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How Indigi-Con and Afrofuturism Lounge honor comics, culture and creativity
Manage episode 496360597 series 2514024
Comic-Con season is well underway. Two local events are coinciding with the main convention and are spotlighting comics creators and stories underrepresented in the mainstream.
Wednesday on Midday Edition, we hear about the inaugural Indigi-Con, which celebrates and amplifies indigenous stories through art and comics, as well as Afrofuturism Lounge, which connects Black creators across disciplines.
Guests:
- Chag Lowry, executive director of the Indigenous Futures Institute, comic book author and publisher
- Katie Walkiewicz, faculty director at the Indigenous Futures Institute, literature professor at UC San Diego, enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation
- LaWana Richmond, CEO of Grio'Neers
1207 episodes
Manage episode 496360597 series 2514024
Comic-Con season is well underway. Two local events are coinciding with the main convention and are spotlighting comics creators and stories underrepresented in the mainstream.
Wednesday on Midday Edition, we hear about the inaugural Indigi-Con, which celebrates and amplifies indigenous stories through art and comics, as well as Afrofuturism Lounge, which connects Black creators across disciplines.
Guests:
- Chag Lowry, executive director of the Indigenous Futures Institute, comic book author and publisher
- Katie Walkiewicz, faculty director at the Indigenous Futures Institute, literature professor at UC San Diego, enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation
- LaWana Richmond, CEO of Grio'Neers
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