Dear Friends,Right now, Fox News is trying to paint Barack Obama as foreign, un-American, suspicious, and scary. They're trying to send Americans the message that our country's first viable Black candidate for President is not "one of us."I've joined
Read more…Here's an interesting scenario. If you travelled into the future and killed your future self, should you be charged with murder?
Read more…If David Banner were a black man and he turned into the Hulk what color would he be? Purple, perhaps? Or a darker shade of green?
Read more…As other media entities like Manga/Anime, Bollywood, Pixar etc. etc. continue to rise are we getting left behind? With billions of dollars made off of comic to movie adaptations are we spinning our wheels? In the movie Purple Rain the club owner diss
Read more…Hi all:I was thinking that those of us who have blogs could try to be part of a blog tour for new books created by authors on BSFS. Even a small mention on one of our blogs. That's the key to networking. Little things that mean a lot or at least help
Read more…In the history of black cinema there has never been that story that had the whole community buzzing in anticipation of its release. With the Marvel machine rolling full steam ahead is this the one?
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The First 11 Black Video Game Starsand
Race in Games: The Unanswered QuestionFound the above two articles; they're old, but they may be of interest to some...
Does anyone give a flying hoot about a candidates religious beliefs? Given James Dobson's attack on Barak Obama's interpretation of Christianity, I say enough of this inane, pandering focus on on the candidates' spiritual proclivities!!! Unless a fut
Read more…Just saw the movie Wall-E! The kids loved it us adults did all we could to stay awake. Their was a great dance show before the movie started cause that is how Disney gets down. Now here comes the rant! The story was about a robot left behind to clean
Read more…Hey Guys and Dolls:For a limited time the lulu ISBN package is free (usually it's $99). As you know I published through lulu which is free; however if you want international exposure you have to buy an ISBN. If anyone is considering publishing and bu
Read more…I'm loving Shonda Rhimes and the character Miranda Bailey is my absolute favorite. So imagine my delight when Chief Resident Bailey geeks out and lays down the Star Wars science in the last episode.AWESOME!!!!Check out the video here.If anyone knows
Read more…Hey guys and dolls: I've love to know what your thoughts are on the issues of gender/race/sexuality as portrayed the Pirates of the Carribean movies.I really dug the character "Calypso" played by a sister, and that she had such a powerful role (is th
Read more…Heads up! For the past 3 years I have been training the Elvis of cartooning John K. (John Kricfaluci) This could also explain why I am the way that I am. You may know him best as the creator of Ren and Stimpy and George Liquor. Well... just recently
Read more…My black super hero Flex Hectic has a nemesis that fits the description of an all around hustler with ambitions to basically pimp the whole world through high stakes gambling! In an article that I once read the topic of discussion was why black super
Read more…Morpheus sits before you and gives you the cross roads choice of your life. Take the blue pill go to bed wake up and believe whatever you like. Take the red pill and see how deep the rabbit hole goes. Before you give the obviuos answer and start figh
Read more…The following quote is from a Steven Barnes interview given by Locus magazine. Steven Barnes, as many of you may know, is one of a small number of black science fiction writers. Steven Barnes defined science fiction as a "celebration of northern Euro
Read more…http://writingforrookies.podcastpeople.com/In this episode, Brandon discusses the basics of starting a sci-fi short story/novel while also discussing the 5 RULES OF SCIENCE-FICTION WRITING by legendary author Robert Heinlein.Breaking into the science
Read more…Lonnie Johnson, African American inventor of the supersoaker water gun, invented a device that converts heat into electricity. This means a car, a laptop a tv, any machine can, by means of this device, be powered by recycled waste heat. What alternat
Read more…Here are a few pics of my tour of the late Stan Winston's studio. The moment I set foot in this place I knew we had to have one of these. I never met the man personally we just had a mutual friend that got us in. The attention to detail he displayed
Read more…Suppose if the top black engineers and designers got together and made automobiles! What would the average African American person need in some wheels? Let us first narrow it down to types of vehicles. Sports car/coupe, big body sedan, SUV, mini-van,
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