That Moment

My talk with John Ira Jennings was enlightening in a way that I've rarely experienced. His artistic brilliance, his deep scholarship, and his absolute love for the comic/sequential art form is apparent in his work and in the way he speaks about his work. He knows what he's talking about and he knows how to convey some heady information in a way that makes you feel that much smarter. You can cop the collected "Blue Hand Mojo" here. You can get "Black Comix Returns here. Yours truly has an essay in this. Cop "The Blacker the Ink" here. If you want to take a deep dive into John's work, peep is Instagram.

Had a wonderful conversation with New York Times bestselling author, Daniel José Older. We spoke about sword canes, his Bone Street Rumba Series, his Star Wars Book, the Shadow Cypher series, writing in the time of Trump, and his new series Dactyl Hill Squad, among other topics.    We had a little tech difficulties (which seem to happen every time we speak over the phone or computer) which I tried to clean up. It is a little choppy in places, but he drops so many jewels that this conversation is well worth the listen.   This is the book of essays Daniel was raving about. I read. All the hype is founded. Best pop culture essay collection in years. Cop it here. #1InchWide5MilesDeep

On this episode I get to speak with comic book writer, filmmaker, film historian, and all around pop culture database, David F. Walker. This conversation went in a different direction than intended, but the conversation needed to be had. We talk about mental health, the struggle of being a man abused by a woman, and all of the thorny politics around publicly addressing this, and all things self-care. Here is David's website: www.davidfwalker.comHere is the Webtoons link to "Discombobulated."Here is the classic, "Blackstar Warrior" that David wrote and produced:

Here is a link to the "Love Jones" article I mentioned.Here is a link to one of Angelica Jade Bastién's "Luke Cage" season one episode recaps. Correction: The Rebecca Walker book I referenced isn't titled "A Hundred Shades of Blackness." The actual title is: "Black Cool - One Thousand Streams of Blackness." Cop it here. Paul Gilroy's "The Black Atlantic - Modernity and Double Consciousness" is an indispensable book. Cop it here.Here is the trailer for Besouro:

That Moment is a podcast dedicated to discussing particular moments in an artist’s work. A panel in a comic book, a decision to create a piece of work, an actor’s look or the angle of the camera in a film, a joke in an overall set, or a vocal inflection during a speech are all fair game for exploration. #1InchWide5MilesDeep