Dawud Anyabwile
http://www.artbydawud.com/Dawud Anyabwile has been illustrating professionally for over 15 years. Best known for his role as the creator and illustrator of one of the first black independent comic books, Brotherman: Dictator Of Discipline, Anyabwile is also credited with conceptualizing storyboards for film and video projects, designing and animating cartoon characters, and working on major productions for networks like MTV, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network.
Kyle Baker
http://kylebaker.com/Eisner and Harvey Award winner Kyle Baker is a cartoonist, illustrator, and animator who has worked at Disney, Warner Brothers Feature Animation, HBO, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Saatchi and Saatchi, Watson-Guptil, RCA/BMG, Random House, Nickelodeon Magazine, Rugrats, Scholastic Goosebumps and others. He has authored 13 graphic novels including the critically acclaimed Why I Hate Saturn and Nat Turner.
Eric Battle
http://www.ericbattle.com/Philadelphia native Eric Battle is a highly sought after artist with an extensive portfolio of illustration work, from children's books to horror novels. Most notably, the artist has worked with both DC and Marvel Comics, creating pencils for Spiderman, Batman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Green Lantern, among others. He is currently working on a soon to be announced project with DC Comics.
Eric Benson
http://www.re-nourish.com/Eric Benson received his BFA in graphic/industrial design from the Univ. of Michigan in 1998 and his MFA from the University of Texas at Austin with a concentration in design and social responsibility. His graduate research is available at www.re-nourish.com, which provides a depository for practical information about sustainable materials and design theory. He is currently an Assist. Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
Omar Bilal
http://www.blacksuperhero.com/Inspired by the wave of African American superheroes created in the early 90's, graphic artist and curator Omar Bilal founded the online Museum of Black Superheroes in 1997. Since then Blacksuperhero.com has undergone several revisions and a forum called "Herotalk" has been added which currently has 562 registered members. The Museum’s motto is "Change the image, Change the Mind!"
LaTreice V. Branson
http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/16497.html/Originally based in Philadelphia, now out of Columbus, OH, LaTreice V. Branson is a photographer, artist, and musician.
Luis Carderas
Man of mystery.Leonel Castellani
http://leonelcastellani.blogspot.com/Leonel Castellani is a comics artist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a member of KaBoom Estudios and has illustrated David and Goliath for Crimson Frost Productions and Valkyries, Guardian Heroes, and Vindicators for Kevin Grevioux’s Astounding Studios ( HYPERLINK "http://www.astoundingstudios.com/" http://www.astoundingstudios.com/).
Denys Cowan
http://www.bet.com/Senior Vice-President of Animation for Black Entertainment Television, Denys Cowan is a veteran comics illustrator and animator. Cowan has been a co-founder of Milestone Media, where he helped create such characters as Static, Icon, and Hardware, a producer on the Static Shock and The Boondocks animated series, and an artist on a myriad of high profile comics (The Question, Batman, Spider-Man).
Jerry Craft
http://www.mamasboyz.com/Jerry Craft is the creator of Mama’s Boyz-- a comic strip that has been syndicated weekly by King Features since 1995, the first collection of which is Mama’s Boyz: As American As Sweet Potato Pie! He has had cartoons featured in Chicken Soup for the African American Soul the newly released Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul. He has done illustrations for greeting cards, board games, coloring books, posters, t-shirts and Esquire Magazine. Just ended an 8-year gig as Editorial Director of the Sports Illustrated For Kids website.
Phonzie Davis
http://myspace.com/phreakhop/Phonzie Davis is an all-American funnybook maker, straight outta Columbus Ohio. He's the CEO of the Phreak-Hop Cartoon Factory, which specializes in comics and "anti-comiks". He's also an active member of the mighty "33% Columbus Comic" collective. His first nationally published work: "Cowboy Plus and The Christ the King Puppet Team", is featured in Meathaus 8: Headgames.
Damian Duffy
http://www.eyetrauma.net/Damian Duffy is editor-in-chief of the Eye Trauma Comix online anthology. He is the writer and letterer of several graphic novels, including Whisp and the forthcoming The Hole: Consumer Culture from Front Forty Press. In addition, he is an active film, music, and television critic. He has presented on comics at such conferences as the International Comic Arts Festival at the Library of Congress and the Symposium on African American Culture and Philosophy at Purdue University.
