CHICAGO: C2E2 just had its 10th year in Chicago and is growing.  This year it featured more fans and Black Age greats than ever before.  Proof Chicago is a serious market for Graphic Novels, Comix, Games and Cosplay.

FEB. 23rd: CHICAGO - Firsrt Aid Comics, the comix super-store.... will be featuring a host of events celebrating its amazing 10th anniversary. 

First Aid is known for its Hyde Park community luv as Chicago's premier destination for Graphic Novels, Comix, Games and more....be they mainstream, experimental or indie. Feb. 23rd at 2pm until 5pm Prof. Turtel Onli of ONLI STUDIOS, founder of the growing Black Age of Comics movement will be a guest there.....signing books and sharing insights....at 1617 East 55th st. Phone: 773-752-6642

2018 Vends & Vibes in Chicago at the U of C Arts Incubator.

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About the author: Yvan Alagbé was born in Paris and spent three years of his youth in West Africa. He returned to study mathematics and physics at the Université de Paris-Sud, where he met Olivier Marboeuf. Alagbé and Marboeuf founded a contemporary visual arts review called L’oeil carnivore and the magazine Le Chéval sans tête (“The Headless Horse”), which gained a cult following for its publication of innovative graphic art and comics. Labeling these artistic collaborations as “Dissidence Art Work,” Alagbé and Marboeuf soon founded their own publishing house, Amok, drawing from the material serialized in Le Chéval, including the first version of Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures. In 2001, Amok partnered with the publishing group Fréon to establish the Franco-Belgian collaboration Frémok, now a major European graphic novels publisher. Alagbé lives in Paris.

Event Location: 

The Seminary Co-Op Bookstore 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637

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The soon to be released, "Mega Sustah-Girl Work Out Book" from ONLI STUDIOS, LLC is totally illustrated by talented female artists and cartoonists. This fitness and healthy choices resource book is for females of various stages and ages who are interested in being healthier. The character, "Sustah-Girl", is interpreted by the likes of Crystal Calloway, Ola, Sara Richards, Ashley A. Woods, Jasmine Dawson, Rebekah Younger, Afua Richardson and many others. Expected to sell for $20.00 for 72 pages of instructional images, individual journal spaces and actual plans for diet management and overall conditioning.
Each artist was asked to depict the character working-out or making a healthy choice thus opening it up to have this dynamic female character visualized and imagined by these gifted women.

Opens Sat. May 12 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Interest in Black comic book characters is exploding thanks to hugely successful Marvel film Black Panther. This new exhibit, Behind the Mask: Black Power in Comics,explores the painful and triumphant history of African Americans in comic books. Behind the Mask: Black Power in Comics will run from, May 12 until Jan. 26, 2019. Exhibit included with paid museum admission: $6/adult, $5/senior, $3/ages 6–17.  Free/Ohio History Connection & NAAMCC members.  800.752.2603 or ohiohistory.org/naamcc                           

 PARIS — The French comic book artist Yvan Alagbé consistently gets the same question about his work: “Why do you always draw black people?” His interrogative reply is twofold: “Have you ever once asked a white person why he only draws white people?” and “Is it not possible for me to draw a black person who is representative of humanity in general?”

CHICAGO-

Prof. Onli, known as "The Father of the Black Age", is auctioning off from his collection, a limited edition Black Panther statue.

To the highest bidder come year's end. Opening bid was a mere $250.00. Interested bids should be communicated via the CONTACT tabs of the ONLI STUDIOS' website. CBS News Link:

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 "A Funny Thing Happened of the Way to the Punch Line:" The Evolution of Chicago Comics into an Artform." At the Chicago Literary Alliance, Feb. 8th opening reception: 5:30pm / 7:00pm. 641 West Lake Street, Suite 200. Featuring everything from Mutt & Jeff , Dick Tracy, Brenda Starr to Malcolm-10.

The late, Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite 1968-1975

January 11 – March 25/ 2018

“Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite 1968-1975” is part of Art Design Chicago, an exploration of Chicago’s art and design legacy, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art with presenting partner The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. It is funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art. She also produced the video shown on this site, "Telling Our Stories"

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Launched way back in the 20th Century at the SSCAC in the historic Bronzeville district of Chicago! Now impacting the entire industry derived from comic books or graphic novels.

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The Trading Post Gift Shop of the DuSable Museum of African American History is a great place to extend the teaching and learning process dealing with the range of the Black and African experience.

ONLI STUDIOS' Graphic Novels are great for reluctant readers, energetic readers, and students that love to see how Black and African culture can be the source material for creative expression and scientific explorations.

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