Tag: ariell r. johnson
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/10/18: Star Wars star embraces boys love subtext of his character
§ Nice art: not much comics linkage today so this drawing of Moebius's Arzach in the style of Krazy Kat by Jason will have to do.
§ Paste listed The 40 Most Anticipated Comics of 2018 -...
Philadelphia’s Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse gets a $50,000 grant for educational space
From the start, Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia has been a feel good story. As the first East Coast comics shop to be owned by an African-American woman, it's also become a neighborhood...
Ariell R. Johnson: “Sometimes we want to be the hero, too.”
Based on the astounding social media attention to my last post about Ariell R. Johnson and her Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia, it seems you want more Ariell. So I am very happy to oblige with the above video of Johnson talking at the Ignite Philly event last fall. Johnson talks about her own life as a nerd, who was the black Thundercat and her discovery of Storm, the first black superheroine she encountered: "When I found out about Storm I gripped on tight to her and never let her go."
