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NYCC 2018: New Star Wars Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away

October 6, 2018 by Summer Brooks Leave a Comment

Join Michael Siglain, Creative Director of Publishing at Lucasfilm, as he shares what’s new and coming soon in Star Wars books.

Featuring authors Christian Blauvelt, Jody Houser, Justina Ireland, Mur Lafferty, Amy Ratcliffe, Charles Soule, Michael Moreci Greg Pak, Robbie Thompson, and Chuck Wendig. Presented by Penguin Random House.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: scifi, Star Wars

Article: “Comics and Storytelling: A Conversation with Mat Johnson”

April 25, 2018 by Summer Brooks Leave a Comment

At LA Review of Books, Alex Dueben writes:

In some ways, Mat Johnson has two careers. On one hand, he is the acclaimed author of novels like Loving Day and Pym and a professor at the University of Houston. But he’s also a comics writer whose work for DC’s Vertigo imprint includes the Hellblazer spinoff Papa Midnite and the graphic novels Dark Rain and Right State. His most acclaimed comic, and arguably his best, is Incognegro. The graphic novel, which he made with artist Warren Pleece, tells the story of Zane Pinchback, an African-American writer in the 1920s who can pass for white and reports on lynchings in the Deep South. When it was first published in 2008, the book was written up in The New York Times and praised by Walter Mosley, Cornel West, and John Ridley.

Incognegro has recently been republished by Dark Horse in its new imprint Berger Books, edited by the legendary Vertigo editor Karen Berger, and Johnson has teamed up with Pleece to write a prequel for Berger Books called Incognegro: Renaissance. The new book draws on Johnson’s love for and knowledge of the Harlem Renaissance, and incorporates both fact and fiction in interesting ways.

Read the full interview here: Comics and Storytelling: A Conversation with Mat Johnson by Alex Dueben

Filed Under: News Tagged With: comics

Afrofuturism: Nnedi Okorafor at TEDGlobal

September 15, 2017 by Summer Brooks Leave a Comment

Science fiction author Nnedi Okorafor talks at TEDGlobal 2017 about the inspirations for her writing, and infusing afro-futurism in her fiction for kids and adults.

Nnedi Okorafor: nnedi.com
Twitter: @Nnedi

Source: TED Talks: Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa

Filed Under: News Tagged With: scifi

Allen Hughes Talks about Making “The Defiant Ones”

July 18, 2017 by Summer Brooks Leave a Comment

In this Hollywood Reporter interview, director Allen Hughes talks about his docuseries The Defiant Ones, a look back at the careers of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, their 20-plus year partnership, and how their vision and collaborations changed American music for a generation.

The conversation delves into the disparate musical backgrounds that came together, and working to make the series encompass the range of talents they’ve worked with, and honestly examining the impact on the music and the culture Iovine, Dre and the artists they’ve mentored have made, and more.

The Defiant Ones 4-part series premiered on HBO on July 9.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter: ‘The Defiant Ones’ Director Allen Hughes Talks Ambitions of HBO Series

Filed Under: News Tagged With: music

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