In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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For decades, Star Wars lived on in the form of novels and comic books, building an immersive "expanded universe" beyond what we saw in the films. Even with the canon reset in 2014, the publishing side of Star Wars is just as important as ever in further fleshing out the timeline of our beloved galaxy far, far away. Hasbro used to visit the "expanded universe" well fairly frequently once upon a time, and seem more than happy to pad out the variety of offerings in The Black Series 6" line these days. We must ask: what about TVC? Evan and John sat down this week to chat about these "publishing greats" and how we'd like to see them handled in the modern era of 3.75" collecting, as well as what we'd specifically like to see as well. Let's #balancethescaleshasbro, shall we?
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For decades, Star Wars lived on in the form of novels and comic books, building an immersive "expanded universe" beyond what we saw in the films. Even with the canon reset in 2014, the publishing side of Star Wars is just as important as ever in further fleshing out the timeline of our beloved galaxy far, far away. Hasbro used to visit the "expanded universe" well fairly frequently once upon a time, and seem more than happy to pad out the variety of offerings in The Black Series 6" line these days. We must ask: what about TVC? Evan and John sat down this week to chat about these "publishing greats" and how we'd like to see them handled in the modern era of 3.75" collecting, as well as what we'd specifically like to see as well. Let's #balancethescaleshasbro, shall we?
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