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Credit: Netflix If you thought things were going to go back to “as is” at Winchester University, Netflix‘s first official trailer for Dear White People -Vol. 2 is here to set you straight. Created/executive produced by Justin Simien and set for a May 4th premiere, the new...
DC Comics shared a famous picture of Superman speaking to schoolchildren about the importance of standing up for diversity on Twitter. “Initially created by the Institute for American Democracy as a school-book cover, this ’50s-era piece features Superman speaking to school children...
Credit: catwalker / Shutterstock.com With 117 million subscribers and its ability to both buy existing projects as well as develop original content from ground up, Netflix has proven itself to be a growing influential force throughout every corner of the multimedia landscape — which is why...
DC Co-Publisher Dan Didio addressed his views on the diversity of DC’s characters in an interview, and it’s difficult not to view some of his comments as a direct shot at rival Marvel Comics, who temporarily replaced some of their most well-known characters like Thor, Iron Man, and C...
Credit: Netflix Less than two months after its first season premiere, Spike Lee‘s She’s Gotta Have It has been picked up for a second season by Netflix. Based on the 1986 film that helped launch Lee’s directorial career, the 10-episode first season stars DeWanda Wise as lead ...
With the release of the March 2018 solicits from Marvel, it fast became clear that a swathe of titles were being cancelled. These were clear either from their complete absence from the solicits, their solicitations sounding very final, or even hints in the cover artwork. Since the speculation...
Paramount Network continues beefing up and diversifying its programming slate ahead of its January 2018 launch, partnering with Latino digital-media company mitú for half-hour sketch comedy series Browntown. Though cast details have yet to be announced, mitú founders Beatriz Acevedo and Doug Grei...
No review found! Insert a valid review ID. Bingo Love is a comic that was successfully Kickstarted by Tee Franklin — well, to say it was “successful” feels reductive. In truth, it was wildly successful, showing that a diversity of love, of age, of body representation, race, and oh so ...
Production on Starz‘s upcoming drama series Vida took a major step forward this week as the cable network new cast members to join previously-cast Melissa Barrera in the new half-hour series. Mishel Prada, Karen Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon, Carlos Miranda, and Maria Elena Laas have been...
Rosilyne Bean wrote from New York Comic Con 2017: New York Times tech columnist and book review editor Jude Biersdorfer hosted this year’s Queer Pop Culture panel at NYCC. She was joined by several artists, activists, and cosplayers in discussion of their experiences and work in the...
Actress Gina Rodriguez is putting her words into action when it comes to increasing diversity and representation in front of and behind the camera; the Jane the Virgin star is developing two new series for CBS and The CW that are centered around the Latino community. Rodriguez’s I Can & I...
Seeming to hit the airwaves today is news that everyone seems to be reporting as Thor: Ragnarok, the next Marvel Cinematic Universe instalment and third Thor film, will contain the MCU’s very first queer character, in the form of alien member of the Warbound, Korg. The film takes place on...
In memory of those tragically lost in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub tragedy and to benefit the victims left in its wake, the comics industry came together to produce the charity comic book Love Is Love. Organized and curated by writer Marc Andreyko (Batwoman, Manhunter) and published jointly...
Reporting live from the heart of London Super Comic Con’s Artists Alley (I’m at table A45 by the way, if you’d like to stop by and say hi and check out my book, The Pride). Today I had an interesting moment on at the show, as I had my one and only panel here. The panel was...
You don’t need a crystal ball to see that times are tough for “The Big Three” networks (ABC/CBS/NBC): with cable and streaming services like HBO, Netflix and Amazon around, they’re seen as “your grandfather’s network” that have been losing viewers and...
A little late, but after getting back from SDCC and then going straight to LFCC, it’s finally time for me to play some catch-up. So, for another year, here is the LGBTQ Geek Year in Review panel which discussed the last year of LGBTQ+ representation and stories. Hosted again by P. Kristen...
From Bleeding Cool reporter Hilton Collins: “Safety does not exist in your world if you want to achieve what you want to achieve.” Screenwriter Deborah Dean Davis spoke those sobering yet powerful words Saturday afternoon during the panel Women and Writers of Color Breaking Barriers at San...
