"Black Artists" Blogs & Blog Posts

People love to throw around the term "renaissance man" whenever an artist exhibits even a moderate level of competency in a creative arena outside of their usual field of endeavor. Similar to how the meaning of genius has been diluted through overuse...

Usually, the phrase is supposed to go, "jack of all trades, master of none." However, the adage doesn't seem quite accurate when it comes to Donald Glover. There isn't an avenue of entertainment that Donald Glover hasn't explored throughout his caree...

This is a fascinating bit of history, courtesy of the Library of Congress: Most silent-era film productions have been lost to time & hardly *any* material shot by Black filmmakers pre-1920 has survived. But recently, the earliest known footag...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by DC (@dccomics) Comics have a diversity problem. Despite the best efforts of both Marvel and DC to include characters of varying races in their roster of superheroes, comics are still overwhe...

No matter how much my fellow nerdy brethren tried to push the Next Generation era of Star Trek on me in high school, I resisted their attempts. I grew up with the 60s version of Star Trek. In my mind, having another crew helm...

You've got to love artistic license. Watching an artist interpret a character through their unique lens is one of the best aspects of being a fan of their work . When a character has enough personality, it's almost an effortless task to reenvision th...

Among the most damaging and horrific side effects to emerge from the shadow of slavery was the death of African oral tradition. Like many early civilizations, several African cultures depended on oral historians who bridged the gap of centuries with...