Episode 75
Our favorite comics by Black creators and a look at how the industry is standing against racism
Guest co-host Nick Nafpliotis joins David Brooke to discuss the biggest news of the week, and we devote our main segment to our favorite comics from Black creators.
June 7, 20201h 9mExplicit
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Show Notes
NEWS
- Comic book artists support Black Lives Matter with commissions
- Gail Simone launches #ComicWritersChallenge to help raise funds for Black Lives Matters
- Marvel and DC/Warner Bros. express support for black community, is it enough?
- Marvel donates 5 million
- Marvel comments on use of Punisher logo
- #BlackOutTuesday - The Comics Beat reposted content that spotlights black voices and issues
- Man-Bat is the latest DC title to fall to COVID-19
- Eisner Awards 2020 nominations are in
- DC cuts ties with Diamond - Going with Lunar Distribution and UCS Comics Distributors
- Comic shop owners react
Our Favorite BOOKS by Black Creators
- Dave: The Wrong Earth by Jamal Igle and Tom Peyer, Naomi by Jamal Campbell and Brian Michael Bendis - Far Sector Jamal Campbell & N.K. Jemisin - ‘Black Panther & the Crew: We Are the Streets Ta-Nehisi Coates and Butch Guice
- Nick: Postal (and Postal Deliverance) by Bryan Edward Hill (writer) - Farmhand is written and drawn by Rob Guillory
TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK
- Dave: Decorum #2 (W: Jonathan Hickman, A: Mike Huddleston)
- Nick: Daredevil #20 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Marco Checchetto)
JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
- Dave: Bitter Root #8 (Chris Visions)
- Nick: Pandemica Vol. 1 (Esteban Salinas)
OFF TOPIC TOP SHELF: Nick - NOS4A2 season 2
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