218264 Nonfiction Africa Research and Publications Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Though the pyramids of Egypt, the obelis...
Neale Sourna’s North Coast Academies’ Journal 1, Neale Sourna’s North Coast Academies’ Diary Vol. 1-3 Compiled
Neale Sourna’s North Coast Academies’ Journal 1, Neale Sourna’s North Coast Academies’ Diary Vol. 1-3 Compiled Neale Sourna 9780974195049 Fiction PIE: Perception Is Everything PIE: Perception Is Every...
Stranger Comics
Stranger Comics Stranger Comics Stranger Comics
Fairsquare Comics
Fairsquare Comics Fairsquare Comics Fairsquare Comics, LLC
Fairsquare Comics
Fairsquare Comics Fairsquare Comics, LLC Fairsquare Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics Image Comics, Inc. Image Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics Marvel Comics Marvel Marvel Comics Marvel Press Marvel Universe Outreach/New Reader
Stranger Comics
Stranger Comics Stranger Comics Stranger Comics Stranger Kids
Far Sector: DC Compact Comics Edition
Far Sector: DC Compact Comics Edition N. K. Jemisin 9781779527295 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new ...
Crossroads Comics #1
Crossroads Comics #1 Keith Knight 9780981559360 Fiction New Village Press New Village Press Now, educational comics for teens! Authors of Beginner’s Guide to Community-Based Arts, Keith Knight and Mat...
Icon: A Hero’s Welcome (Milestone Comics Library)
Icon: A Hero’s Welcome (Milestone Comics Library) Dwayne McDuffie 9781563893391 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics In 1869, an alien life-pod crashes in the cotton fields of the American South. Discovered by...
Dika Araújo, Natacha Bustos, and Claudia Aguirre
Dika Araújo, Natacha Bustos, and Claudia Aguirre MULTIPLE Claudia Aguirre is a GLAAD & Eisner nominated writer and artist, and co-founder of Boudika Comics. Natacha Bustos is a Spanish comic artist k...
Onyxcon
Onyxcon Southwest Arts Center Atlanta Georgia 2018 marked the 10 year anniversary of ONYXCON ! A DECADE. ONXCON is a convention, festival, and celebration. We promote, showcase, educate, and ente...
Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel
Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel Aaron McGruder 9781400048595 Fiction Crown Penguin Random House This scathingly hilarious political satire—produced from a collaboration of three of our funniest humor...
Eugene B. Redmond
Eugene B. Redmond 0000000117637604 Eugene B. Redmond, an American poet and academic, is renowned for his connection to the Black Arts Movement. A St. Louis native, Redmond earned degrees from Souther...
Frederick Price
Frederick Price 0000000400170923 Frederick K.C. Price, founder of Crenshaw Christian Center, began his ministry in 1973, expanding it globally through Ever Increasing Faith Ministries. Price also fou...
East Africa Education Publishers
East Africa Education Publishers East Africa Education Publishers East Africa Education Publishers
East Africa Education Publishers
East Africa Education Publishers East Africa Education Publishers East Africa Education Publishers
Bryan Christopher Moss
Bryan Christopher Moss NONE Bryan Christopher Moss, a Columbus-born artist, works professionally on storyboards, comics, and runs a T-shirt company, Strange Things. His clients include Cirque du Sole...
Denise Bolds
Denise Bolds NONE Denise Bolds, a Harlem-born single mother, author, and community activist, uses her platform to empower underserved women and children. Known for her book on raising black sons and ...
New York Comic Con
New York Comic Con Javitz Center New York New York “…if you’re a speculative fiction author (horror, fantasy, paranormal, urban fantasy, sci-fi, etc.) you should definitely go&rdquo...
Prince and Me: His #1 Fan: My Minneapolis Memories
Prince and Me: His #1 Fan: My Minneapolis Memories Andrea Foy Excerpt NEW YEAR’S EVE, PART 1 I spent New Year’s Eve 1992 in Minneapolis with friends I met from the Controversy Fan Clu...
Beyond Katrina: A Meditation On The Mississippi Gulf Coast (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication)
Beyond Katrina: A Meditation On The Mississippi Gulf Coast (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication) Natasha Trethewey 9780820333816 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press Beyon...
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Douglas Brinkley 9780061124235 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins In the span of five violent hours on August 29, ...
Art of Making Comics
Art of Making Comics Alex Simmons 9781539828235 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Action, adventure, sci-fi and humor! These are some of the arenas artists and fans have explored for gen...
Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd 0000000028238169 Jonathan Todd, co-founder of Boston Kids Comics Fest and former teacher, is a distinguished comics author and illustrator. A Jacqueline Woodson Fellow, he studied writi...
