Comics News: ECBACC Glyph Award Nominees

The Following are all the Nominees for this years 2014 Glyph Comics Awards:

STORY OF THE YEAR
MARCH; John Lewis
WATSON AND HOLMES #6; Brandon Easton
WATSON AND HOLMES: A STUDY IN BLACK; Brandon Perlow


BEST COVER
HASS #1; B. Alex Thompson
INDIGO; Richard Tyler
LIFE AND DEATH IN PARADISE; Nigel Lynch
NOWHERE MAN; Jerome Walford
THE OLYMPIANS; Paulo Barrios and Luis Guerrero
ROUTE 3; Robert Jeffrey
BEST WRITER
Brandon Easton; WATSON AND HOLMES #6
Jamal Igle; MOLLY DANGER
Anthony Montgomery and Brandon Easton; MILES AWAY
Whit Taylor; BOXES
B. Alex Thompson; HASS #1

BEST ARTIST
B. Robert Bell; RADIO FREE AMERIKA
Abel Garcia; P.B. SOLDIER
N. Steven Harris; WATSON AND HOLMES #6
Jamal Igle; MOLLY DANGER
Mshindo Kuumba; ANIKULAPO
Mase; URBAN SHOGUN#3: THINGS FALL APART
Jerome Walford; NOWHERE MAN
BEST MALE CHARACTER
Anikulapo ‘He who has Death in his Pouch’; ANIKULAPO; Mshindo Kuumba
Deakon Taylor; ONE NATION; Jason Reeves
Dustan Knight / Stactic Shagz; SPIRIT BEAR; Tristan Roach
Force; FORCE; Yancey A. Reed
Jack Maguire; NOWHERE MAN; Jerome Walford
Maxwell Miles; MAXWELL MILES; Brandon Easton
Moses B. Verelea; RADIO FREE AMERIKA; Robert Jeffery
BEST FEMALE CHARACTER
Ajala; AJALA: A SERIES OF ADVENTURES; N. Steven Harris and Robert Garrett
Mary Freemen; URBAN SHOGUN; James Mason
Indigo; INDIGO: HIT LIST 3.0; Richard Tyler




RISING STAR AWARD
Raymond Ayala; URBAN MYTH (NEW OLYMPIANS)
Naseed Gifted; P.B. SOLDIER EPISODE
Turner Lange; THE ADVENTURES OF WALLY FRESH
Chris Miller; CHRONICLES OF PIYE
Jason Reeves; ONE NATION
Tristian Roach; SPIRIT BEAR
Tony Robinson; THE DESCENDENT
BEST COMIC STRIP OR WEBCOMIC
THE ADIGUN OGUNSANWO; Charles C. J. Juzang
BLACKWAX BOULEVARD; Dmitri Jackson
LOVE AND CAPES: WHAT TO EXPECT; Thom Zahler
YES YOU CAN; Ian Herring and Dallas Penn
BEST REPRINT PUBLICATION
EARLY DAYS; Mshindo Kuumba
LOVE AND CAPES: WHAT TO EXPECT; Thom Zahler
MLK THE MONTGOMERY STORY; Fellowship of Reconciliation
FAN AWARD FOR BEST WORK
BOXES; Whit Taylor
MOLLY DANGER BOOK; Jamal Igle
URBAN SHOGUN; James Mason
WATSON AND HOLMES #6; Brandon Easton
ECBACC, Inc. welcomes all Glyph Comics Awards nominees to our convention to interact with our exhibitors and attend our activities.

SPECIAL: A Look at Brandon Easton's BRAVE NEW SOULS- BLACK SCI-FI & FANTASY WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Here is a sneak peak of prolific writer, Brandon Easton's upcoming documentary dealing with a brand new generation of African-American creators in movies, novels, graphic novels and more.

