APPEARING AT WONDERCON this Saturday!

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Darrin Bell to appear at Wondercon this Saturday

Darrin Bell to appear at Wondercon this Saturday

Keith Knight and I will be signing our new books at table AA28 in the “Artists Alley” section of Wondercon in SF this Saturday. We’ll also speak during the following panel discussion (description from the Wondercon site). If you’re going or you want to invite others, please RSVP at the Facebook event page:

COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES: BLACK CARTOONISTS AS SOCIAL COMMENTATORS

Featuring artists from the upcoming San Francisco art exhibit by the same name, nationally syndicated cartoonists Darrin Bell (Candorville, Rudy Park), Keith Knight (award-winning K Chronicles, (th)ink, The Knight Life), and Kheven LaGrone (curator of Coloring Outside the Lines) discuss their art. Animated shorts by nationally syndicated cartoonist Jerry Craft (Mama’s Boyz) will also be screened. Moderated by Thomas Robert Simpson (founder and artistic director of the AfroSolo Arts Festival). Room 236/238


Discussion (3)¬

  1. ChayaFradle says:

    Couldn't make it. Is there a video of this event?

  2. I just wanted to note that it was such a pleasure to see, hear and be introduced to Darrin Bell at WonderCon 2010. It was definitely the height of my day there.

    As I searched for and rummaged through boxes of graphic novels (my new found hobby), I couldn't help but wonder, "Where did he say he would be"? That is, after the insightful discussion about Black cartoonists as social commentators in the breakout rooms above the atrium…

    TBC….

    • I learned a few things and that is exactly the experience I wanted to have at Con this year. I learned that cartoonists are not graphic novelists unless otherwise stated; I learned that graphic novels aren't the only way to get your comic fix; and I learned that some artists are very thought provoking, deliberate and as thoughtful as any science fiction movie director (and maybe even more so) when it comes to commentating on world issues.

      I’d been searching on line for access to comics and other graphic mediums—anime and otherwise— by, about and to Black people. It has not been easy. The only site I keep coming upon is http://africomics.com/ which does offer some aesthetically pleasing covers, interesting titles, and overall good information—but really, one site for the whole of Black comics?
      Anyway…before I start to rant and get away from the point. Thanks Darrin for sharing your work, your thoughts and your perspective with me and the folks at Con this past weekend! It was lovely to have met you. I am so looking forward to a taking a sick day, staying home and having a cup of tea while cracking open Katrina's Ghost!

      Ikeena