If you’re interested in how inclusion intersects in pop culture today and were at DragonCon 2015 at 8:30Pm on Saturday night, you were probably at the round table discussion “Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Comics.” Panelists Daniel Amrhein, Kelly Sue DeConnick, John Flowers, Tini Howard, Laurenn McCubbins, Kari Storla, and Damien Williams dissected and debated the current state of comics for two and a half hours in an informative and entertaining way. From comics that have a surprising amount of representation in them (Batgirl, Lucifer) to how to navigate social media while nurturing your mental health, the topics were varied and in-depth. You can get a full rundown of the panel over at the official DragonCon blog. Perhaps the most exciting piece of information came from Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick. While debating the merits of television and other visual media becoming more and more niche (does...
- 9/8/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
Kanen Flowers describes himself as a “former technology guy” who got into filmmaking around 2001 with the goal of writing and directing his own material. In 2007, he started work on Jack Forgotten, a project that he says is still in postproduction. Other projects have met with greater success; he started the That Post Show podcast, and a show called That Media Show, and has produced a variety of shorts and web-based content through his production company, Scruffy.tv. At the moment he’s working on Hero Punk, a full-length feature which was shot using the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. Hero Punk is …...
- 4/1/2013
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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