The Political is Personal
Since Donald Trump’s presidential election victory last week, there’s been much discussion and preparation in regards to the fates of
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Art
CTRL+ALT: A Culture Lab on Imagined Futures, This Weekend in New York City
Like the rest of the nation, I woke up this morning to an unfathomable reality. Despite our best efforts, the
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Artist Talk: Shawn Taylor in Conversation with Ajuan Mance
If you’re in the Bay Area this week, you should attend this conversation. It is one of our events leading
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Creator Profile: The Ghetto Geppetto
There isn’t a week that goes by that I’m not asked some version of the following questions: “How do you
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My Family Loves Goldie Vance, Yours Should Too
For parents who know a little about me but don’t really know who I am, the conversation starts something like
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#CrossLines Takes Over the Smithsonian This Memorial Day Weekend
This weekend, the historic Arts & Industries Building at the Smithsonian will be the place to be when over 40
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Bernard Chang Wants to Give You Original King Art
King, the dystopian sci-fi adventure from Joshua Hale Fialkov, Bernard Chang, and Marcelo Maiolo, is now available in graphic novel
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Night of the Waking Astronomer
Being stuck in Nashville — proud home of country music, the Confederacy, and the Klan — I don’t go out
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Sarah Kuhn’s Heroine Complex Revealed
Over at io9.com today, Charlie Jane Anders has the scoop on the latest novel from author Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex.
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#AAIronFist Fan Art by Alison Roberts
We all know Marvel and Netflix passed on the opportunity to cast an Asian American actor in the role of
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Why Comix? Drawing the World You Want to See
If you’re in the Boston area on Thursday, January 14, then I hope you have a chance to stop by
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APAture2015: Interview with Jason Bayani
We continue our spotlight on Kearny Street Workshop and its APAture2015: Future Tense, a series of showcases featuring emerging artists
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APAture2015: Interview with Artist Thi Bui
Kearny Street Workshop, one of the oldest and well-known arts organization in the Asian Pacific American community, proudly presents APAture2015:
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How to Be Black in Comics
by Darryl Ayo [Ed. Note: This essay originally appeared as a series of tweets on Darryl’s Twitter timeline.] I’ve tried
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Coming Soon: MaeJay and the Mech
Close to a decade ago, I met a Blaxican artist at Dr. Comics and Mr. Games in Oakland, CA. We
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On Body Image, Diversity, and Comics’ Outdated Standard of Beauty
Originally posted on Black Nerd Problems ESPN made a “Body Issue” based on Marvel superheroes, and it’s glorious. But before
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R.I.P. Francis Tsai
Last night, the SIUniverse family was rocked when we learned we had lost one of our own. Francis Tsai, who
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Bernard Chang is Giving Away Original Green Lantern Corps Art
We are a couple months out from DC Comics’ soft reboot of their entire line up. One of the changes
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Fresh Off the Boat by Artist Krishna Sadasivam
If you were one of the 14 million people that caught either of Wednesday night’s Fresh Off the Boat debut
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Fresh Off the Boat by Point and Question
Our second Fresh Off the Boat-inspired illustration today comes from the collective known as Point and Question, a.k.a. Jef Castro
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Fresh Off the Boat by Artist Quan
Tonight’s the night! The first two episodes of Fresh Off the Boat — the sitcom loosely based on the Eddie
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Fresh Off the Boat by Artist Earl Yi
As we continue the countdown to the premiere of Fresh Off the Boat — which chronicles the early life of
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Kickstart This: Jamie Noguchi’s Kitsune Hoodie
The Kitsune Hoodie is a zip-up hoodie featuring an all-over printed fox spirit design. Like many web cartoonists, I occasionally
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