In 1966, in the midst of the American Civil Rights Movement, Marvel Comics introduced the first black superhero - Black Panther.
Black Panther, real name T'Challa, was the King of vibranium-rich Wakanda, a fictional African country (the first African-American superhero would be Marvel's Falcon). A special herb and his ...

Celebrating Black History Month - The First Black Superhero
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2015Comics for Anti-Comic People
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 20, 2015
I'm a bit of a comic book proselytizer. When people tell me they don't like comics, I usually take that as a personal challenge. (I have the same reaction when people tell me they don't like cats, but that's another story for another time.) Generally I ...
Handmade versus Store-Bought Gifts
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 15, 2014
The tradition of creating handmade gifts began sometime in elementary school when it was not only appropriate, but expected, to give our parents original creations. Eventually, a handmade knick-knack has a difficult time competing with the latest smart phone or drawing tablet and is pushed aside to make room for ...
Adaptations
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 21, 2014
In recent years Hollywood has been desperately mining already popular material in the hopes of producing ready-made hits, so we've had a great bonanza of classic Scifi, fantasy and comic book films blasting onto the silver screen with the likes of The Lord of The Rings, The Chronicles of ...
An Ode to Sidekicks
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 17, 2014
I have been slowly lamenting over the end of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson ever since he announced that he was stepping down from hosting late night television in April. Needless to say, the jokes from his show have been a welcome distraction from the daily grind and ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Chevalier eBook and End of a Lite Bites Era
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 14, 2014
Good news for you Chevalier fans! A Chevalier Kindle eBook called “Chevalier the Queen's Mouseketeer: The Hither and Yon” is available on amazon and is on sale for $0.99 until Monday! The eBook can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DW3LZY2
Chevalier is one of the ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Perry Penguin
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 12, 2014
Perry Penguin is a story that focuses on conversations between two friends in the North Pole: Steve, the tan-loving sea lion, and Perry, an argumentative penguin. Sometimes the conversations drift into politics, film, and current events. The two personalities are pretty funny and bring up intelligent points without crossing the ...