4 Pages | 16 Bars: A Visual Mixtape: Vol. 01 - The Symphony: Volume 1 - Tapa blanda

The Black Age of Comics. This is the term coined in 1992. With the emergence of Milestone Media, Brotherman, Tribe and other entitles in the early nineties, the presence of the African American in sequential art could not be denied. In 2015, diversity has become the buzzword in the comic book industry with companies like DC and Marvel claiming to lead the charge, but merely scratching the surface of the complexity and intersection of race, culture and gender. We are Visual MCs and Literary DJs. We move our pencils and pixels like the comic book B-Boys and B-Girls we are, with our Graffitti making the world a little more beautiful...a little more flavorful. The comic book industry is more than DC or Marvel. The scene is more diverse than Image or Dark Horse. This is visual Jazz, Rock, Funk, Hip Hop and electronic music. This is art for the people.

Jiba Molei Anderson is the owner of Griot Enterprises and creator of its flagship property The Horsemen and Outworld: Return of the Master Teachers. He has also written the educational text Manifesto: The Tao of Jiba Molei Anderson, and maintains The Afrosoul Chronicles a blog dedicated to the discussion of race, politics and the business of popular culture. Mr. Anderson is also a part of the fine art community having various one-man and group shows including being featured in the book Black Comix and guest lecturing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art with The Horsemen’s inclusion in The Smithsonian’s permanent library. In addition, Mr. Anderson has been interviewed for various publications such as GQ Magazine, Afropunk, Sci Fi Pulse and the New York Times and has written articles for various magazines such as LaRana de Sevilla and online journals. Currently, Mr. Anderson is a Part-Time Lecturer at Chicago State University, teaching courses in Animation, Multimedia and Video Game Design and speaks across the country promoting comic books and graphic novels as tools for education in the exploration of race, culture and identity. He also created The Song of Lionogo: An Indian Ocean Mythological Remix for the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.