 The sneak peak talks with many different creators as well as ends with an interview with director/producer of the film, Brandon Easton. Easton has worked for over 15 years as a writer, working on many scripts to animation (Thundercats) as well as comic books, such as his recently Glyph Award Winning book, Shadowlaw.

Here is an extended look at the film.

Comics On the Screen: MAN OF STEEL review by BRANDON EASTON

MAN OF STEEL: A Hero for the ADHD Crowd...

MAN OF STEEL was an expertly crafted movie - just like a Lego recreation of the Death Star. It is a heck of an accomplishment on a lot of levels but remains a plastic facsimile of a fictional object. 
 
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed 2/3rds of the movie and the problem with that is that MAN OF STEEL is incomplete. Despite a 2 hour-20 minute run time - which went by fairly quickly until the disastrous (no pun) 3rd act when the movie ceased being an actual movie and turned into a crazed video game opening sequence that lost all sense of story, plot and logic. 

Now, I know not everyone went to film school, and I realize not everyone cares about things like story, plot and logic. Most folks have no idea about how and WHY movies are structured. However, I will share that the basic set-up of a screenplay is generally - not always - but generally based on a THREE ACT STRUCTURE. 

In ACT ONE we meet the heroes, their friends, family, etc. A problem is introduced to their world and they must decide whether to face it or not. By the end of the first act, we have the problem, why the hero must stop or fix it, and their goal is set. 

In ACT TWO things get complicated. The hero loses, and loses a lot, then the world changes so much that things cannot ever go back to the way it was. All seems lost until the hero barely escapes death.  . . .

Check out the rest of the review here: Man of Steel Full Review

SPECIAL: Brandon Easton Sits With the Ikaricast

Brandon Easton, who recently started  his kickstarter about Dominion's Light, sat down with Ikaricast hosts Jeremias de Leon (Xaos), Jeff Williams & Frankie Rodriguez (Seraph) to talk about his new project, the process of getting it together, his experiences on writing and much more more. Courtesy of our friends over at RVT.

Ikaricast Season 4, Episode 29: Brandon Easton Interview

Check out the Dominion's Light Kickstarter!

And Brandon's podcast, Writing for Rookies

Help Kickstart Dominion's Light

BRANDON EASTON'S

    Time to help another comic meet its goal of being made. Enter: Dominion's Light. 

Promo art featuring  Kyshia, Hammerius Rex & Reso with Lord Valgon in back

     Dominion's Light is a graphic novel that deals with high fantasy, written by current Thundercats cartoon writer Brandon Easton. The graphic novel focuses on the adventure of a trio of characters who come together due to some personal tragedy in each of their lives and a quest for a mystical item: the Key Ultima. It seems that the Key Ultima leads to a greater object of power called the Cyclean Bible. The Trio better find the Key Ultima fast cause they will have to fight against Lord Valgon and his Valgonath Reapers in order to get it.

    With a war torn land as one of the many backdrops, Dominion's Light plans on being decidedly different. Chief among those differences is that fact there is a lot more ethnicities in this story than they are in other fantasy novels. There is an Asian who has mystical powers and is called a witch named Kyshia; a lizardman who is a Prince but was exiled by his own people named Hammerius Rex: and finally a Latino man trying to help his troubled father by the name of Resoloth. Easton also said he wanted to tackle themes he did not see in fantasy such as Reso's father being a gambler sunk in debt or Hammerius Rex, a Prince who was banished by his own people but also a Lizardman. Easton even points out that Lord Valgon himself is a black man; who, according to Easton and other sources, the first black villain in the fantasy genre since James Earl Jones in the original Conan movie several decades ago.

    Art in the graphic novel is being done by Dawid Strauss, who recently worked on Darksiders II. The goal is $20,000 and needs all the help you can give. All proceeds go towards the graphic novel and the rewards for donating; so please donate today. Get more info at:

    Dominion's Light Kickstarter

And if you like the art, please go to:

   Dawid Strauss' Deviant Art


   Stay Tuned here for more news on this project.