African Comics
Comic artist and Squid Mag contributor Kevin Sampong recaps his experience at Pa Gya 2018, where he facilitated a workshop on comic-making for children and adults. This past weekend saw the second edition of the Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra (Pa Gya 2018) go down at the Goethe Institute from October 19 –
African comic book, game development and animation studios are invited to take part in the Johannesburg edition of the DISCOP content, adaptation right and project market slated from 14 to 16 November – and join the DISCOMICS Joburg umbrella. Taking advantage of Africa’s incredible reservoir of comic books, animation and video-gaming talents, the African Animation Network and the organizers of the DISCOP Markets have recently
Lagos, Nigeria — July 16th, 2018 — Nigeria’s largest association of comic book publishing houses and animation studios, the Creative Industry Conventions Africa (CICA), has partnered withUS-based consulting firm, BIAYA Consulting, to host the inaugural UNICON Convention this November in Lagos, Nigeria. What is UNICON: The Emergence? UNICON is an exhibition of the Nigerian creative
Leti Arts is a content and game development studio based in Accra and Nairobi. Since its establishment by co-founders Eyram Tawia (Ghana) and Wesley Kirinya (Kenya), it has focused mainly on making digital games and comics based on African history and folklore, both more popular and accessible to a worldwide audience. In pursuit of this
What do lightning and a Zimbabwean hero have in common? Themba. With all the turmoil — visible and invisible — that Zimbabwe has been going through in the last decade, the hunger for a hero to battle the darkness can be said to be natural. The need for an icon that faces what we face
British manga creators announce all ages Kickstarter campaign for new graphic novel, Hot Lunch. The exhilaration over Marvel’s Black Panther has increased demand for diverse representation in the comic book stories we read. That demand extends to creators themselves with less than a quarter of the creators in the big three comic publishers (Marvel, DC, Image)
Hero Kekere (read it here) is a fun and hilarious comic book published by the Comic Republic in Nigeria. The African comic reimagines the heroes of the Comic Republic Universe as children and follows their incredible daily exploits. In this post, Cassandra Mark shares the lessons she learned while penning the latest issue of Hero Kekere, lessons
No. Akokhan did not invent the Internet. Neither did the Ghanaian/Kenyan creator, Frank Odoi. Why thank Akokhan for the internet then? Akokhan brings back childhood nostalgia that was all but gone save for the internet that hosts a multi-verse of African comics. Thank Akokhan because, without fond memories of the comic that used to appear
Afrocomix is a comic reader by Leti Arts with the aim of spotlighting African content digitally. Imagine a world where African history, culture and folklore is told through digital comics and mobile games by Africans! Well, imagine no more, because it is a reality! Eyram Tawia and Wesley Kirinya, co-founders of Leti Arts, a true
Back in high school, my friends and I were described as cartoons. We were referred to as cartoon boys. This was no endearing term but rather, an attempt to demean us and spit on the things we loved. It was a way of saying stop being “childish” and be like the rest of us. But we didn’t
