by imanilateef | Oct 6, 2024 | Guides
Black Eisner Award Winners (1988-Present) The following list compiles all of the Black Will Eisner Award Winners; creators of African decent, including creators of mixed heritage and members of the Black Diaspora, since its inception in 1988. The Will Eisner Comic...
by imanilateef | Mar 3, 2023 | Guides
Start Your Black Comic Book Journey Here Fellow Blerds! Are you interested in becoming a Collector of Historically Black Comic Books but don’t know where to start? Then check out the Black Comic Universe’s Beginner’s Guide to Black Comic Book...
by imanilateef | Sep 5, 2022 | Guides
Torchy to Teen Titans: Black Women in Comics (1937-2016) In 2009, DC comics introduced Felicia Henderson as their first Black female writer. When announced, I was just as amazed as other fans were that this was the first Black woman to write for DC in their 75 year...
by imanilateef | Aug 24, 2022 | Black Comic Keys, Guides
Strange Fruit: The Peculiar Covers of the Bronze Era of Comics (1970-1985) I was recently congratulating a fellow collector on their pick up of All Star Squadron #38 (1984). The cover depicted Amazing Man chained to a burning cross. A hooded villain dressed like a...
by imanilateef | Apr 12, 2022 | Guides
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...
by imanilateef | Feb 11, 2022 | Guides
Episode 49: The Truth about Truth: Red, White & Black My last Black Comic Key of the Week featured Truth: Red, White and Black by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker. The research I put in sent me down a crazy rabbit hole. Who is the true FIRST Captain America? I...
