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A video from the King Features syndicated cartoonist Jerry Craft, creator of Mamasboyz.
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Wikipedia wants to remove the Science fiction by writers of color category
This was posted on the Carl Brandon site this week.Re: Black Science Fiction in WikipediaThe following message is from Jenn (who is having trouble postingmessages to CarlB list):Please Help with Wikipedia issues:I need help! There is currently a figh
Read more…Tyrese As Luke Cage?!? No Way!
Okay, Okay, I know it's not the end of the world but Tyrese? He's skinny! He doesn't look mean and menacing and like he will kick your Dr. Doom dress wearing butt for owing him $25.Michael Jai White should have been Luke Cage. That's a brother with a
Read more…Writer's Residencies For People Of Color?
hello all, i'm new here, and really amped to be a part of this community! wondering if anyone knows of a writer's retreat that has mostly POCs? i know of the VONA program, and i am interested in it ( http://www.voicesatvona.org ) but that is more of
Read more…Samuel R. Delany: The Forerunner
It seems to me we should start a discussion about the pioneer who blazed the trail for black writers of science fiction and fantasy: Samuel R. Delany.Delany was not the first black person to write a story that could be considered SF. Charles W. Chest
Read more…7th Annual East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention
The Crown Ascention
Telepoetics is proud to publish The Crown: Ascension, Hannibal Tabu's first novel, an exquisite X-Files meets Immortal Hunters tale about immortalism and true love.Sometime around 6,500 BC a very special woman was born, one who stopped aging at twent
Sci-Fi / Journalist blog
Hello everyone! Please check out my blog Sci-Fi / Journalist at http://scifijournalist.blogspot.com and leave a comment or two. Thanks.
Read more…minority sensibility
Am wondering here about blatancy. Some works by non-minorities can have a minority feel. You understand that they understand issues of race, clan, minority struggles etc. And then there are some works by minorities that don't show any kind of connect
Read more…Has Anyone Read 'Acacia' by David Anthony Durham?
It's the first book in a trilogy published by Doubleday in 2007. Durham, an English professor in California; is a literary, historical novelist. This is his first outing into the realm of fantasy.I know it's not sci fi, but I sort of (wrongly) lump s
Read more…Octavia Butler Fans - 2 Stories Still Up @ Scifi.com
You'll find Amnesty and The Book of Martha still on the site. I was unable to find Bloodchild there last night.
Read more…She opened her eyes
hey BSFS fam!Happy Spring! i just got back from spinnin an off the hook gig, and am feeling open! thought i would play with y'all. this is an invitation to have fun collectively writing something. it can be deep, it can be funny... just have fun, and
Read more…The Legend of Sun-Man
His magical melanin skin gave him unequalled and special super strength. Sun-Man's skin could not be cut, burned, bruised, broken, pierced, stabbed, ripped or removed.
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NETERS ISSUE #0
Issue zero is the Official Guide. It is the beginning; or herald if you will, of a six part mini series. Forty eight pages in full color. Character profiles, cultural break-downs, and the ultimate secret of the Neters universe is revealed! We bring y
Fat Albert
Fat Albert first appeared in Cosby's stand-up comedy routine "Buck Buck," as recorded on his 1967 album Revenge. The stories were based upon Cosby's tales about growing up in the inner city of West Philadelphia. In 1969, Cosby and veteran animator Ke
Lando Calrissian
Cardplayer. Scoundrel. You'll like him. That was Han Solo's hurried precis on his old pal, Lando Calrissian. While the description is accurate, it barely scratches the surface of this complicated rogue. Calrissian is at home in the shadowy reaches of
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The Omega Force Collection
*** The Omega Force Collection ***
Original Omega-Man, Millennium Omega-Man, Mighty Ace, Scarlet Omega-man, and Dark Wolf.
Octavia Estelle Butler
Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of very few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first (and as of 2003 only) science f
