Here at A. C. E. we decided to shine some light on some the most influential African Americans and other people of color since it being Black History Month and the first people we would like to introduce is a man name Larry Houston who was the director and producer of some your favorite TV shows such as X-Men (1992-1997) G.I Joe(1985) Jackie Chan Adventures(2001) X-Men Evolution(2001) Static Shock (2003-2004) Biker Mice From Mars (2006-2007) Spectacular Spider-Man (2009) Xiaolin Chronicles (2013-2014) Spawn (1997) Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1994) Double Dragon (1993) Captain Planet (1991- 1992) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1991) and so many more this great artist, director, and producer has done. So if you're ever lucky enough to see him at a convention or something show some love to Larry Houston the creator of my childhood and maybe yours too.
Comic book stores, although there are many around the world but not many owned by Black people, let alone by a female, but that all changed when Ariell Johnson opened her store Amalgam Comics & Coffee on December 14, 2015, becoming the first Black-Woman Owned comic bookstore in the East Coast. Since then she has garnered national media attention because of her commitment to representation and inclusion. It was all dream when studying accounting at Temple University. It took 13 long years to make her dream come true, now her comic book store which is located in the Kensington area of North Philadelphia is a celebration of all geek culture. A place for comic book fans, hardcore gamers, movie addicts, television connoisseurs, and zombie apocalypse survivalists to meet, and with their powers combined, change the world a little bit. We here at
A. C. E. would like to congratulate her on being a great representation of Black People and YOU ARE BLACK HISTORY.
In honor of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, we would like to pay homage to many of the black creators who have inspired us greatly. Today, the spotlight is on Khary Randolph. Breaking into comic book industry in the esrly 2000s, Khary Randolph is a comic book artist known for his dynamic art style which is influenced from manga and hip hop. Some of his notable works include STARBORN, CHARISMAGIC, TECH JACKET, MOSAIC, and EXCELLENCE. Khary has also worked with high profile publishers such as Marvel Comics, Epic Comics, DC Comics, Aspen Comics, Image Comics, and Boom! Studios.
He is also a 3x Glyph Award winner, achieving the twice for "Best Cover" and once for "Best Artist". Thank you for being you, we hope you continue to work many different things because YOU ARE BLACK HISTORY.
Alitha Martinez is of Honduran and Curacao decent and has worked for Marvel, DC, and Image Comics, this is her story. In the1990s, Martinez worked as a background inker with her stand-out moment came with heavily contributing to Marvel's Cable in 1993. Her big break came when she became the lead artist for the Iron Man series in 1999, she worked on the comic till 2001. Martinez would go on to be the lead artist of the comic and popular tv show Heroes webcomics. After that, she would leave Marvel to go to DC where she co-created the character Knightfall in the Batgirl series in 2012. In 2017 she was a guest artist for Image Comics Lazarus X +66 series. Recently she created Nubia for DCs new Future State series, Alithas work was included in the Women in Comics exhibit. Alitha is also is a GLAAD Winner for Outstanding Artist, she has cemented herself as one of the great artists of color and women as a whole. Alitha Martinez has done so many different titles and each one is so wonderfully drawn, you are a great artist and YOU ARE BLACK HISTORY.
Dwayne Glenn Mcduffie is one of the most important and respected writers in my generation. Working with Marvel was his first big break by helping to create Damage Control (which is a team that repairs and cleans up all of the damage being done by superheroes and villains). In time Dwayne would later go on to be an Editor for Marvel wh