RIP Dwayne McDuffie

Photo by CoolB047I’ve been reading comic books since 1976. The worlds of DC and Marvel are as essential to my life as basketball, house music, and politics. About twenty years ago, around the time I entered grad school, there was a comic-book revolution of...

Black Visual Politics–First Lecture

When we talk about black representation to a certain extent we’re talking about the people in this picture, Michael Nutter (Mayor of Philadelphia), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Lewis (D-Ga), and Artur Davis (member of congress–D-AL–when this picture...

50 Cent Buys In

Photo by David MarklandAbout a month or so ago 50 Cent sent out a few tweets about a penny stock he owned shares of (30 million). After his tweets, its value rose 390% netting him a cool $8.7 million. Though the Huffington Post notes he may be in some legal trouble as...

Stare in the Darkness now at Amazon

This week I received the University of Minnesota Spring Catalog and saw my book featured within. So on a lark, yesterday I went to Amazon.com. And it’s there for pre-order. I’ve been copy-editing since Monday and am due to turn the final copy in Tuesday. I...