As you might have guessed, this is not a Comic-Con sketch. I’m not sure how I managed to skip drawing #756, but this drawing depicts a conversation I saw between two young guys who were speaking with each other on that little stretch of Fruitvale that’s right near the big Farmer Joe’s. I was struck by his candor and by his friend’s patience and understanding.
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Raising a hand to ask a question of Jeremy Love at the “Comics of Future/Past: Constructing Race, Space and Identity Through the Visualization of the EthnoSurreal” panel. (Since I couldn’t remember the title of the panel, I looked him up).
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This is my drawing of Arif S. Kinchen from the Cartoon Voices #1 panel at Comic-Con. If you keep in mind that I was drawing him based on what I could see from at least 50 yards away, then you’ll think I’m a genius!
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This guy with the amazing pharoah’s beard walked past me as I was finding a seat for the voice actors’ panel. Mad props to the brother for taking a style risk. He wasn’t even doing cosplay; he was rocking the Tutanankhamun beard for the simple sake of looking fly.
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At The Black Panel, Comic-Con San Diego, Summer 2014.
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This t-shirt is absolute geek perfection.
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I have no idea who this brotha’s costume was supposed to resemble. It was all handmade, including the hat, which was assembled from a felt-type cloth that (sort-of) matched the blanket cape around his shoulders. The safety pin at the throat added a touch of class.
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Some day I’ll do a ‘zine about hairstyles and fashion among the Black men of Comic-Con. It’s certainly a topic worth covering, especially when you’ve got brothas like this one, dressed in big ’80s-style glasses and a Members Only jacket, and not even for the sake of cosplay.
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Another bearded brotha in a hoodie, this one in the Comic-Con exhibition hall.
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I created a special background pattern just for this year’s Comic-Con drawings. The background in this drawing is one of the variations.
I saw this brother in the audience at a very cool panel on the final day of Comic-Con. I don’t know the official topic or the title of the panel, but it featured Jeremy Love, the artist and writer of the graphic novel Bayou.
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