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Milestone Comics is back with the launch of Static: Season One, and the book's creators are talking about how it came together.

Writer Vita Ayala and artist Christopher Williams discuss their new Static: Season One comic with io9, and how it connects to the original Milestone.

In June, Sampson penned a powerful open letter calling for the Hollywood industry to divest from the police and make big changes to "affirm, defend and invest in Black lives." The letter was signed by over 300 Black artists and executives, including the late Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Mackie, Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Queen Latifah and more.   "By allowing white people to control and oppress the narratives that affirm Black lives, Hollywood has directly and indirectly inflicted harm and oppression onto our communities," the letter reads in part. "Because Hollywood has been a huge part of the p...

Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, storyteller, entertainment executive, co-founder of Milestone Comics, co-creator of Static Shock, Hardware, Icon, and Blood Syndicate, and creator and host of San Diego Comic-Con's The Black Panel. He writes From The Edge for Bleeding Cool and ComicMix. Michael Davis writes about his friend and student, John Paul Leon. John Paul Leon was part of an elite group, the Bad Boy Studio Mentor program. That program's goal is to help people of color gain entry into comic books and related businesses. It does not stop there-the main goal is to pay it fo...

Yes, lots of comics were racist. A new generation of Black artists is reinventing them By Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times Published: May 10, 2021, 6:02am Share: 2 Photos RIVERSIDE, CA - MARCH 7, 2021: John Jennings, comic book illustrator and professor of media and cultural studies at UC Riverside on March 7, 2021 in downtown Riverside, California. Black artists are using comics as a medium to address racial injustices.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Photo Gallery Manuel and Geiszel Godoy are military veterans, and they believe deeply in social justice. But above ...