Archive for October, 2008

A Female Black Panther!

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Hmm….so the title comes back in February 2009 with a female Panther. Being that it’s comics, I guess all I can say is, “Well, let’s see how this goes.” I just hope that this time it won’t take 38 issues for Hudlin to get it right.

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I Refuse To Follow These Instructions

Monday, October 27th, 2008

But my friend Malik Russell sent them to me, and the email was too good not to post.

Subject: FW: NOVEMBER 5TH ETIQUETTE

Good Morning My People - After watching the final debate the other night, it dawned on me that Obama could actually win this thing. If that happens, there will be […]

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The Three Presidential Debates, In Summary :)

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Special thanks to Greg Adamo for showing me this!

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Did You See…….

Monday, October 20th, 2008

“Torturing Democracy” when it slipped onto public television this month? If not, PLEASE go to the site and watch it, and you’ll see why the PBS folks are not that thrilled. Of course, this level of cowardice from PBS isn’t exactly new.

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Third Time Lucky

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Boy, between this third cover and last issue’s (true) journalistic hit-job on McCain, Rolling Stone has set a new standard for clarity.
OCTOBER 30th ADD-ON: I bet Rolling Stone would like this.

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40 of “60″

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Wow! Kinda relevant, huh?

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Heeheeheeheeheeheehehee……..
The dike is breaking…… BUT check out this and this.

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You’ve Been Rick Rolled!

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Well, not exactly, but I couldn’t resist! LOL!

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Brief Book Review: Post-HipHoppers

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

This brand-new book occupies the intellectual space between Kevin Powell’s essay collections and Bakari Kitwana’s seminal work.
M.K. Asante, Jr., a filmmaker, poet and college professor, adds his name to the list of young (under 45 ) Blacks who’ve written works that seek to combine journalism, personal essays and contemporary history, using hiphop of the point of departure. […]

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