http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog The Black Age Has Arrived. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:45:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I list Kirby in the titile three times here because he's listed three times in the credits. He's the writer, artist, and he's apparently his own editor.  Here's the summary:  Black Panther has somehow hooked up with a little person named Mister Little who is a collector of rare antiquities in search of King Solomon's ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2008/04/22/black-panther-1-vol-1-kirby-kirby-kirby/ The debate over spanking in Massachussettes has folks all over the country re-examining their stance on corporal punishment. African Americans have had two iconic father figures presented to us over the years via pixelated images, James Evans and Cliff Huxtable. They were two ends of the disciplinary spectrum. James Senior would ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2007/11/29/to-beat-or-not-to-beatthats-the-big-question/                                  I'm not the biggest fan of the humor of Cedric the Entertainer. His movies are buffoonish and his stand-up act is equal parts crass and sophomoric. However, he did introduce a phrase and concept in his routine from The Original Kings of Comedy that has stuck with me since ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2007/11/01/grown-ass-manhood/ Okay, I'm back and somewhat in control of my faculties. For those of you that don't know I was in a pretty serious car accident that caused my already precarious back to give out completely. So I had to have some surgery the particulars of which I wont bore you. ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2007/10/10/20/   The sign above says it all; I really don't need to say anything else. But, of course, I will. I cannot say enough about what groups like The Antidote Trust could mean for the future of Independant Comic Books. The reason I can't say enough is because, to my knowledge there are ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2007/08/13/the-image-of-an-independant-future/ Major League Sports has a new buzzword to bandy around the newspapers and four letter networks of their world ... indictment. As I sit here this morning news of indictments in three major sports leagues is fresh on my mind, two of which relate directly to the foundations of the ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2007/07/22/heroes-lost/ Okay, so this morning I woke up and turned on the TV. I was hoping to get in some Saturday morning cartoon action, but, alas,  there really was nothing credible on. So I somehow ended up on the StarzMystery channel and you would not believe what was playing...None other than, ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2007/07/14/8/ If you are reading this blog and have not yet had the opportunity to check out The Black Superhero Museum yet, I would strongly advise you to do so. Several years ago an enterprising young chap named Omar Bilal had a dream to honor the characters and creators of color from ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2007/07/12/the-place-to-go-if-youre-not-here/ Actually I never left. Up until now my blogs have had a readership of one... me. I've treated them as an online journal and some of them having been quite compelling. So, when brother Tarhaka (great name) offered me the gig of writing for Africomics I jumped at the chance. So ... http://africomics.com/comicbook_blog/2007/07/08/finally-the-deac-has-come-back-to-blogging/