Hot Lunch Manga: A Kickstarter Comeback, Lessons Learned
British manga creators re-launch Hot Lunch, their all-ages manga Kickstarter campaign and have been featured in the BBC, Broken Frontier, Bleeding Cool. The Kickstarter will end on Friday March 29th 2019. While it’s known that many Kickstarters fail, a campaign…
Android Night: A Comic Showcasing Yaoundé’s Colourful Nightlife
Superheroes, epic adventures, fantasy are words that quickly float to mind when you think of comic books. In Africa, this is even more prevalent with a significant body of work playing around those themes. But that’s barely scratching the surface…
Peda Studios’ Under the Sun is a Spectacular Comic About Albinism in Africa
How do you navigate a world where the partial or complete absence of pigment in your skin and eyes marks you as a lucky charm or a vital ingredient in cooking up a supernatural concoction? That’s what Peda Studio’s upcoming…
African Animation Expands Globally with DISCOMICS IQEMBU
African Animation Network (AAN) & DISCOP Markets announced at a press conference at the recent DISCOP Joburg market, November 14th – 16th, the official launch of DISCOMICS IQEMBU. AAN’s core mission is to create a sustainable African animation industry and central…
UNICON Creatives Convention Kicks Off This Weekend
Nigerian comic book, animation, and video game industries on display at the inaugural UNICON Industry Summit and Creatives Convention Lagos, Nigeria – November 13th, 2018 – On Saturday, November 17th, 2018, the Collective Industry Conventions Africa (CICA), and US-based consulting…
Get Ready For UNICON: The Emergence by Creative Industry Conventions Africa (CICA)
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 with US-based consulting firm, BIAYA Consulting, to host the inaugural UNICON Convention this November…
Leti Arts Releases Afrocomix – A One Stop Shop for African Comics and Digital Art
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 disruptor,…
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