Articles by Donna-Lyn Washington

2021 is the 50th anniversary of the comic-book character John Stewart being the first black green lantern. Since being co-created by writer Dennis O’Neal and […]

The Fantastic Four, known by Marvel Comics to be their first family were cocreated by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Scientist Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, his […]

There is something comforting about the comic-book series ‘Adventures of a System Admin’ by writer Juan Espinosa and artist El Santa. No one is destroying […]

Afrofuturism involves the Black speculative narrative where you can imagine an environment free of imperialism, colonialism, colorism and systemic racism. Think of the fictional nation […]

An organization created by Black men Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale began in California in 1966. Called The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the […]

2020 was supposed to be the year of possibilities, a new age in the shape of the Roaring 20’s from the early 20th century. It […]

Cullen Sangerye belongs to the African-American diaspora from the world he’s been fighting in from Volume I of “Bitter Root.” Transported back to 1924 Harlem Cullen has become hardened, and while […]

Humanity is a dangerous thing. For some they crave it while not understanding how it works. Rai is such an entity. Born out of the […]

Ruby Kaye was a spoiled teenager who while in college stole a pair of glasses and got super-human strength. In a fight she was put […]

Anansi in African, Caribbean and Black American folklore is considered a god of storytellers and wisdom. He weaves tales and has many children who see […]

There are few things as certain as change or fire. Scorched earth, the shifting of things we think we know are one of the few […]