BCU Live

BCU Live is a weekly podcast celebrating Black Excellence in Comics; featuring the industry’s leading Black voices and Indie creators on the verge.

11 Black Graphic Novels and Trades to Read this Summer

11 Black Graphic Novels and Trades to Read this Summer

11 Black Graphic Novels and Trades to Read this Summer As we all know, summer time is the right time to catch up on your comic book reading list by picking up amazing trades and graphic novels from your local library. Wait! The Library? That’s right!  When it comes to...

Video: We Wear the Mask; Superheroes Hiding their Blackness

Video: We Wear the Mask; Superheroes Hiding their Blackness

Episode 51: We Wear the Mask; Superheroes hiding their Blackness Spawn is one of the most popular comic books featuring a Black hero in the modern era. However, Spawn's alter ego Al Simmons is rarely seen in human form as a African American man.  McFarlane is on...

Video: Talking Caribbean Comics Culture

Video: Talking Caribbean Comics Culture

BCU REWIND: Talking Caribbean Comics Culture with Publishers Matthew Clarke and Alan Lynch This BCU Rewind is an interview with Barbadians Matthew Clarke and Nigel Lynch, the creators of Beyond Publishing Caribbean.  Their international debut graphic novel Hardears...

Picking up my feelings: Hotshot #10 Critique

Picking up my feelings: Hotshot #10 Critique

The idea of a superhero possibly using his/her powers to stop abuse in their home has locked me in as a reader.  Just imagine if Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben abused Aunt May!? What kind of hero would he have become?

Video: The Art of Storytelling w/ Tim Fielder

Video: The Art of Storytelling w/ Tim Fielder

Episode 48: The Art of Storytelling w/ Tim Fielder After finishing the epic comic book graphic novel Infinitum I had the pleasure of unpacking it with the author and illustrator Tim Fielder.  We discuss the art of storytelling and the proliferation of Afrofruturism in...