Sherri L. Smith
Sherri L. Smith 0000000368912826 Sherri L. Smith is a renowned author of young adult, middle-grade novels, children's nonfiction, and comics. Originally from Chicago, she's lived coast-to-coast and n...
Cheryl Cloyd Robbins
Cheryl Cloyd Robbins NONE Cheryl Cloyd Robbins is a passionate writer who began her journey in high school. She self-published her first novel in 2006 and its acclaimed sequel in 2008. Despite being ...
Tigerland: The Miracle on East Broad Street
Tigerland: The Miracle on East Broad Street Wil Haygood 9781524731861 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House From the author of the best-selling The Butler—an emotional, inspiring story of two teams fr...
Autobiography Of The Lower East Side
Autobiography Of The Lower East Side Rashidah Ismaili 9781937997397 Nonfiction Northampton House Press Northampton House Press “This well established poet makes a brilliant debut in fiction with these...
East of Broadway
East of Broadway Raquel Cepeda 9780000005579 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Publication date to be determined. East of Broadway, is a collection of collection of interconnected essays about Cep...
Ashes Of Gold
Ashes Of Gold J. Elle 9781534470705 Fiction Denene Millner Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In the “thrilling…masterful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) conclusion to the Wings of Ebony duology, wh...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Ngugi Wa Mirii
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Ngugi Wa Mirii MULTIPLE Born in Kenya in 1938, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is a leading East African novelist, essayist, playwright, and academic. Educated in Kenya, Uganda, and Britain, ...
Dinesh Sharma “The Global Obama” Interview (February 2014)
Dinesh Sharma “The Global Obama” Interview (February 2014) Kam Williams Interview Dinesh Sharma “The Global Obama” Interview Dr. Dinesh Sharma is a cultural psychologist, marketing consultant and...
Debating the Black Agenda, a panel discussion - Video Clip
Debating the Black Agenda, a panel discussion - Video Clip Kam Williams Interview MSNBC PRESS RELEASE On Saturday, April 17th, msnbc will carry portions of the National Action Network's...
Loving Day: A Novel
Loving Day: A Novel Mat Johnson 9780812983661 Fiction One World Penguin Random House Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Men’s Journal • Th...
The Crazy Bunch
The Crazy Bunch Willie Perdomo 9780143132691 Poetry PublicAffairs Hachette Book Group From a prize-winning poet, a new collection that chronicles a weekend in the life of a group of friends coming of ...
Watch Ya’ Mouth!: The Black Culture Card Game
Watch Ya’ Mouth!: The Black Culture Card Game jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson 9798217033799 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House Historically Black Phrases Presents; 280 Questions & ...
Elizabeth Zunon
Elizabeth Zunon NONE Elizabeth Zunon is a bilingual artist raised in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. She nurtured her love for drawing and painting from a young age, leading to her focus on children's ...
Patricia A. Saunders
Patricia A. Saunders NONE Patricia A. Saunders, an author from Connecticut, now based in San Francisco, began her writing journey after her mother's passing. She released her first book in 2012 and i...
Thru My Eyes
Thru My Eyes Kam Williams Book Review ’Growing up in Iran, I had often heard of dervishes, people who possess a dynamic, heightened sense of awareness. Much like the shaman or the prophet, th...
Black Kirby: In Search of the MotherBoxx Connection
Black Kirby: In Search of the MotherBoxx Connection John Jennings and Stacey Robinson 9781941958117 Nonfiction Cedar Grove Publishing Cedar Grove Publishing A catalog of primarily visual artworks-on-p...
My Voice: A Memoir
My Voice: A Memoir Angie Martinez 9781101990339 Nonfiction Celebra Penguin Random House Angie Martinez is the “Voice of New York.” Now, for the first time, she candidly recounts the story of her rise ...
Notorious
Notorious Kam Williams jamal_17.jpg Film Review Warts-and-All Bio-Pic Recounts Rise and Fall of Biggie Smalls Notorious Rated R for nudity, drug use, graphic sexuality, ethnic slurs and p...
The Black Man’s North and East Africa
The Black Man’s North and East Africa Yosef Ben-Jochannan and George Simmonds 9781574780321 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Few of Dr. Ben’s books are written with co-authors. The B...
State of the Black Union 2008
State of the Black Union 2008 Kam Williams Article Obama’s Conspicuous Absence Overshadows Annual Gathering State of the Black Union 2008 by Kam Williams Senator Barack Obama...
Leonard N. Moore
Leonard N. Moore NONE Leonard N. Moore is a renowned American History professor at the University of Texas, Austin. A Jackson State graduate, Moore authored three books on Black politics, notably 'Th...
