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Highlights include a Keynote presented by Justice RX’s Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin, Ph.D. and a Fireside Chat with Marvel Studios’ Victoria Alonso as Women in Animation partners with South Africa’s Triggerfish for this year’s event. Women in Animation (WIA) is pleased to announce the program for the fifth Women In Animation World Summit, in conjunction with this
Following a monumental 10-book deal with Dark Horse Comics, YouNeek Studios has secured VC investment from Impact X Capital to develop a groundbreaking animation series based on a world of superhero and fantasy stories inspired by African history and mythology. Highly regarded former senior VP of co-productions at DreamWorks, Doug Schwalbe, has joined as executive
TAG Comics, one of Nigeria’s fastest growing publishers has put out a call for writers who’d love to turn their stories into comics. TAG shared this on social media with two simple questions. If you answered yes to both, all you have to do is submit your story to stories@tagcomics.com and wait. The team will
Our friends at Kugali have reached another incredible milestone with Iwaju, an upcoming sci-fi series in partnership with Disney Animation. The series will start streaming on Disney+ in 2022. Disney describes the project as a first-of-its-kind collaboration and for good reason. Instead of a remake or working with established names in the industry, here’s Disney
Danfo, published by TAG Comics was announced as the winner of the Best Graphic Novel & Comic African Speculative Fiction Society’s Nommo Awards. This was announced in a YouTube stream as part of the Ake Literary & Arts Festival. The announcement was made by Setor Fiadzigbey, a past winner of the award (with Lake of
Death sucks. It’s inevitable and the most persistent constant in the world. But it still sucks. Even more so when it comes early and after a protracted illness. Death robbed us of Emmanuel Apraku, a fascinating Ghanaian illustrator. Better known as Ray Styles, he created beautiful and emotionally driven art that spoke on important issues.
Coronavirus or not, the show must go on, must have tugged strongly at the heart of the dEX Ghana team when they geared up for dEX Artmosphere 4.0. dEX Artmosphere is a creative meetup and design festival that happens annually in Accra. It’s a power-packed day of inspiration, learning, networking, collaboration and a lot of
Jayson Mars is a South African freelance illustrator based in Port Elizabeth drawing up some unique, and futuristic portraits of Africa. We couldn’t agree more with Tetty Betty who describes his work as undeniably cool, because that’s just what it is; undeniably cool. Describing his multiple inspirations, Jayson says he’s always been constantly inspired by raw images of
Ben Geldenhuys is an illustrator and animator from South Africa. Originally from Johannesburg, Ben now lives in Cape Town where he plies his craft. where he’s worked with Studio Muti, Sunrise Productions (studio behind Jungle Beat), Themarist Productions, Kopskop Games and Triggerfish Animation Studio among others. Check out his exciting portfolio below. Enjoy. See more
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
