Black Age of Comics Convention / Onli Studios

 2023: BLACK SANKOFA 3.0 BLACK AGE DOMINATION!!! Circa 1992 - 2023.

Prof. Onli often asks a simple question as evidence of this impact. 

"How Black was this industry before the launch of the indie Black Age of Comics genre and movement in 1992?"

There is the powerful emergence of ECBACC, Motor City Black Age & Manga, OYNX CON, Black Comix Day, Black Comics Art Festival, Afro Con, Pocket Con, and the longest running originator event, Black Age of Comics, Chicago.

At the National Treasure Designated WPA Era South Side Community Art Center in the historic Bronzeville District of Chicago. Where the first Black Age of Comics Convention was given by 

ONLI STUDIOS in Feb. 1993. BOMB!

This is about the continued growth of indie Black Age publishers and others who produce an array of brilliant high-quality product with serious growth potential derived from the Black, African, Indie, Urban or Alternative experience.

Coast to coast we have seen major museums and important cultural centers presenting exhibitions featuring some type of Black Age of Comics theme.

The publishing of highly prized anthologies such as "Black Comix!", "Black Comix Returns!", and "Its Life As I See It!". 

Then mainstream's shift to rigorously investing and profiting from its former under-utilized Black characters and concepts that before 1992 were not taken seriously or to the bank.

Major colleges and universities have added Black Age type courses and hired Black Age architects to leacture and present aspects of this nexus of creativity, culture, and commerce.

This is what domination looks like in real time.

NOTE: Since COVID hit, the annual Chicago based Black Age convention has morphed into a virtual convention rebranded Black Sankofa.