Education at the Schomburg: 3rd Annual Black Comic Book Festival
The Schomburg Center’s 3rd Annual Black Comic Book Festival celebrates the rich tradition of black comix in a full day event featuring panel discussions, film screenings, hands-on workshops and exhibit tables with premiere black comic artists from across the country.
The Schomburg Center’s Black Comic Book Festival is presented by the Junior Scholars Program in collaboration with Jerry Craft (Mama’s Boyz) and John Jennings (SUNY Buffalo/Black Kirby).
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The Schomburg Center’s 3rd Annual Black Comic Book Festival 2015
PROGRAM
On the Main Floor:
(Front Lobby, Langston Hughes Lobby, and Latimer/Edison Gallery)10 - 7 pm
EXHIBITOR’S TABLES
Featuring: SHAWN ALLEYNE (Aizan / Street Team / Pyroglyphics Studios) • SHAWN ATKINSON (Bombshells comics/Bombshells inc.) • ANDRE BATTS (Urban Style Comics) • KURT BOLLERS • MICHAE BRANTLEY • BROUSSARD BROS. (Battlemasterz) • BILL CAMPBELL (BattleMasterz, DW Comics, Battlemation) • NIGEL CARRINGTON (G.U.N, Ant Hill Comics, Ananci) • CHUCK COLLINS (BOUNCE!) • JERRY CRAFT (Mama's Boyz | The Offenders) • JAYLEN & AREN CRAFT (The Offenders: Saving the World While Serving Detention!) • JENNIFER CRUTE (Jennifer's Journal) • ANDRE DAVIS • RAY FELIX (Bronx Heroes Comic Con) • TIM FIELDER (Matty's Rocket) • GREGORY GARAY (Jack B) • Garrett Robert (Xmoor Studios, Galtow) • MARK HAIR • N STEVEN HARRIS (Ajala | Voltron | Watson and Holmes) • FLOYD HUGHES (Pratt Institute) • ODERA IGBOKWE • JOHN JENNINGS (Black Comix | The Hole) • MSHINDO KUUMBA (Jaycen Wise, The Horesman) • JEFFREY LEE • PAUL LOWTHER • KEITH MILLER (Tri-Boro Tales) • Jamar Nicholas (Detective Boogaloo: Hip Hop Cop) • REGINE SAWYER (The Rippers) • ALEX SIMMONS (BlackJack | Archie Comics) • JEWELS SMITH ((H)Afrocentric) • WHITNEY TAYLOR • Onli Turtel • URAEUS (Jaycen Wise) • JEROME WALFOR (Nowhere Man | Curse of the Griffin | Freeing Violet), and more.
In the Langston Hughes Auditorium:
10:15- 11:45 am
WELCOME
Festival Organizers Deirdre Hollman (Schomburg Director of Education), Jerry Craft (Mama’s Boyz), and John Jennings (SUNY Buffalo/Kid Code).
FILM SCREENING
Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century (2014, Brandon Easton) with introduction by Joe Illidge (RT 1:02 mins.)
12:00 - 1:15 pm
Panel 1:
PUBLISHER’S PANEL
Moderated by John Jennings (SUNY Buffalo/Kid Code) with Zetta Elliott (The Deep), Alex Simmons (BlackJack), and Tim Fielder (Matty’s Rocket).
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Tributes:TRIBUTE TO MORRIE TURNER & BRUMSIC BRANDON
with Tara Nakashima Donahue and Barbara Brandon
and
TRIBUTE TO MSHINDO KUUMBA
with Jerry Craft
3:15 - 4:45 pm
Panel 2:CONTROLLING OUR IMAGES
Moderated by Regine Sawyer (Lockett Down Productions) with Msindo Kuumba (Art Director/2D Lead Artist/Visual Artist), Grey Williamson (Artist/Author), Robert Garrett (Xmoor Studios), and Alithia Martinez (Artist/Author).
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Panel 3:
COMICS AND BEYOND
Moderated by Jerry Craft (Mama’s Boyz) with Aren Craft (The Offenders), Jennifer Crute (Jennifer’s Journal), Jamar Nicholas (Leon: Protector of the Playground), and Chuck Collins (Bounce).
In the American Negro Theater:
10:00- 12:15 pm
YOUTH FILM SCREENING:
Black Panther (2010, RT 132 mins, Animated feature written by Reginald Hudlin)
2 pm - 3:30 pm
YOUTH WORKSHOP:
Creating Your Own Comic Books with Alex Simmons (BlackJack)
4:00 - 6:00 pm
LIVE ACTION BLACK SUPERHERO TV SHOW SCREENING
M.A.N.T.I.S. (2009, Starring Carl Lumbly, Image Entertainment)