#thedinnertable

[gemcitycomiccon]

#GemCityComicCon is pleased to welcome #JollyBlackbburn to our 2017 show! Twenty years ago while editing the small press magazine, #Shadis, Jolly Blackburn ‘accidentally’ created a comic strip called #Knightsof theDinnerTable to serve as ‘filler’ on an empty page. It was something of a ‘creative burp’ and Jolly really didn’t give it much thought. Perhaps that’s why he was just as surprised as anyone when the comic strip soon was overshadowing everything else he’d ever done and that the created was now controlling the creator. That was over twenty years That was twenty years ago. Knights of the Dinner Table eventually became a monthly comic book (now approaching its 200th issue) and has generated over 40 trade paperbacks. Jolly works from home drawing his characters and designing games still amazed that his motley crew of poorly drawn characters have taken him on such a wonderful journey. #GCCC17 #convention #comics #comiccreator #FeaturedGuest #comicbooks http://ift.tt/2lc8q7v

[thedinnertabledoc]

An Essence Magazine short film contest gave me (Asha Boston) the idea to create a mini documentary on Black women being multidimensional. While conducting research on the contents of quality programming, I found myself awe-inspired by the creators of Sesame Street. As I read about the shows creation, I was intrigued to learn that it came about by simply taking the addictive qualities of children's programming and turning it into something positive and educational. For my project I decided to take the addictive qualities of reality television and make it positive. The documentary is entitled "The Dinner Table" as a nudge to the idea portrayed in reality shows that we as women, black women especially can not sit down and have dinner together. I wanted to show that we can be more than "baby mama's" and "bottle throwers" that tear each other down mentally and physically each time we meet to break bread. The film starts at the dinner table and the conversation there serves as a narrative while short monologues (to mimic confessionals) are shown along with real footage of young black millennial women sharing their stories of success, mentor relationships and inspiration. I really want this project to contribute to the narrative for black women in the entertainment realm, hopefully someone is listening.