CTRL+ALT: A Culture Lab on Imagined Futures, This Weekend in New York City

November 9, 2016November 9, 2016 Keith Chow

Like the rest of the nation, I woke up this morning to an unfathomable reality. Despite our best efforts, the country has chosen hate and division. Those dystopian science-fiction novels don’t feel so far off anymore. Still, we at The Nerds of Color must soldier on. I’m doing that by participating in CTRL+ALT, the Smithsonian’s pop-up Culture Lab on imagined futures this weekend in New York City. Though, to be honest, I’m having a difficult time imagining the present, much the less the future.

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MariNaomi Joins the Latest Hard N.O.C. Life

September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 The Nerds of Color

In a special one-on-one conversation, Keith talks to award-winning cartoonist MariNaomi about her recently launched Cartoonists of Color database and forthcoming graphic memoir Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories from 2D Cloud and Uncivilized Books.

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The Cartoonists of Color Database is Now Live

September 2, 2014October 26, 2015 Keith Chow

A few weeks back, we mentioned that cartoonist MariNaomi was in the midst of creating a database of cartoonists of color. As of today, that database has not only been created, but it’s now live and available here!

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Submit Your Info to the Cartoonists of Color Database

August 18, 2014August 22, 2014 The Nerds of Color

For the last several days, the award-winning cartoonist and graphic novelist MariNaomi has taken to social media to solicit names for a database of cartoonists of color she is currently assembling. And now you can help by adding your name to the list!

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