Patina Edochie
http://soulestialstudio.com/Based in Atlanta, GA, Patina Edochie specializes in designing layouts, painting portraitures with oil paint, black and white photography, body painting for special events, and makeup application for models and various other special events. She can be reached for bookings at 1-800-962-SOUL or HYPERLINK "mailto:soulestialstudio@yahoo.com" soulestialstudio@yahoo.com.
William H. Foster III
http://www.finallyinfullcolor.com/Professor William H. Foster III is a poet, essayist, playwright, and editorialist who has written 11 books and 9 plays. He is presently a Professor of English and Communication at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, Connecticut. A long-time comic book collector and researcher, Professor Foster has been an expert commentator for both CNN News and National Public Radio. His exhibit on the “Changing Image of Blacks in Comics” has been displayed at a number of venues across the country, including Temple University’s Paley Library, The 1998 Comic-Con International/Comic Arts Conference, and the 2000 Festival of Arts and Ideas. He is the author of Looking for a Face like Mine published in 2005 by Fine Tooth Press.
Charles “Fab” Goubile
http://fabutainment.com/Coming out of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Charles “Fab” Goubile is the owner of independent comics publisher Fabutainment and the creator of the forthcoming comic Black Bird. Goubile is a member of a member of Trimekka Studios and can be found on myspace at myspace.com/charlieabgoubile.
Grey
http://www.greypublishing.com/Sequential and web art innovator Grey has illustrated such independent comic books as Blackjack and his self-published Carbon. In conjunction with Viyric Media he has produced the e-pic, a unique storytelling device designed primarily for specific web use which combines elements of comics and animation without being either.
Nancy J. Goldstein
Writer and independent scholar Nancy Goldstein is an expert on Jackie Ormes and will be publishing a biography of the artist, entitled Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist. The book is scheduled to be released by University of Michigan Press In January 2008.Charles Hannon
Man of mystery.N. Steven Harris
http://nstevenworks.com/In addition to his work in illustration and storyboarding, N. Steven Harris has drawn such comics as “X” for Darkhorse Comics, Action Files for MC Comics, X-Force and Deadpool for Marvel Comics, Aztek: The Ultimate Man, Robin, Batman, New Gods, Black Lightening and JSA Secret Files for DC Comics. He is the creator of Crimson Rose and The Fringe.
R.C. Harvey
http://www.rcharvey.com/For well over a quarter of a century, R. C. Harvey has published scholarly work on comic strips, editorial cartoons, comic books, magazine cartoons, and graphic novels. He is a member of the National Cartoonist Society, an associate member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, and a member of the Comic Art Professionals Society. He has authored several books about cartooning, including the aesthetic histories The Art of the Funnies (1994) and The Art of the Comic Book (1996).
Shepherd Hendrix
http://www.shepko.com/I started out in 1991 as a professional comic book artist. Over the years, I've branched out into other creatively oriented roles such as storyboard artist, background designer, and concept artist-- skillful with traditional media as with digital and often preferring to use a combination of both in my work. I'm readily capable of working fast and loose or getting into intricate detail... realistic or cartoony. I work at home as well as on location. I'm even set up for online video-conferencing.
Jamal Igle
Starting at the tender age of 17, Jamal Yaseem Igle has worked his way up the ranks from Intern at D.C. Comics to a successful penciling career. Over the years Jamal has been editor, art director and animation storyboard artist for companies such as Sony Animation and Scholastic, Inc. Jamal is the co-creator of the comic book series VENTURE, along with writer Jay Faerber, published by Image Comics. In addition Jamal is an active volunteer with the Museum of Comic and Cartoon art, as well as a guest lecturer on the subject of comics and animation. He teaches a class in Comics and Sequential art at the Art Students league of New York and is currently the artist of the D.C. Comics series, NIGHTWING.John Jennings
http://www.eyetrauma.net/John Jennings is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jennings frequently lectures on visual literacy, popular culture, and the visual communication found in Hip Hop culture. Jennings is also the co-author of the graphic novel The Hole: Consumer Culture and a co-founder of Eye Trauma, a web based collective of sequential artists, activists, and curators who seek to expand the public's perception of the comics medium. He and Damian Duffy are co-curating another comics art show, Out of Sequence, at UIUC in October, 2008.
