2015 Panel
This year’s panel consists of Ne-Yo (Ghost: The God Killer, Non-Fiction), Joe Illidge(writer, columnist, The Ren), Karen Hunter (The Karen Hunter Show, Karen Hunter Publishing, Pulitzer Prize winner), Eric Dean Seaton (Disney Channel director, creator, Legend of the Mantamaji) and last but not least, Don McGregor (2015 Bill Finger Award recipient for Excellence in Comic Book Writing). The focus of the panel is the lack...
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About
:: What The Black Panel Is :: The Black Panel is a mix of Black and often non-Black entertainment industry movers, shakers and new comers. Comics are an important part but far from being the only component of the panel. Black content from all areas of the entertainment arena are fair game in the dialogue. Black culture is youth culture in America and The Black Panel attempts to bring insight, information and access to its...
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History
For twenty or so years there have been ‘Blacks In Comics’ panels at various comic book conventions. These panels featured mostly black artists and writers who had broken into either DC and or Marvel comics. This status quo was shattered when the success of Milestone Media propelled Denys Cowan, Dwayne McDuffie and Michael Davis to a level of prominence within the comic book creative community. Cowan, McDuffie, Davis and a...
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