Kadi
Collyde Prime, real name Adedapo Adesugba is an illustrator, character designer, graphic designer, comic book creator, graffiti enthusiast and rapper from Lagos, Nigeria. His hip-hop inclinations feature heavily in his art, which is unique, angular and in the words of Leslie Williams of Layrz (now Ovalay), “the sort of bold, all-bets-are-off illustrative designer whose input
In this episode of the podcast, Kadi introduces a new segment called The Bubble where he shares his thoughts on different things he finds interesting in the comic book, video game and animation space in Africa. On the first edition of The Bubble, he discusses different ways comic book creators in Africa make money. Time-Stamped
In this episode, Kofi and Kadi discuss Paper Angels, a comic book by Kudzai Gumbo and Rodney Ngundu from Zimbabwe. In typical Squid CoW fashion, we break down the review into things we like (likies), don’t like (urgh) and what we’re looking forward to (infinity and beyond). We also share some of the projects, news
We’ve been chasing down cool podcasts by African creatives since we started Space Squid. One of these is Fiko’s Corner by our good friend Kofi Ofosu and we’re in love. Have you ever wondered what it is like to become a good illustrator and character designer? Or perhaps, yearned to go behind the scenes with
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 Lake of Tears, LoT for short. Lake of Tears or LoT for short is a story of captivity and redemption. Set against the backdrop of Ghana’s
What happens when game developers and enthusiasts get together for a weekend to create a game? Is it possible? What can they possibly create? These and more are what the annual Global Game Jam seeks to answer. Every year towards the end of January, game developers, game studios, gaming enthusiasts, writers, programmers, designers, illustrators and
Dear African geeks, here’s a calendar literally called African Geek Calendar of events happening across the continent in 2020. 2020 is in full swing and so are the organizers of various geek events across the continent. Some organizers, such as ReedPop, AAFFia and Animation South Africa already announced dates and venues for their annual events
We’re inspired by Julia Shika Odamtten and her 2019 Inktober posts. We hope you are too to get your creating game face on all through 2020 and beyond. We’re 20 days into the new year and chances are, you’ve already started reneging on your New Year’s resolutions and promises. Life is happening too fast around
Bertil Toby Svanekiaer is an animator and 3D generalist from Ghana. Bertil is arguably Ghana’s foremost 3D animator. He is the founder of OOTO (Out of the Ordinary) Studios and co-founder of Indigene B.R.O.S., the studio behind Azumah: A Ghanaian Hero. At Indigene B.R.O.S., Bertil serves as creative director on the company’s projects. Bertil turned
We recently started a podcast called Space Squid where we cover all things comic books, video games, animation and digital art from Africa. Our podcast complements what we already do on the site. Thinking about ways to grow the podcast had us wondering if there were any other podcasts, audio and video, from Africa that