Keith Knight
http://www.kchronicles.com/Keith Knight is the cartoonist behind The K Chronicles and (Th)ink. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including Salon.com, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, the Funny Times and World War 3 Illustrated. Three of his comix were the basis of an award-winning live-action short film, Jetzt Kommt Ein Karton, in Germany. And his original comic strip art has appeared in museums and galleries from San Francisco (CA) to Angoulême (France).
Mshindo I. Kuumba
http://www.mshindoiart.com/Comics creator, cover artist and mentor Mshindo Kuumba has lent his superb drawing and painting skills to such comics as Jaycen Wise, The Horseman, Ebony Warrior, The Fringe, Stormbringers Universe, Batman Chronicles, and Heru Ptah’s A Hip Hop Story. He is also a working professional commercial illustrator.
Frances Liddell
http://www.grey-gn.com/I was born on December 28, 1978 in Jackson, Mississippi. I am the fourth child and first daughter in six children. Some of my strongest influences come from growing up in small cities and towns in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Mississippi. I have studied print and web design, typography and illustration and worked professionally in design. Currently, I live in San Francisco while attending the Academy of Art University where I am working toward a Masters of Fine Art degree in Graphic Design. The graphic novel Grey is my final thesis project.
Robert Love
http://www.gettosake.com/Robert, along with his brothers Jeremy and Maurice, owns and operates Gettosake Entertainment. In less than five years, Gettosake has grown into a full fledged illustration and animation studio with a wide array of projects in development. All self taught artists and animators, the Love Brothers are living their dream, creating works of visual art featuring diverse characters of all races.
Rob Mach
Man of mystery.Mase
http://www.urbanshogun.com/James Mason is the creator of the martial arts webcomic Urban Shogun. His work as an Interface Designer has been displayed in the 'Designs For Life' exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, a special exhibit that featured the works of African-American Industrial and Interface Designers.
Dwayne McDuffie
http://www.dwaynemcduffie.com/Dwayne McDuffie is co-creator of the Emmy Award and Humanitas Prize winning cartoon, Static Shock and co-owner of Milestone Media, Inc., the most successful black-owned comic book company in history. In addition to talking about myself in the third person, I'm currently a Writer/Producer for the Cartoon Network series Justice League Unlimited. I’ve also been a writer and/or editor for Marvel Comics, Milestone Media, DC Comics, Harvey Comics, Archie Comics, Valiant/Acclaim Comics and several other companies I've either forgotten about, or am ashamed to admit to.
Anthony Mitchell II
Man of mysteryTurtel Onli
http://webinstituteforteachers.org/Teacher, artist, coach, and co-creator of the Black Age of Comics, Turtel Onli teaches Art and Graphic Design at the Kenwood Academy High School and a is member of the Educational Advisory Board of the Marwen Foundation.He received a Lifetime Achievement / Pioneer's Award at Temple University's ECBACC 2006 awards program. Currently Onli is producing a graphic novel that will feature reprints of his landmark titles NOG the Protector of the Pyramides, Malcolm-10, Sustah-Girl, Queen of the Black Age, and NOG IS BACK!!!. His blog is at HYPERLINK "http://www.dablackage.blogspot.com" www.dablackage.blogspot.com.
Jackie Ormes
How could you have missed Page _____?!Ken Patterson
http://steam.gutterspaced.com/Man of mystery
M. Rasheed
http://www.mrasheed.com/Founder of Second Sight Graphix®, M. Rasheed is a cartoon illustrator, caricaturist, comic book artist and self-publisher. A highly prolific cartoonist, M. Rasheed is known for his action-packed graphic novel series Monsters 101 as well as his popular poster-sized caricatures. His style has been described as " if R. Crumb, Regis Loisel and Bruce Timm had a baby."
