Onyxcon in Atlanta

I'm working on a graphic novel, a satire of action movies. Even though I can do serious (re: superhero) stuff, almost all my work is satirical (i.e. Boondocks, Bloom County, etc.). The characters are black and one of them is openly gay (to the consternation of one of the other characters, a homophobe). I'll have the first portion done this summer and was thinking of making the rounds as a vendor at independent comic expos like A.P.E. in California and some other venues.

Any comic nerds on the board here in the Atlanta area familiar with, or been to Onyxcon? (Latest)

Even though it's billed as a black independent creator event, I haven't been to Atlanta since the late '90s, so I'm curious as to what that crowd/vibe is like, and how receptive they are to the full black experience (meaning us gay/bi bros). I've found the black comic crowd in Chicago to be somewhat homophobic (i.e. that Umar Johnson/Boyce Watkins type sh*t), so no need to travel down south if I'm going to encounter the same.

 

Why, yes it does...and now that I got the 411 from the resident expert, I'll just bypass. lol.

I remember all that same kind of stuff I used to get into when I was out of high school; the African medallions, the raised fists, the Brand Nubian and X-Clan CDs...

...the internalized homophobia...

If time machines existed, I'd go back in time and b*tchslap myself for all that as a young man ("Hey, it's me...WHA-SMACK!!!...MOFO, what the hell's your...I mean...our problem?!?"). I try to incorporate all the good elements of different strains of black political thought that I can, but to paraphrase Danny Glover, I'm too old for this hotep sh*t.

There are plenty of other independent comic-cons for an idiosyncratic brutha like me to get into, like Alternative Press Expo in San Jose. What's your thoughts on Dragoncon in Atlanta?

 

That's cool. I might still roll through, I just have NO patience these days for "bean pie fascism" (lol)