Commentary
Have you ever wondered about the animation and visual effects in blockbuster movies such as Avengers: Infinity War, Planet of the Apes or Gravity? Congo-born animator Sidney Kombo once did and will soon share his journey as well as tips and advice on how to get started and more. Today the Animation Supervisor at Weta Digital, the
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
This story on Francis Brown originally appeared on Pulse Business Insider. It has been slightly modified for context and clarity. AnimaxFYB studios have teamed up to deliver the “African story” using animation. Despite the increasing appetite from curious minds for African stories, finding animated films that tell the African story in West Africa, let alone Ghana, has been
News broke a few weeks ago about Comic-Con Africa launching this year. Exciting news right? YES and a few troubling NOs! Comic-Con Africa is a 3-day event showcasing comic books and science fiction/fantasy related film, television, and similar popular arts. The exhibition will also feature a larger range of pop culture and entertainment elements across
Is Boxsa the first African comic getting a live-action movie adaptation? Possibly, and we are all the better for it! I’ve been writing about African comics for a while now and have been eagerly waiting for one of them to be adapted into a movie. The way I saw it, we would first need to jump into
Have you seen Black Panther? Yes, it’s awesome! Quarshie Adu Boahene thinks so too and here are his thoughts on the implication for African comics and animation. Comic books are a blissful escape into new worlds and fantastical, alternate realities and I am hooked; I always have been. I am very passionate about comic books
Have you watched Black Panther? It is hands down, the biggest movie release of 2018; so far! It’s drawn mostly admiration and some outrage from people who’ve seen it, those who haven’t and those who think some people are being a tad too extra; the latter is debatable. If you’ve seen it, what did you think? Totally worth
Beautiful, brilliant, fun, game-changing, provocative, unstoppable, very promising, short – words that describe the lifespan of Kayin and Abeni, an African comic that was fast becoming my absolute favourite. This is what he sent: Hello dear readers! I bring news! The bad news is: there isn’t gonna be a Kayin and Abeni issue for the foreseeable future. The
What initially started as a friendly dare quickly transformed into a morbid story of love and death. It’s the story of star-crossed lovers and the flower that sealed their fate. It’s a two-minute tragedy created by illustrator/animator Selorm Dogoe. Flower is a beautiful love story, in a morbid sort of way. It tells the story of
It’s always exciting to see African comics evolve away from the superhero genre into a more imaginative and artistically daring terrain. Comics such as Wrath House by the Kalu brothers, Kudzai Gumbo’s Paper Angels, Nkarim Chronicles, Setor Fiadzigbey’s Lake of Tears, Collyde Prime’s Misfits, Fumar Mota’s Disciples and Paul Louise-Julie’s Yohance among others capture this