Mikhaela Reid
http://www.mikhaela.net/Mikhaela B. Reid is a political cartoonist and illustrator whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian (UK), Boston Phoenix, Bay Windows, Metro Times (Detroit), The Rochester Insider, In These Times, Ms., The Funny Times, Campus Progress, and other assorted fine publications. Reid was featured as "cartooning's angry young woman" in the 2004 anthology Attitude 2: The New Subversive Alternative Cartoonists. In 2006 she was included in the exhibit "She Draws Comics: A Century of Women Cartoonists" at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. She was also named one of Girls in Government's "Real Hot 100" young women of 2006 for her cartooning work. Reid has been a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists since 2003, and is a founding member of Cartoonists With Attitude.
Prentis Rollins
Veteran comic book illustrator and inker Prentis Rollins has been credited as working on “almost every character in the DC Universe.” In addition Rollins has contributed to the Monkeysuit comics anthologies, authored the graphic novel/instructional text The Making of a Graphic Novel: The Resonator. His also authored and illustrated the short story collection Survival Machine.Alex Simmons
http://www.daponline.com/Over the past 20 years Alex Simmons has written a number of juvenile mysteries under a variety of pseudonyms for many well-known publishers. He has also penned two educational documentaries and several stage plays, including Sherlock Holmes & the Hands of Othello. Simmons has written three movie novelizations for Disney and three biographies for Steck-Vaughn, including one on Denzel Washington. Simmons has also created/written and independently published a critically acclaimed adventure comic book series, Blackjack, about an African-American soldier of fortune in the 1930s. Simmons co-created an African-American hero for DC Comics in their Batman books, authored several Scooby-Doo comic book stories, and created 12 interactive mysteries for the Tiger Toys electronic game Who Done It (which received three educational awards). He is currently writing a middle grade mystery series, The Raven League (Penguin Books). Simmons has traveled the country as a guest speaker and teaching artist for many years. He has created and conducted creative writing workshops as well as performing and producing for theater.
Tarji Smedley-Chavez
http://www.egamiphotos.com/Photographer, graphic designer, image consultant and make-up artist Tarji Smedley-Chavez is the founder of Egami Photos, Inc., the Director of Mentoring for Project Osmosis and the Marketing Development Coordinator for the Academy of St. Benedict the African. Her future plans include pursuing a joint JD/MBA in Corporate Law and Entrepreneurship and establishing a non profit for teen girls called Les Fleurs.
Uko Smith
http://www.ukosmith.com/Uko Smith, a Washington, D.C. native now living in Columbus, Oh graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design with a degree in illustration/design and a minor in fashion. Uko is becoming known for his unique style for the erotic pinup and his sensual style of work. His work has been published by DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Heavy Metal, Marquis Magazine, Resaurus Toys, Guardians of Order, White Wolf Publishing, Circuit City, Wendys International, MidCoast Marketing, National City Bank, CPM Manga, Julie Strains Nightmare on Pinup Street, Strictly Underground, Aristata Publishing, and Digital Webbing Presents.
Spike
http://www.ironcircus.com/Chicago-based comics artist Charlie “Spike” Trotman is the creator of the award winning webcomic Templar, AZ. Her art education “consists of four years at Spelman College, which were helpful, and a year-long program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which was a complete waste of fucking time.” Trotman is also the creator of the webcomics Lucas and Odessa, Sparkneedle, Blikada, and Playing With Dolls.
Christian N. St. Pierre
http://www.christiannstpierre.com/Chris began his career in the fine and graphic arts working on commissioned portraits and murals, and poster, ad, and logo design. He later expanded into illustration, creating artwork for role-playing games such as Evil Hat Productions’ Spirit of the Century and their forthcoming Dresden Files RPG, and Galileo Games’ Bulldogs!. He is currently the artist of the comic book series Grafenveer, co-created and written by Wayne Sanders. Grafenveer recounts the story of fearless knight Ra Nimbulo as he battles the Dragon Clans of Medieval Europe. Chris’ pin-up entitled "The King Is Down," featuring Ra and King Grafenveer, appears in The Hero Initiative’s benefit book ACTOR Comics Presents vol. 1. Chris continues to pursue other comic book collaborations and to develop his creator-owned properties.
Brian Stelfreeze
http://www.gaijinstudios.com/Brian Stelfreeze has the distinction of painting over fifty consecutive Batman: Shadow of the Bat covers. His other covers for DC, Marvel, and various other publishers are beyond the ability for most people to count. He has, over the last few years, turned his attention to sequential storytelling, turning out books like DC/Wildstorm’s Matador (with collaborator Devin Grayson), Image Comics/12 Gauge Comics’ The Ride and Gun Candy and Marvel’s Domino mini-series. His work has been seen in numerous X-Men and Batman books, as well as the Wildstorm Summer Special.
