All posts tagged in Nigeria
This post originally appeared as Africa Gets Animated on DStv’s website and highlights three African animated shorts that will show on Cartoon Network in 2020. It has been slightly modified with visual cues. One of DStv’s School of Laughter channel partners, Cartoon Network, has answered the need for animated stories that African viewers can really
Freak the Fxxk Out (FTFO) contains graphic scenes and is intended for mature audiences. Please proceed accordingly. Do horror, gore and the insanely disturbing immediately come to mind when you think of animation? Probably not. And yet, the work of Freak the Fxxk Out will delightfully, well, freak you the fxxk out! Through gorgeous animation
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 Danfo. Kicking off our Squid Cow Digest of African comics is Danfo from explosive publishing newcomer, TAG Comics. Danfo is the story of Emeka, a naive and kindhearted
Ifesinachi Orjiekwe is a storyboard artist, comic book illustrator and character designer from Nigeria. He’s a beast with line art and often collaborates with Mohammed Agbadi and Yinfaowei Harrison to make art. In 2018, Ifesinachi Adrian Orjiekwe and longtime collaborator, Yinfaowei Harrison Tombra’s work was chosen as the official Google Doodle for the Super Eagles,
Animation in Nigeria is no longer a mirage or a dream. Nigerian animation is a reality. A reality that has spurred the advancement of storytelling and it has proven to be one of the best and creative forms of imparting knowledge and ideas to its audiences. Why? Because with animation, virtually anything is possible. Though
New Men #1, Leap of Faith by Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande takes a gamble in how supers are created. Warning: Major spoilers ahead. New Men is the latest comic release from Nigerian publisher, Collectible Comics. New Men Story in a Nutshell (Spoiler) New Men begins with the story of a teenage girl, the lover
A Nigerian startup is using the animation medium as a tool to preserve the country’s dying languages. This story originally appeared on Konbini Nigeria. Early last year, UNESCO reported that over 300 African languages are endangered and more than 52 have gone into extinction — 27 from Nigeria. The report also states that, if young people from that
Comic Conventions the world over are a ritual in praise and worship of all things art, geek and pop culture. Nigeria’s very own Lagos Comic Con was no different. The ever gorgeous Cassandra Mark – a Squid Mag contributor and Comic Republic comic creator and artist (Tatashe, Hero Kekere) – shares her experience and thoughts
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 withUS-based consulting firm, BIAYA Consulting, to host the inaugural UNICON Convention this November in Lagos, Nigeria. What is UNICON: The Emergence? UNICON is an exhibition of the Nigerian creative
France’s Lagardere Studios, Senegal’s Keewu Productions and Nigeria’s Spoof Media are producing Area Daddy, a new animated series based on Ayodele Elegba’s winner of the first edition of Digital Lab Africa’s (DLA) transmedia category in 2016. Mentored by Alexandre Rideau, director of Keewu Productions, Elegba produced a pilot episode which was screened at Annecy in 2017. Area Daddy offers
