The Black Comic Book Festival 2024, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, brings together the entire ecosystem of Black comic publishers, fans AKA Blerds (Black Nerds) and their families. It’s a Black ComicCon.
The Festival is a great way to engage your kids in their own creativity. Why spend all your time watching screens, when you can create for them (and get paid)? Maybe you can figure out why the traditional styling and sacred stories of Mother Afrika fit so naturally into Black Futurism. Many comic book heroes are obviously based on Yoruba orishas and Indigenous Caribbean deities.
12th Black Comic Book Festival 2024
African American Comic Book Festival
The 12th Black Comic Book Festival 2024, the SchomCom, is at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, Manhattan; on Friday-Saturday, April 26-27, 2024, from 10am – 7pm. The Cosplay Showcase is Saturday from 1-5pm. FREE with rsvp. schomcom.org 🇺🇸
Friday’s schedule is:
11am-12pm ~ Graphic Histories and Comics in the Classroom
1–2pm ~ How to Draw Black Superheroes & Comics with Tim Fielder
3:30–5pm ~ Say it Proud: Amplifying LGBTQ+ Voices in Comics
5:30–6:30pm ~ Black Comics Trivia Challenge
Saturday’s Cosplay Showcase is very popular. Space is limited, but anyone can participate by signing up at the Schomburg Center on Saturday, April 27, between 1pm & 5pm. Show your inner superhero.
The SchomCom Marketplace sells the latest Black comics and graphic novels on Friday from 12-6:30pm, and Saturday, from 10am – 6pm.
The full schedule is on schomcom.org