Orrin C. Evans
Orrin C. Evans NONE Orrin Cromwell Evans (1902-1971) was a trailblazing African-American journalist and comic book publisher. He's recognized as the first black general assignment reporter for a main...
Laetitia Ky
Laetitia Ky 0000000524196957 Laetitia Ky is an Ivory Coast-based multi-talented artist known for using her hair as a sculptural medium to address social justice issues. Her debut book, Love and Justi...
Regine L. Sawyer The Power Behind Black Comics
Regine L. Sawyer The Power Behind Black Comics Author Interviews Sawyer is the founder of LOCKETT DOWN PRODUCTIONS and coordinator of WOMEN IN COMICS NYC/INTERNATIONAL. Here she talks to AALBC.com at...
Dwayne McDuffie
Dwayne McDuffie 0000000120367289 Dwayne McDuffie (February 20, 1962 – February 21, 2011) was a comic and television writer. He was known for creating the animated television series Static ...
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave – Breeding Industry
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave – Breeding Industry Ned Sublette and Constance Sublette 9781613738931 Nonfiction Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press “Planters said that slavery ...
The Door of No Return: The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade
The Door of No Return: The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade William St. Clair 9781933346168 Nonfiction BlueBridge United Tribes Media Inc Called one of the best books of the y...
Sidi
Sidi NONE Sidibe Ibrahima, known as Sidi, is a multilingual entrepreneur from Ivory Coast who started as a book vendor in Harlem. Now a well-known figure in New York's African American literary scene...
Exodus!: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America
Exodus!: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America Eddie S. Glaude Jr. 9780226298191 Fiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press No other story in the Bi...
Watson and Holmes: A Scandal in Harlem
Watson and Holmes: A Scandal in Harlem Brandon Easton, Karl Bollers, Greg Anderson Elysée, Lindsay Faye, and Steven Grant 9781960171030 Fiction Fairsquare Comics Fairsquare Comics Harlem, Now. The mos...
History Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes
History Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes Tracey Baptiste 9781250174222 Nonfiction First Second Macmillan Publishers Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume, l...
Jerry Craft
Jerry Craft 000000050467371X Jerry Craft is a renowned cartoonist, children's book illustrator, and a graduate from the School of Visual Arts. Known for his comic strip Mama's Boyz, he's one of the f...
Keith Knight
Keith Knight 0000000036407698 “Well, you know… cats have better representation in the comics than Black people.” Keith Knight, a Boston-born cartoonist, is recognized for his unique...
Naseed Gifted
Naseed Gifted NONE Naseed Gifted, an engineer, educator, and writer from Newark is the Creative Director of PBS Media. Gifted uses his passion for comics to innovate projects that engage all audience...
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom
Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom Kam Williams Book Review “Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit like a hot ember throug...
Akissi: Tales of Mischief: Akissi Book 1
Akissi: Tales of Mischief: Akissi Book 1 Marguerite Abouet 9781911171478 Fiction Nobrow Nobrow Press A Kirkus Best Book of 2018, Akissi: Tales of Mischief brings together the first volume of the hilar...
Stranger Kids
Stranger Kids Stranger Comics Stranger Comics
Outreach/New Reader
Outreach/New Reader Marvel Comics Marvel Comics
Marvel Universe
Marvel Universe Marvel Comics Marvel Comics
Angoulême International Comics Festival
Angoulême International Comics Festival Angouleme Angoulême France Festival of Comics and Creation
Prince in Comics!
Prince in Comics! Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco 9781681123219 Fiction Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Prince Rogers Nelson aka Prince was a complete artis...
The Other History of the DC Universe
The Other History of the DC Universe John Ridley 9781779511973 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) examines the mythology of the ...
Batman: Blink
Batman: Blink Dwayne McDuffie 9781401251260 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics When a blind man with the power to see through the eyes of other men accidentally taps into the mind of a serial killer, Batman ...
Justice League of America: Worlds Collide
Justice League of America: Worlds Collide Dwayne McDuffie 9781401224233 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics Doctor Light is missing, and her former Justice League teammates intend to find the man responsible ...
The Knight Life: "Chivalry Ain’t Dead"
The Knight Life: "Chivalry Ain’t Dead" Keith Knight 9780446548663 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group The Knight Life is a hilariously twisted view of life through the eyes and pen of...
Justice League of America: When Worlds Collide
Justice League of America: When Worlds Collide Dwayne McDuffie 9781401224226 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics Doctor Light is missing, and her former Justice League teammates intend to find the man respons...