Black Geeks of DragonCon

Proving that there is diversity at DragonCon. It's also a great way for other African-Americans to prove to others that they aren’t the only ones there.

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DragonCon 2017

Showcasing some of the convention's diversity

Photos of bleeks and blerds at DragonCon.

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Homey the Clown

Homey still don’t play dat. 

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Diversity and Representation ad Dragon 2017

Here are a few of the panels dealing with diversity and inclusion.

Racial Representation in Marvel

Time: Friday 7pm Location: Comics Track (Chastain I-J – Westin)

Comics Scholars from CPAC explore issues of racial representation, the struggle for diversity, whitewashing, and blaxploitation, in comics such as Black Panter, Ghost Rider, Power-Man & Iron Fist, and Nighthawks.

Julian Chambliss (Rollins College), “A Different Nation: Black Panther and the Struggle for Diversity” Gabriel Cruz (Bowling Green State University), “From East L.A. to ABC: A Critical Analysis of Ghost Rider Reyes’ Whitewashed Latinidad” Phillip Cunningham (Quinnipiac University), “The Limits of Neo-Blaxploitation: Considering David F. Walker’s Nighthawk and Power-Man & Iron Fist“ Moderator: John Flowers (SIU Carbondale)

Sex and Gender Issues in Comics

Time: Friday at 10pm Location: Comics Track (Chastain I-J – Westin)

CPAC scholars discuss representations of sex, gender, and sexuality in several comics genres, including representations of men and women, interrogations of hegemonic masculinity and normative heterosexuality, and the diversity of powerful female characters.

Aidan Diamond (Memorial University of Newfoundland), “‘Any more of your deviant behavior’: Masculinity in Gotham City” Margaret Robbins (Mount Vernon Presbyterian School), “The Evolution of Diverse Female Superheroes and Warriors in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, and Ms. Marvel Comics” Erin Gordon, “‘I know when you girls say NO … you really mean YES’: The Normalization of Sexual Violence and Rape Culture in Superhero Comics” Special Guest: Kelly Sue DeConnick Moderator: Matthew J. Brown

Race, Gender, and Culture in Comics

Time: Sunday 8:30pm Location: Comics Track (Chastain I-J – Westin)

This panel of CPAC comics scholars investigates the relationships among sex, gender, sexuality, race, culture, and politics in comics like Black Lightning, X-Men, Power Man, Araña, Blue Beetle, and even in fanfiction.

Jillian Browning (Florida Gateway College), “Why Hair Matters: Negotiating The Politics of Black Hair in Pop Culture” Johanna Alberich (Troy University), “Justice Latinos of America: The Hispanic Influence in the Comic Book World” LindaMarie Tonn, “Slashing the Patriarchy: How Male/Male Fanfiction Might be a Feminist Response” Moderator: Daniel Amrhein

Politics, Power, and the Other in Superhero Comics

Time: Sunday 10pm Location: Comics Track (Chastain I-J – Westin)

Comics Scholars from CPAC interrogate the representations of power relationships and the political struggles of the social Other, those who are non-normative, oppressed, disabled, or unwanted, in Avengers, X-Men, Daredevil, and other superhero comics.

Tiernan Cole (Guardians of Legality), “Mutant Registration Act, Superhuman Registration Act, and Sokovia Accords: A Constitutional Anaylsis” Courtney Bliss (Bowling Green State University), “The Super Problem with the Super-Crip” Daniel Amrhein, “Punishing Powerful Women: Gender Power Politics in American Superhero Comics” Moderator: Kari Neely

Women in Science and Tech Careers Time: Friday 1 pm  Location: Hilton room 208-209

A frank conversation on the issues women face in technology and science careers and what we can all do about it.

Panelists

Elonka Dunin (Moderator)

Kim Steadman

Mel. White

Gennie Gebhart

‘Eternal Zan’ Bowden

Theda M. Daniels-Race

Women at Warp

Location Hilton Galleria 2-3 Date Saturday, Sep  2 11:30 AM

Women at Warp is a twice-monthly podcast where four women talk about Star Trek, its representations of women, contributions of women behind the scenes, & other fun Trek topics. Additional Panelists: Carol Underwood

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Our third annual photo shoot is almost here. Who’s joining us? 

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Guests of color at DragonCon

I’m putting together a list of DragonCon 2017 guests who will add a little color to the festivities*. We will be updating in the coming weeks. You can find out more about them on their official guest pages.

*This is obviously not a complete list but I wanted to showcase some of the diversity at the convention. I will add new names as I find out about them.

Kevin Alejandro

Dino Andrade

Shamier Anderson

Christopher Bivins

Lesley-Ann Brandt

Jessica Camacho (canceled)

Charles Xavier Conley

Michael Dorn 

Sanford Greene

Kishore Hari 

Deric Hughes

Georges Jeanty

Chris Judge

Echo Kellum

Christopher Larkin

Leighann Lord

Rachel Luttrell

James Mathis III

Mikal Mosley

Jai Nitz

Afua Richardson

Maisie Richardson-Sellers

Naomi Romero

Symphony Sanders

Josh Segarra

Rekha Sharma (canceled)

Dietrich O. Smith

Dexter Vines

Ming-Na Wen

Rick Worthy

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Squad goals. If doesn’t matter if you bring them with you or if you meet them at the convention, a coplay crew is a wonderful thing. 

#AssembleYourCrew

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Cosplays inspired by movies. Do you know which films these are from?

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Any Doctor Who fans out there?

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DragonCon photographers, get your becuase the Black Geeks are coming back to Atlanta.

3rd Annual Black Geeks of DragonCon Photo Shoot Sunday, September 3 2 PM - 3:30 PM Back Steps of the Hilton Atlanta Hotel 255 Courtland St NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Check out our Facebook page for more info. 

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Carrie Fisher at DragonCon 2011. Photo courtesy of The Daily Dragon.

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io9 on Twitter

“Dwayne McDuffie's widow and friends remember what made the comics and animation writer so great. https://t.co/yPeD1KcibG”

In honor of her late husband, Charlotte McDuffie has launched a crowdfunding campaign to start the Dwayne McDuffie Fund. He was one of the greats.  

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Since we’ve received so many great photos from the shoot, we want to make they are easy for everyone to find.

You can see links to all the galleries from the Black Geeks of DragonCon Photo Shoot on our Facebook page.

Photo by Dr. Law’s Photo Lab

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Sunday, September 4, 2016 at the Hilton Atlanta Hotel

First batch of photos from our 2nd annual shoot. We had bleeks and blerds from all fandoms in the same dang place at the same dang time.

Full Gallery

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IMG_8972 - Version 2 by Leigh Willis

Just some of the black geeks present at our 2nd annual shoot. We wanted to get together to show a small part of DragonCon’s diversity and we had fun doing it. Look for us again in 2017! 

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Richard Sanders (24 of 34) by Dragon Con

They were both great but Mini Misty Knight was out favorite cosplay from DragonCon.

Additional shots

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DeLa Doll on Blackface in Cosplay: "If you're afraid to address this topic... I'm really not afraid to lose you as a fan"

The cosplay community is diverse and colorful, full of people of all backgrounds, professions, and fandoms. Unfortunately, as of late, the community has been at differing opinions on how to deal wit...

“We all love saying “cosplay is for everyone,” but until we get to a point where we stop excusing shitty behaviors that make the community less welcoming, then aren’t really practicing what we preach”