DiasporaCon: a Comic & Graphic Novel Conference

370 Bassett Road,North Haven CT 06473

23 April, 2022

Description

DIASPORACON, created to cultivate awareness of the creativity, innovation and representation of the African Diaspora in the Comic & Graphic Special Guests will include Actor Michael Jai White, the first African American Actor to portray a Comic Book Super Hero who has opened JaiGanitic Studios in Connecticut (https://www.jaiganticevents.com/) and John Jennings, a professor, author, graphic novelist, curator, Harvard Fellow, New York Times Bestseller, 2018 Eisner Winner, and all-around champion of Black culture (https://www.johnjenningsstudio.com/) DiasporaCon will be hosted by Professor William H. Foster III, Poet, essayist, playwright, editorialist and Comic Book Collector and Historian (https://comicbookhistorians.com/professor-william-h-foster-iii-african-americans-in-comics-with-alex-grand-jim-thompson/)