Squid Cow #3 – Lake of Tears
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…
Space Squid #1: Lake of Tears, Naija Cyberpunk and Crowing Roosters
In this first episode, I introduce the podcast properly and together with my partner, Kofi Sydney Asare, we share our thoughts on Lake of Tears, an award-winning graphic novel by Kobina Ofei and Setor Fiadzigbey in typical Squid CoW fashion….
Lake of Tears Wins NOMMO Award for Best Graphic Novel
LAGOS, Nigeria (26 October 2018) – Earlier today, at the opening ceremony for the 2018 Aké Arts and Book Festival at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Ikeja, Ghanaian graphic novel Lake of Tears won the 2018 NOMMO Award for Best…
Lake of Tears: The Graphic Novel Exploring Child Trafficking On The Volta Lake
Ask me to name 5 African comics off the top of my head in a minute and I’ll name more than 10 in less that time. Ask me about Ghanaian comics however and I’ll be found wanting. Thankfully, Setor Fiadzigbey’s…
Recapping Pa Gya: A Literary Festival In Accra
Pa Gya, A literary Festival In Accra was a pleasant surprise and a much welcome opportunity for us to take our activities offline and into the real world. We joined hundreds of book lovers and literary enthusiasts at the Goethe Institut…
Ghanaian Comics at Pa Gya! A Literary Festival In Accra
2017 has been pretty amazing so far for the African geekdom, especially where comic books are concerned. From NAICCON (Kenya), Lagos Comic Con (Nigeria), Comexposed (Zimbabwe) and the just concluded NerdCon (Ghana), these events are helping geeks find new spaces…
