Ep 59: Comics
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS
Today’s episode is about comics with Ashanti Fortson and Leroy Moore. Ashanti is an illustrator and cartoonist with a deep love for kind stories and fantastical settings. Ashanti will talk about fantasy, space travel, queer and disabled characters in comics and the realities of working in the comics industry. Leroy Moore is the Founder of Krip-Hop Nation, an activist, writer, and performer. He’s going to talk about his first ever graphic novel published in February 2019 by Poor Press called Krip-Hop Graphic Novel Issue 1.
Transcript
Related Links
I’m Not a Robot, Ashanti Fortson, The Nib, May 10, 2017
Hip Hop and Disability: An Interview with Leroy Moore Jr., Darryl Robertson, African American Intellectual History Society, July 1, 2017
About
Ashanti Fortson is an illustrator and cartoonist with a deep love for kind stories and fantastical settings. They make a space fantasy webcomic called Galanthus, and their work can be found on their website.
Twitter: @AshantiFortson
Instagram: @AshantiFortson
Leroy F. Moore Jr., Founder of the Krip-Hop Nation. Since the 1990s, has written the column “Illin-N-Chillin” for POOR Magazine. Moore is one of the founding member of the National Black Disability Coalition and activist around police brutality against people with disabilities. Leroy has started and helped started organizations like Disability Advocates of Minorities Organization to Sins Invalid to Krip-Hop Nation. His cultural work includes film documentary, Where Is Hope, Police Brutality Against People with Disabilities, spoken-word CDs, poetry books and children’s book, Black Disabled Art History 101 published by Xochitl Justice Press. His graphic novel, Krip-Hop Graphic Novel Issue 1: Brown Disabled Young Woman Super Heroes Brings Disability Justice to Hip- Hop published by Poor Press, Feb. 2019. Moore has traveled internationally networking with other disabled activists and artists. More has wrote, sang and collaborated to do music & videos on Black disabled people especially men.
Website: www.kriphopnation.com
Twitter: @KripHopNation
Instagram: @BlackKrip
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeroyFMooreJr
Support Disability Media and Culture
DONATE to the Disability Visibility Project®
Credits
Sarika D. Mehta, Audio Producer
Alice Wong, Writer, Producer, Interviewer
Cheryl Green, Text Transcript
Lateef McLeod, Introduction
Mike Mort, Artwork
Theme Music (used with permission of artist)
Song: “Dance Off”
Artist: Wheelchair Sports Camp
Music
“The Stream” by The Pangolins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License)
“Creo que tengo un poco de miedo” by L.D.I. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License)
“Sunday Picnic” by Lobo Loco (Sunday Picnic (ID 719) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License)
“Alphabet Soup” by Podington Bear is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License)
“Slow Casino” by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License)
Sounds
“VOCODER countdown” by Jack_Master. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
“8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds” by sheepfilms. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
Categories
