© HIT BIT TECHNOLOGY ® THE TECH BOOM! “THE BEST IN TECH” AD ®BAREBACK TECHNICIAN #5 ®BLISTER TECHNICIAN #1 ®CC HONEY Meet the Technicians TECHNICIAN #2 ©CHAO ©TAE TECHNICIAN #4 TECHNICIAN #3 WWW.HITBIT.TECH Artwork: Dezi Sienty • Storyline: Tye Feimster R.I.P Stan Lee ©WATCH DOG ENTERTAINMENT® All rights reserved. CONTENTS 1 CONTENTS ICC MAGAZINE ISSUE #6 April, 2019 independentcreatorsconnection.com EDITORIALEDITORIAL TEAM TEAM COVER FEATURE Pam Harrison, Editor in Chief Bill McCormick, Assistant Editor Contributors: Terance Baker, Pam Harrison, Charles Apellaniz, Bill McCormick, Austin Allen Hamblin, Marcus Roberts DESIGNDESIGN layout LAYOUT Pam Harrison, Graphic Design, Advertising Graphics Supervisor » p.15 7 Jazz Maynard: The ICeland Trilogy » p. 9 The second volume in the internationally- in the United States” when he joined the staff of the Philadelphia renowned series takes the intrepid Jazz Maynard Record in the early 1930s. When The Record closed in 1947, he from the seedy ghettos of Barcelona to frozen would go on to create All-Negro Comics, a single-issue, 15¢ small- Iceland in pursuit of a priceless artifact. But he press American comic book: the first known comics magazine finds more danger than treasure. Join Charles written and drawn solely by African-American writers and artists. Apellaniz’ review of the popular Maynard series. 9 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: TOM RASCH Rasch’s comic, Black Alpha was first published in USA Today in 2013, has had merchandise featured on the popular Emmy-winning CBS series “The Big Bang Theory,” and is published through Action Lab Entertainment. 14 Orrin C. Evans and the First Black Publishing Company, All-Negro Comics Inc. African-American journalist Orrin Cromwell Evans was “the first black writer to cover general assignments for a mainstream white newspaper » p. 7 » p.14 ICC Magazine #6, 13964803341-00611, Published April, 2019. Material copyright © 2019ICC Sword andMagazine Labrys Productions | Issueand Independent #6 Creators- April Connection. 2019 All rights reserved. All other rights revert to their respective creators. For sales and advertising inquiries visit http://independentcreatorsconnection.com Printed in the USA. 2 CONTENTS HISTORY COSPLAY » p.17 17 Jackie Ormes: The First African-American Woman Cartoonist Jackie Ormes is celebrated as a trailblazer for not only African American women, but for all women. She mixed an excellent sense of style, fashion and her mastery of drawing the female form with social commentary that spoke not only of the black community, but society at large. 20 Comic Cons, Cosplay News Follow ICC Founder Terance Baker and his incredible wife Detria as they make the circuit of the hottest Comic Conventions all along the Orlando, Florida scene. » p.20 26 Indie Comics Promo Showcase ARTICLES Every quarter we highlight some of the best up and coming Indie artists of ICC. Is YOUR spot up next? This ad is Sponsored by ©Watch Dog Entertainment® and The ICC Group! 28 Promoting Your Comic! So, you’ve got a comic book, art prints, or original art? It’s time to promote! Try and get your vision out into the world and into people’s hands. A So, you’ve got a comic comic book convention is a great way to start. book, art prints, or original art? It’s time to promote! 31 Artist Spotlight: Dwayne Try and get your vision out into the world and into Johnson people’s hands. A comic book convention can be a THE MAN OF MIGHT: MAXIMUMMAN, is the great way to do so. kind of comic that reminds us why we fell in love with comics in the first place. Fun and colorful, with large swatches which are meant to be read aloud in that cool announcer voice that » p.28 permeated every Saturday morning comic, it’s the kind of page turner designed to hook kids for ICC Magazine | Issue #6 - April 2019 life. 36 April Is Manga Month! April is fast approaching, and with a new month comes new titles. Manga is hotter than ever this year, and there are a lot of fresh series starting soon, so it’s the best time of the year for picking up a new series. Without further ado, here are our picks for current hot titles, and where you can go to buy new releases in April 2019--or any time at all! 39 Artist Spotlight: Sam Johnson When ‘Little Miss Popular’ Ruby Kaye lands a pair of super-tech glasses (invented by brainiac college geek Trevor Goldstein) in a game of Strip Poker, she’s granted flight, super-strength, and – due to a flaw in the glasses’ programming – super-klutziness! And this is just the beginning of the changes the glasses will wreak on Ruby.... 45 Artist Spotlight: Jason Beckwith There’s that one kid. You know them. The one who’s getting out of the hospital, after attempting to do something involving a cow, a Harley, and a blowtorch. And as they’re getting out of their wheelchair they’re looking for the nearest place to bungee jump. Jason Beckwith may not take crazy physical risks, but he’s certainly believed in himself enough to take some challenging leaps. 