Electric Peoples

Afrofuturism and the Black Superheroic Electromagnetism, Queerness, Android Embodiment, and Mythological Power among Super-Beings of Color

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Film. Ytasha Womack’s Afrofuturist Sci-Fi Feature ‘Bar Star City.’

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Okay, here’s what we know about the second (third?) coming of Milestone Media:

Milestone Media’s lineup of books will be published and distributed by DC Comics and will be part of the recently reintroduced Multiverse as Earth-M. 

The books will be under direct editorial control of the Milestone partners and not DC Comics themselves, which is not unlike their previous arrangement. 

Milestone owns their properties outright.

At least two “Earth-M” hardcover graphic novels will be published annually, as well as a yet-to-be-determined number of miniseries and one shots set in the Dakotaverse. 

In addition to Reginald Hudlin and Denys Cowan, creators such as Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Bill Sienkiewicz, Christopher Priest, Ken Lashley, and many others will be a part of it. Some reports have Hudlin and Lee and Johns and Cowan on two different books and Hudlin and Lashley on one of the main titles. 

The books announced officially so far are Static Shock, Icon and Rocket, and Xombi. 

This is not a continuation of the old continuity but rather a reboot of the entire universe. A new beginning for a classic brand.

The original books will be revived in collected editions in both print and digital formats. 

DC Collectibles will be making Milestone action figures, designed by Denys Cowan.

And now we’re caught up. 

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Nobody escapes the way machines scramble identity at the push of a button, turns the soul into sound-fx with the greatest of ease. Instead of retreating from machinic mutation back into an ethics of sound, UR is mutation-positive. The sampler is a mandate to recombinate - so it’s useless lamenting appropriation. Resisting replication is like doing without oxygen. The sampler doesn’t care who you are.

Kodwo Eshun, More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction (1998)

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[theafrofuturist]

INSPIRATION

#tahir carl karmali

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The Crown of 14 Towers

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this was vry important to me

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[kyt-online]

directed the new DΔWN video with a lot of help from my dear friends - thomrugo, rakeemc, and dapose

watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT1ZtAo31J4

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im screaming!!

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From animation part (made in Japan) of Kelela “A Message” (american) music-video.

Animation Director : Fantasista Utamaro Character design : Yusuke Kozaki Animation : Tetsuya Tatamitani, Misa Koyasu, Yasumi Ogura, Rapparu, Masanobu Hiraoka, Kinari Compositing : Yuichiro Saeki

[orionmunroe]

CYBORG #1

Written by DAVID WALKER Art and cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO 1:25 Variant cover by TONY HARRIS On sale JULY 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T The machine that gives Cyborg his powers is evolving! The only problem is that machine is his body and he has no idea what’s causing these changes!

Click here to read and interview with the writer for the series.  In it David Walker talks about his personal history with Victor, his thoughts on diversity in comics, and where he wants to take Victor in this new ongoing.

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Dan Lish

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8 Afrofuturist Artists You Need To Follow Right Now

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Black Aquatic and Afrofuturism Slideshow & Playlist

Here are the slides for my presentation from the Black Aquatic and Afrofuturism panel last Thursday at the Studio Museum of Harlem:

Black Aquatic Slideshow

Spotify Playlist 

A great recap of the panel by afutureancient with links to many of the discussed works can be found here:

http://afutureancient.tumblr.com/post/76056864144/modern-griots-recap-the-black-aquatic-and

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Up next on #MeccaConWeekly we have the honor of introducing you to artist @paullewinart !! MECCACon.wordpress.com

SUUUUPER talented Brotha #Jamaica who incorporates afrikaan and #Caribbeanfolklore, #Scifi, #speculativefiction, with huge hints of #steampunk when you’re not paying attention!

Have YOU registered for #MECCAcon2015 yet?? Apply TODAY!! Women get tables and INSTILLATIONS for only $50 for the month of March!!

#blackscifi #blacksf #Comics #comiccons #blackart #blackcomics #bkackcomix #astroblackness #afrofuturism

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Janelle Monae. 

Digital Illustration: Sam Pratt

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Bodies can catch feelings as easily as catch fire: affect leaps from one body to another, evoking tenderness, inciting shame, igniting rage, exciting fear— in short, communicable affect can inflame nerves and muscles in a conflagration of every conceivable kind of passion.

Anna Gibbs, “Contagious Feelings: Pauline Hanson and the Epidemiology of Affect” (2001)

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Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works- to mire us in body hatred. Homophobia is all about defining queer bodies as wrong, perverse, immoral. Transphobia, about defining trans bodies as unnatural, monstrous, or the product of delusion. Ableism, about defining disabled bodies as broken and tragic. Class warfare, about defining the bodies of workers as expendable. Racism, about defining the bodies of people of color as primitive, exotic, or worthless. Sexism, about defining female bodies as pliable objects. These messages sink beneath our skin.

Eli Clare, “Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies” (via neuseks)

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New Video Clip, Images From “Batman: Assault On Arkham” Animated Feature http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/2014/08/new-video-clip-images-from-batman-assault-on-arkham-animated-feature/

[blackfolksmakingcomics]

Amanda Waller. The Wall. One of the most powerful people in the DC Universe. She even strikes fear in the Batman. That’s how powerful she is.

Shame the comics took away some of that power as well as her imposing figure.