African Comics
This post about Egyptian Comics originally appeared on Gutternaut and has been republished here with permission from the author, Jake Palermo. Egyptian comics are gaining some form of notoriety by showing the strength of Egypt’s people. Anyone with even a passing interest in contemporary Egypt knows about the dictatorships and protests surrounding them. So artists try to raise
Growing up, African comics let alone African superhero comics were quite rare. My most vivid recollection is the late Frank Odoi’s Akhokhan appearing next to other Western-imported comic strips in the Daily Graphic newspaper. Thanks to the digital age and new media, however, no one will have to suffer a dearth of African comics as many are now free
This post on Afropolitan Comics originally appeared on Le’Afrinique. The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) is proud to partner with the Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l’Image for a virtual exhibition, Afropolitan Comics: From South Africa to the Continent, Images in Conversation. This virtual exhibition focuses on the diversity of African comics
Legend of Yasuke synopsis: A young Portuguese captain breaks all rules to obtain an ancient relic which once belonged to an African god. He meets a proud Bini soldier and their fated bonds form over a calabash of palm wine. Swords are drawn as betrayal and treachery sour their brotherhood. The road to the Legend
There’s so much happening in the African digital art space that, try as we do, we can’t capture it all. Luckily, we’re not the only ones interested in sharing stories about comics, games and animation from Africa. Below is a roundup of African animation, comics and video game stories we caught on our radar in
Ananse Comic Tales by Kiaski Donkor reimagines the story and character of Ananse, the popular trickster character. The trickster Ananse stumbles on a frightening conspiracy that threatens his very reality. Trying to profit off this secret sets off a wild and unexpected adventure which reimagines the age-old folktale character of West Africa, Ananse, in a
It’s not a seahorse, it’s not a ship, it’s a cow – a squid cow. Hold your fins, that’s just Squid Comic of the Week! This week’s comic is Misfit by Collyde Prime. Superheroes, fantasy worlds, the supernatural, super soldiers are lovely themes we love to see explored in comics. But what if we wanted
The Nommo Awards 2020 shortlist for Speculative Fiction by Africans has been released. It features comics from Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Rwanda. Last month, the African Speculative Fiction Society announced the longlist for this year’s Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans (ASFS). This covered 4 categories namely graphic novel/comics, short story, novella and
It’s not a seahorse, it’s not a ship, it’s a cow – a squid cow. Hold your fins, that’s just Squid Comic of the Week! This week’s comic is Monkey Meat Safari by Juni Ba. Why do you love comics? For us, they take us to beautiful new places we can only dream of. But
Since April and when most governments enforced mandatory lockdowns to curb the spread of Coronavirus, we’ve been busy in the inbox of our newsletter subscribers. In there, we’ve provided a ton of animation and comic resources to keep our dear readers entertained in order to help with social distancing, quarantine and to ease minds off