50 Advertise with ICC Advertise with ICC Magazine! You have two options: Print advertisement in our comics, or promote your comic or business on our website! All ad pages and inserts must be reserved in advance. Please see Monthly Advertising Deadlines for Ad Reservation and Materials Due Dates. Ads are subject to pre- approval. » p.50 4 PREVIEWS ......So, you’ve got a comic book, art prints, or original art? It’s time to promote! Try and get your vi- sion out into the world and into people’s hands. A comic book convention can be a great way to do so.” » p.31 » p.9 » p.39 » p.28 » p.45 ICC Magazine | Issue #6 - April 2019 PREVIEWS 5 (Jackie) Ormes started in journalism as a proofreader for the Pittsburgh Courier, work- ing as an editor and as a freelance writer, writing on police beats, court cases and human interests top- ics. While she enjoyed ‘a great career running around town, looking into everything the law would allow, and writing about it’, what she really wanted to do was draw.” ICC Magazine | Issue #6 - April 2019 6 PREVIEWS ...Tate-no- Yuusha-no- Nariagari (The Rising of the Shield Hero) can be bought at amazon.com and tfaw.com. It’s my ab- solute favorite so far. Ris- ing of the Shield Hero has an anime adaptation too. The rest of the Manga series in this list are not really among my personal Top 10, but every Manga in this list I would gladly read multiple times over.” Tate-no-Yuusha-no-Nariagari : English: The Rising of the Shield Hero Get all the hottest manga comics now at TFAW! http://shrsl.com/1f5l1 ICC Magazine | Issue #6 - April 2019 ARTICLES 7 BOOK REVIEW CHARLES APELLANIZ Hello again and if this is tribute issue, I thought it would one of Jazz’s sisters whom he your first time reading this be a good time to talk about a hasn’t seen in over 10 years. magazine, welcome. book that you probably never Well it’s a new year and hoping heard of and of course this Book Two of Jazz Maynard: this year brings much success magazine is about independent The Iceland Trilogy, takes you and blessing to you all, as for creators and creations. This from Barcelona to Iceland, myself things are great and quarter, I will be talking about where Jazz is in search of an busy, some new and big things an actual comic book series artifact worth a fortune. The are going to happen this year which is collected comic issues story goes back to his past that is why this will be a short into two large hardcover books: when he was a young boy and column,so stay tuned. one of my favorite book series his time in New York. Jazz Maynard. After the last 2 previous The writing by Raule sets the issues which were the holiday Who or what is Jazz Maynard moody tone and atmosphere of gift issue and the Stan Lee you are asking? Originally they these books: he takes you from are books from Europe the mean streets of Barcelona which were put out as to the cold of Iceland and in single issues from Lion dark, seedy hole-in-the-wall Forge and later col- bars. It was the art that made lected into two 144 page me pick up 2 issues which I hardcovers. found at Books-A-Million, and then I ordered the collections Book One is Jazz through my local comic shop. Maynard: The Barcelona Trilogy, set in present The art by Roger Ibanez day Barcelona and with is just so beautiful. His action his childhood friend scenes are very fluid and the Teo both of whom had color palette complements the become the best at mood. It’s a great read but a what they do: burglary. very beautiful book to look at Jazz went to New York over and over. to leave that life behind, but had to come back for If you’re tired of the super one last job by another hero books then check out the of old friends, Judas, Jazz Maynard series! who happened to black- mail him into the job by Find them at Amazon.com: threatening the life of https://amzn.to/2WG35bc ICC Magazine | Issue #6 - April 2019 8 ARTICLES https://bit.ly/2PGtAsP SCIE NC CK E A L TALK B ABOUT IT TUESDAYS Discover the latest, greatest, and strangest of the indie ICC Magazine | Issue #6 - April 2019 Afrofuturist movement! Youtube: Talk About It Tuesday ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Am no an listening depending up believing.