September 2, 2021By Kadi
Entries for VX Art Tournament 2021 have opened to all African digital artists. Who holds the Golden Pen in 2021? The VX Art Tournament is back and entries for the 2021 edition are open to all digital artists. Are you an artist who loves a little competition to test your ink against other artists? Following
June 13, 2021By Squid Mag
Annecy International Animation Festival has awarded Triggerfish the Mifa Animation Industry Award. The 25 year old studio joins other acclaimed studios like Aardman for the honor. Additionally, this year’s hybrid Annecy festival features the South African studio prominently across screenings and sessions as part of the festival’s focus on African animation. As part of the
April 10, 2021By betasquidmag_pcwivg
Guest post by Sheilah Birgen, originally tweeted on April 7, 2021 and published here with permission. Minor edits made for clarity and veracity. Sheilah Birgen shares her thoughts on the state of gaming and eSports in Africa, zeroing in on its future prospects for African’s youthful population. In Africa, we’re still sleeping on gaming (both
February 3, 2021By Kadi
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
January 3, 2021By Kadi
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
December 31, 2020By betasquidmag_pcwivg
‘CHANGES’ the Dawn of a Revolution, tells the story of Ghana’s June 4th 1979 revolution and the events directly related to it. Since it is not meant to be a detailed account, it obviously does not cover every aspect of the story. It only tries to set it down for our remembrance. It reveals an
December 11, 2020By Kadi
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
November 20, 2020By betasquidmag_pcwivg
The biggest celebration of Digital Art and Innovation in Zimbabwe showcasing the best inAnimation, Comic Art, Gaming, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects, Film, and Digital Media inZimbabwe is going virtual this year. Comexposed is holding the 6th edition of its annual convention called Converge Online thisyear. Times may be uncertain, but one thing remains true, there
November 17, 2020By betasquidmag_pcwivg
African comics continue to rise in their collective success. In order to better understand them, there is a need to sort and categorize the products and our expectations going forward. Before we can answer whether or not to categorize African comics as indie, we must also fairly outline what is considered African and what is
November 1, 2020By Kadi
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