John Stinsman
http://stormbringers.com/John Stinsman has done illustration work both in and out of the comic field for over a decade now. He has had multi-year runs on Avengelyne and Lady Pendragon as well as his own creator-owned comic, Scarlet Crush. He currently works directing animation, illustrating character designs and storyboards as well as some occasional comic work. In addition to his upcoming work on Stormbringers with writer/creator Kobe Marks, John also plans to release his own creator-owned works - The 13th Hour and Project Zero - in the near future.
Dann Tincher
http://www.eyetrauma.net/Chicago area sequential artist and painter Dann Tincher is the publisher and web designer of the Eye Trauma Comix webcomics anthology. A veteran independent publisher, Tincher is also the co-founder of the Ides of March literary magazine and Rehab 25 Press. His draws and colors the comics Whisp, Offworlder, El Cats, and BNN: Bipolar Nightly News. He has many hats. Say hi to him on myspace at: HYPERLINK "http://www.myspace.com/dannofmann" www.myspace.com/dannofmann.
Lance Tooks
http://www.lancetooks.com/Lance Tooks became an assistant editor at Marvel Comics at 18 and was unceremoniously fired at age 21. His artwork has since appeared in more than 100 television commercials, films and music videos. He has self-published the comic books "Danger Funnies" (co-published with Cry For Dawn), "Divided by Infinity", and "Muthafucka". His comics have appeared in Zuzu, Shade and Vibe magazines, as well as Girltalk, World War 3 Illustrated, Floaters, Pure Friction and the Italian magazine Lupo Alberto. He illustrated The Black Panthers for Beginners written by Herb Boyd. He recently completed Narcissa, his first graphic novel for Doubleday and is currently at work on a four volume series entitled Lucifer's Garden of Verses for NBM.
Trevor Von Eeden
http://serendipityartsales.com/Trevor_Von_Eeden1.htmlTrevor Von Eeden is a veteran comics artist and, with writer Tony Isabella, co-created Black Lightning, the first African-American superhero to have his own title with DC Comics. He has drawn innumerable other comics such as Batman: Venom, Spider-Woman, Kolchak the Night Stalker, Lobo, Mystery in Space, The Big Book of Bad, The Big Book of Little Criminals, and The Big Book of the Weird Wild West.
Marcus Warren
Man of mystery.Jeff Wasson
Inker on Dark Horse Comics published series Fierce on which he collaborated with Jeremy and Robert Love of Gettosake Entertainment, Jeff Wasson has also done inking work on the series Love in Tights from Slave Labor Graphics and Queen & Country from Oni Press.Joseph Wheeler III
http://thenao.typepad.com/Educated in art at the Pratt Institute and Atlanta College of Art, Joseph Wheeler III is a sequential art professional working primarily on new and exciting titles for the comic book industry and all related genres (video games, film, fashion, etc.) He is a drawer, painter, sculptor, photographer, writer, poet, freelance illustrator and conceptual artist, the CEO of The NAO, Inc.
Masheka Wood
http://www.whatmashekadid.comhttp://www.cartoonistswithattitude.org
Masheka Wood is a Brooklyn-based cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer. His cartooning and lettering work has appeared on MTV, in The New Standard online and in the independent film The Cobbler. He has self-published two cartoon collections, "What Masheka Did" and "Not Just Knee Deep." Wood grew up in Boston. He attended Syracuse University, where he studied film and animation and drew the strip “Gnubb” for The Daily Orange. He is a founding member of Cartoonists With Attitude.
Yotam Zohar
http://www.yotamzohar.com/Yotam Zohar was born in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1984, along with my twin brother, Nadav. In 1987 he relocated to London, England and later to Cleveland, Ohio, USA. In 2003 he went to study product design in Columbus, Ohio, at The Ohio State University. He has since changed his area of academic concentration to studio art, with specialization in Drawing and Painting. Zohar has done work in painting, drawing, film, video, music, photography and sculpture.