There are black comic book heroes, but none ever looked like me | Imani Lateef | TEDxToledo

Imani Lateef is a designer and founder of the Black Comix Arts Fest and Peep Game Comix, a digital comic website that exclusively sells independent comics by international black authors. Watch his talk from TEDxToledo #WhatNow to learn more about

Imani Lateef is a designer and founder of the Black Comix Arts Fest, an annual celebration of black comic book artists and their collections, as well as Peep Game Comix, a digital comic website that exclusively sells independent comics by international black authors.

In this talk, delivered at TEDxToledo #WhatNow, Imani presents the current landscape of how black people are stereotypical represented in comic books, and how he's working to change it.

To learn more about TEDxToledo, visit https://TEDxToledo.com Imani Lateef is a designer and comic book enthusiast, and founder of the Black Comix Arts Festival, an annual celebration of Black Comic Book artists and their collections, and Peep Game Comix, a digital comic website that exclusively sells independent comics by international black authors. In this talk, delivered at TEDxToledo #WhatNow, Imani presents the stereotypical narrative for black representation in comics, and how he's working to change it.

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