[Comicsstudiessociety] Fwd: Join Us for a Spotlight on Graphic Novels By and About People of Color

[Mike Rhode]

John Jennings, Eric Anthony Glover, Arielle Jovellanos, Ytasha Womack
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Dear Brooklyn Book Festival Friend,

Join us for *Spotlight on Megascope – Graphic Novels By and About People of
Color – on June 23rd at 7pm*.  This free event features bestselling comics
creator and Megascope curator* John Jennings* (*After the Rain*) as he
introduces Megascope to Brooklyn Book Festival fans! John is joined by
Megascope debut author *Eric Anthony Glover* (*Black Star*) and
illustrator *Arielle
Jovellanos* (*Black Star*) as they discuss the creative process and vision
behind the line. The program will be moderated by award-winning writer and
expert on Afrofuturism, *Ytasha Womack* (Black Kube). This free event is
presented with the *370 J Project and NYU Skirball*!

Megascope is the newly launched line of graphic novels from Abrams
ComicArts dedicated to showcasing speculative and non-fiction works by and
about people of color, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, horror,
history, and stories of magical realism.

Click below to register for the event. Looking forward to seeing you there!
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*John Jennings* is the curator of the Megascope list and illustrator of the
graphic novel adaptations of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred and Parable of the
Sower. He is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of
California, Riverside. His most recent graphic novel is After the Rain, a
graphic novel adaptation by Nnedi Okorafor.

*Eric Anthony Glover* studied screenwriting at Sarah Lawrence College and
studied feature and television writing as a 2016 Final Draft Big Break
Fellow in Burbank, California. Glover is committed to writing about
underrepresented groups and hopes to make the world a better place with
this work. Black Star is his debut graphic novel.

*Arielle Jovellanos* is a New York-based freelance illustrator, writer, and
comic artist. Her work has been featured in the Eisner and Harvey–nominated
anthology Fresh Romance and in magazines, comics, books, and branded social
media campaigns. Recently, Jovellanos illustrated the book Fierce Heroines:
Inspiring Female Characters of Pop Culture for Running Press Kids. Her most
recent graphic novel is Black Star, which she illustrated.

*Ytasha L. Womack* is an award-winning author, filmmaker, independent
scholar, and dance therapist. She is a leading expert on Afrofuturism and
lectures on the imagination and its applications across the world. Her book
Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci Fi and Fantasy Culture is the leading
primer on the subject and taught in colleges and universities.

Also, don't forget to save the dates for this year's Brooklyn Book
Festival. We look forward to seeing you in the fall -- in real life and on
the virtual screen!

Liz Koch and Carolyn Greer, Co-Producers

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