LEON Creator Jamar Nicholas Inks 3 BOOK DEAL!!

According to the fine folks at Publisher's Weekly, that dude Jamar Nicholas (Detective Boogaloo, Fist Stick Knife Gun, LEON: Protector of the Playground) has landed a 3 book deal for his kid hero Leon!

Rob Liu-Trujillo Reads from his book FURQUAN'S FIRST FLAT TOP!

Children's book author, illustrator, and activist Robert Liu-Trujillo reads his book Furquan's First Flat Top

Children's Book author/illustrator Robert Trujillo talks BLACK HAIR on THE STOOP PODCAST

Name Your Price for Mike Hawthorne's anatomy lecture handouts! #BegBorrowSteal

HOLY CRAP! Deadpool artist, college anatomy professor, and GhettoManga magazine contributor Mike Hawthorne is sharing this whopping 110 page hand-drawn anatomy notebook on some name-your-price type isht!!!

a few words about pioneering cartoonist and entrepreneur Jackie Ormes, w/portrait by @RobertTRES Liu-Trujillo

Arie Monroe first introduced me to the story of Jackie Ormes, the first black female cartoonist, a few years ago. But this week,  one of my contributors shared a link to the BNP/CBLDF article on Jackie's career on the Facebook page, and then my dude TRES posted this portrait of her on his blog... so I just had to go looking for more info on Jackie, cause I'm a nerd like that...

Children's book review- AIDA by Leontyne Price, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

I bought a copy of Aida, a hardcover children's book by Leontyne Price and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, a while back at Half-Price Books as an art nerd/good dad impulse buy, but never read it.  Last night my six year old daughter fished it out of her tub o' books for some bedtime reading, and we nestled up and gave it a go.

#KickstartThis Furquan's First Flat Top by @RobertTrujillo

Our friend Robert TRES Trujillo is ready to publish his bilingual children's picture book Furquan's First Flat Top, and has just started a Kickstarter campaign to cover the expenses! Check it out!

So Dynamite Entertainment's bringing back the SHAFT novels, huh?

Darius Logan Fan art by @SamaxAmen

Darius Logan Fanart by Samax Amen

Order your copy of BLACK COMIX now and get $20 OFF the cover price!

Ring the alarm! I just got new copies of Black Comix in today, just in time for Black Friday! Buuuut I can't wait, so I'm offering $20 OFF, cause that's how I roll!

"So many artists are so emotionally attached to their product, they're trapped by the ART of it." -Marc Ecko

"VISUAL FUNK" (Jim Mahfood's 256 page hardcover artbook) hits stores. PLUS Jim's first ever one man show in Los Angeles?

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Jim Mahfood aka the mighty FOOD ONE. His career has the kind of arc to it that makes freelancers (especially cartoonists) salivate. He has cultivated a signature drawing and storytelling style that is equally at home in art galleries, advertising campaigns, corporate lifestyle re-branding efforts, comic shops,  hip hop jams and cartoon stations. His new hardcover art book Visual Funk celebrates Food’s in-progress indie rock star career, and will should impress even his critics with the variety and volume of the body of work he has generated in 16 years in the game…

DOPE Father's Day Gift- "BLACK COUNT" by Tom Reiss

My wife is very good at buying good Father's Day gifts. This Father's Day, she surprised me with a copy of Tom Reiss's NY Times Bestseller The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, which I have wanted BAD since I first heard about it on NPR last fall. 

BOOK REVIEW- "Do I Have to be a Starving Artist in the 21st Century?" by Hisani P. Dubose

I created a piece of art recently about my contempt for the veneration of poverty among artists via the so-called "starving artist" archetype. It's not like I think there is something wrong with making a sacrifice for one's art. But being a so-called "starving artist" should be like being an "intern". Being a Starving Artist is acceptable as a STAGE of a career, but not as a permanent way of life. We as artists have the power to make a living inside of us, but it is a puzzle to solve, a goal to unlock. We need to start with getting the right state of mind.  We must apply some of the creativity and hard work we usually reserve for art creation to developing our business acumen and hustle. The "starving artist" mentality complicates the process by undermining the priorities that are required to succeed, until the false virtues of poverty and failure become self-fulfilling prophecies.

Wishlisted- "The Black Panthers for Beginners" by Herb Boyd and Lance Tooks

The Black Panthers is one of the most misunderstood groups in history for a whole host of reasons. I was very pleased when that dude John Jennings shared this book Black Panthers for Beginners illustrated by our Black Comix bredren Lance Tooks (Lucifer's Garden of Verses, Narcissa).

Kindle Book Review- "BadAzz MoFo's Book of SPAGHETTI WESTERNS" by David F. Walker

My review of BadAzz MoFo's Book of SPAGHETTI WESTERNS

IN STORES NOW- "African American Classics" #begBorrowSteal

I finally added "Black Comix" added to my online store!

I was able to get a few copies of the beautiful hardcover BLACK COMIX:African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture from the publisher at a good price, so I was finally able to add it to my online store.

#KickstartTHIS- kaBOOMBOX: Volume One

Am I (f)unemployed? Yes. Family depending on me? DAMN RIGHT! but this 200-plus page artbook/ anthology kaBOOMbox is too damn hot to pass up! LET'S GO!!!

PREVIEW- The Shaolin Cowboy Adventure Magazine #1

Geoff Darrow's genre-bending action comic Shaolin Cowboy is back as a pulp magazine written by Andrew Vachss and illustrated by Darrow.