Graphic novels: publishing, black history and movies
1960s comics are now being used to create 21st century, billion dollar movies like X-Men, Captain America and Superman.
This special presentation will look at how African/Caribbean-centred graphic novels and modern technology are re-telling amazing true stories and setting up their own Black-centred universes to be transposed into exciting visual media.
We will cover :
- Six graphic novels that cover real Black history
- Two historical/fantasy books en-route to the Hollywood treatment
- Black British comic book legends
- Caribbean designed spacecraft
- Ancient African civilisations
- Black publishers and their fight for equality: Twenty in 2020
- How to suppress Black films, the African Odysseys story
Plus a Q&A
- This event is part of the Black History 365 programme.
- This event is in collaboration with Way Wive Wordz and Black History Walks.
