check out and purchase any
Onliwear Art Star denim limited edition
one of a kind jackets
at
the Elephant Room gallery/store
704 South Wabash
in the Chicago South Loop area
Saturday, Feb. 26th, 2011
11am to 5pm.
708-369-4742.
next door to the Legends Blues club.
See the blogs listed below to get info about the featured
ONLI STUDIOS product line and the Elephant Room Gallery.
A great one has passed our way
Dwayne McDuffie, 1962-2011
"Co-Founder of Milestone Media, former Marvel editor, Black Age great and writer Dwayne McDuffie passed away February 21, 2011.
Dwayne McDuffie, who earned a BA degree in English and a MS in Physics was a gifted Marvel editor and writer of such books as DAMAGE CONTROL, FANTASTIC FOUR, DEATHLOK, BEYOND!
He had an immense impact on the industry." - Onli
For more link to: http://www.blackageofcomics.com/
NOG-Nubian Of Greatness...
NOG NU, a full color cosmic comic book by ONLI
Coloring by Ashley Woods - Onli- Woods -St Pierre
Celebrate Black Comic Book Day at the Du Sable Museum on February 12, 2011!
Rhythmistic Artist, Turtel Onli
Artist-Educator and Father of the Black Age of Comics
57th and Cottage Grove Ave
2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Onli will be signing NOG NU, a full color cosmic comic book and Team BLANGA graphic novel/tradebook, presenting the Black Age of Comics’ Rack for collectors and educators, and discussing collecting Black Age Comic Books and Graphic Novels.
The Black Age Rack includes the works of many gifted artists, writers, independent publishers...and emerging "Masters of the Black Age Universe".
Join us in this unique experience to buy books in celebration of Black Comic Book Day!
Free Admission.
"The immense popularity of comics and graphic novels cannot be ignored. But in light of the comics boom that has taken place over the past 10 years, the artists,writers and publishers that make up the vibrant African American independent comics community have remained relatively unknown until now. Black comix brings together an unprecedented collection of largely unheard of and undeniably masterful, comics art while framing the work of these men and women in a broader historical context."
BLACK COMIX AUTHORS Damien Duffy and John Jennings
will be at Afriware Books to sign books, talk comics and celebrate Black Comic Book Day!
Saturday February 12, 2011
6-8pm
Afriware Books
266 W. Lake St.
Oak Park, IL 60302
708-524-8389
Afri-Ware will also have a selection of BLACK AGE comics to choose from!
Make some new Black History! Come out, celebrate and buy some books!
Afri-ware Books -
"A beacon for our cultural literacy."
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AA2/10/2011
BLACK COMIC BOOK DAY in NYC
is February 19, 2011
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 2011 – Saturday, February 12, bookstores in Chicago, Oak Park, Atlanta, Detroit and Philadelphia will host Black Comic Book Day to celebrate and make more widely available the work of African-American comic book writers and artists. In Chicago, four racks permanently dedicated to African-American comics have been placed at venues around the city, including one in the DuSable Museum.
New York holds its Black Comic Book Day on February 19, at the Hue-Man Bookstore and Café in Harlem.
While these inaugural events are being held during Black History month, the display racks are permanent, dedicated additions to the stock offered by the hosting bookstores.
Black Comic Book Day is the brainchild of artists/writers Turtel Onli, father of “The Black Age” comic art movement and Jerry Craft, creator of the award-winning Mama’s Boyz comic strip, distributed by King Features Syndicate since 1995. The idea developed as the duo brainstormed ideas to promote their work along with that of the many other talented artists and writers in the African-American community.
Onli and Craft believe that these events will have many benefits, such as encouraging reading and providing heroes for young readers to emulate from the African-American community.
“The only reason I, and most of my friends, read regularly was because of comic books,” Craft said.
"We’re creating the opportunity for our kids to get into comics despite advancements in games and movies,” said Onli. “We’re giving them annual conventions such as Philadelphia’s East Coast Black Age of Comic Convention (ECBACC), New York’s Kids Comic Con, OnyxCon (Atlanta), and my Black Age Comic Convention in Chicago. I wish they would demand more. Readers should go into their local stores and say, ‘I want a different product!’ The more books we can sell, the more people we can hire to produce our products. It’s as much about economics as it is about morality and literacy as it is about being artistic. It’s all connected!”
“One of the other critical goals of these events,” said Craft “is to get us, as artists, to realize that we are not competitors, we’re in this together. The bigger we make our audience, the more we let the world know that we’re here, the better we all do! Our goal is to restock these racks every month so we always offer something new.”
Black Comic Book Day will be celebrated at the following locations:
February 19th (NYC) Join syndicated cartoonists Jerry Craft (Mama’s Boyz), Ray Billingsley (Curtis) and comic book writers and artists N Steven Harris (The Fringe and Ajala: A Series of Adventures), Alex Simmons (The Cartoon Life of Chuck Clayton), comic historian Professor Bill Foster and more as they unveil their rack at the
Hue-Man Bookstore and Café in Harlem, 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd, between 124th and 125th Streets. The rack will also feature work by Andre Batts, David Walker, Keith Miller; Ray Billingsley, Omar Bilal, Joe Robinson Currie and Glen Brewer.
For more info on the NYC event, email : jerrycraft@aol.com
February 12th (Oak Park) Damian Duffy and John Jennings, authors of the art book Black Comix: African American Independent Comics Art & Culture, will be signing and speaking at Afri-Ware Books, 266 W. Lake St., Oak Park, IL , from 6-8pm. For more information on this event, go to http://blackcomixbook.com and http://afriware.net
February 12th (Chicago) Join Turtel Onli at the DuSable Museum Gift Shop at 57th and Cottage Grove Ave, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Signing, "NOG NU" full color cosmic comic book, "Team BLANGA" graphic novel/tradebook, presenting the Black Age of Comics' Rack for collectors and educators, and discussing collecting Black Age Comic Books and Graphic Novels. Free Admission. Info: 773-726-1610 For more info check out: www.blackageofcomics.com
