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[EmperorKaveje]

The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) is the Philadelphia region's first black comic book convention, bringing together hundreds of comic book, science fiction, and fantasy creators, their colleagues, and their fans. The ECBACC is a 501 ©(3) non-profit community-based organization focused on education, literacy and the arts. ECBACC, Inc. was founded in 2002 by Yumy Odom, a multidisciplinary educator, scientist and researcher affiliated with Temple University,[1] and Maurice Waters.[2]
ECBACC is an outgrowth of the “Black Age of Comics”, a movement (ca. 1981–present) and era (ca. 1990–1997) dedicated to people of African descent creating a plethora and range of Black (Pan-African/Africentric/Afrocentric/African-centered) characters in the U.S. comic book industry.[1] (The earliest documented “Black Age” comic book character is NOG: Protector of the Pyramids,[3] introduced in 1981 by Chicago-based[3] artist Turtel Onli[2] [“NOG” is an acronym for “Nubian of Greatness.”])[citation needed]
ECBACC is generally held on a May weekend in Philadelphia, with festivities kicking off on Friday evening for the Glyph Comics Awards ceremonies (often held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia),[4] followed by a full-day convention on Saturday. The ECBACC STARS Workshop (an acronym for Storytelling That Advances Reading Skills) is an ECBACC initiative designed to use comic book art and imagery as a vehicle to foster creativity and promote literacy, with a secondary focus on introducing participants to the various career options that exist within the comic book industry. ECBACC STARS participants learn what it is like to be comic book creators via the “Create Your Own Hero” exercises while they put their imaginations to work as they pen their own stories for the characters they create. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, ECBACC now features a costume contest.

I just got a tweet that Bioware would be at GaymerX but they ignored ECBACC?

[Ajensis]

The implied meaning being that they support the gay community but not the black one?

I'm just a European, so I don't know those conventions and how big they are over there, but I doubt there's anything worth discussing here. They're busy people and can't show their support for everything. Unless I'm missing something here, then you'll have to spell it out for me :-)

[Ledgend1221]

Who the hell cares?

[EmperorKaveje]

@Ajensis
"Unless I'm missing something here, then you'll have to spell it out for me :-) "
I won't spell it out to you because you are NOT dumb or ignorant
the first "Mental Military" technique taught in some cultures at an early age is when confronted with questions about Ethnicity respond with:
"I don't understand" and "could you explane it to me?"
-Dr.Umar Abdullah Johnson.

[SilJeff]

Ledgend1221 wrote...

Who the hell cares?

[EmperorKaveje]

@Ledgend1221
I care and you care too,How do I know?
You responded to this thread LOL

[TaZo_VasN]

Why should they attend? They surely care about gays as you can see in Mass Effect's relationships. I mean you also can't blame BioWare for not visiting every niche convention.

[Ledgend1221]

EmperorKaveje wrote...

@Ledgend1221
I care and you care too,How do I know?
You responded to this thread LOL

I care enough to question why people would care.

[EmperorKaveje]

@TaZo_VasN
I think your asking the wrong Question
you should be asking:
"Why is Bioware focusing on the GaymerX niche convention when other niche conventions have been around a lot longer?"
and
"Why aren't other Bioware Fans Asking about ECBACC?"
I guess a follow up statement would be:
I guess Bioware Fans are not as a Diverse Crowd as previously thought.

[Modius Prime]

Not a big deal...
Isn't this forum supposed to be about Mass Effect 3?

[rapscallioness]

Idk if they ignored it, or just didn't know abt it? This is my first time hearing abt it...and it sounds cool! I checked out the site.

But are there requirements for a dev co to attend? Like do the heroes need to be black? Do the creators need to be black? And would this be something more for DarkHorse Comics, than a video game devs?

[EmperorKaveje]

@Modius Prime
Yep this was posted in the WRONG section
I REPOSTED this TOPIC HERE

Modifié par EmperorKaveje, 01 août 2013 - 08:16 .

[TaZo_VasN]

EmperorKaveje wrote...

@TaZo_VasN
I think your asking the wrong Question
you should be asking:
"Why is Bioware focusing on the GaymerX niche convention when other niche conventions have been around a lot longer?"
and

No my question isn't wrong, because you are implying that ECBACC deserves BioWare appearance more than GaymerX which is simply wrong. No one deserves them just because they have been around longer.
That's elitist thinking.

"Why aren't other Bioware Fans Asking about ECBACC?"
I guess a follow up statement would be:
I guess Bioware Fans are not as a Diverse Crowd as previously thought.

[EmperorKaveje]

This THREAD is posted in the WRONG section
I REPOSTED this TOPIC HERE

Modifié par EmperorKaveje, 01 août 2013 - 08:15 .

[The Evil Chris]

Then closing.