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Writer Manuel Godoy

@officialblacksands.bsky.social

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Author/Educator/Publisher The no.1 black indie comic publisher in the Nation! Creator of Black Sands, the Seven Kingdoms! Currently making an anime. Website: blacksands.com Anime Investment: Wefunder.com/blacksandsanime

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 19

For the algorithm 🫶🏾
Looking for more mutuals and friends!

🌟black Authors
🌟black comic books
🌟black history BEFORE slavery
🌟black causes
🌟black business
🌟indigenous history
🌟 anti-colonialism / apartheid
🌟black gaming
❤️🔃 appreciated

Creator of dope comics and anime
#blacksky
#promosky
#promotwt

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Feb 22

Thanks for all the support making this anime a reality. We are skyrocketing to our final goal of independence and black ownership. If you want to be a part of this, go to Wefunder.com/blacksandsanime

No more slave stories, time for kings! #blacksky

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Jan 22

My anime will be pure with the support of the fans.

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Dec 5

I like the design of Deun in the Black Sands anime I am making. He is the leader of the Medjai and voiced by TC Carson.

What do you think of the design?

#comicbook #anime #artist

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Dec 5

Another recording session today. The person playing Seth did an amazing job. I think my #anime will do great in the box office next year.

#animesky

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Dec 3

Voice acting is wild! Haven’t posted in a while because I got back to back sessions of recordings for the cast. Each block is 2 to 4 hours. Who the heck thought comic books would eventually lead me to being a pseudo director.

#voiceacting

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Dec 2

One of my motivations

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 27

I’ll definitely chop it up with you on the podcast. Mid sized comic publisher

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 27

What’s funny about this is because of this reality, I had to go independent. To date, I have maybe been in 3 comic books shops my entire career, but I sold 300,000 units. Minorities have to focus on selling on amazon, their personal website, or social media. The comic book shop industry is too stuck

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 27

American printing is both way more expensive and significantly lower quality.

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 27

Ai pisses me off lol. None of our books got ai in it. Nothing more than a pump and dump scheme like NFTs. Ai still can’t tell you how many Rs are in strawberry

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 27

My titles have been banned randomly in counties in the south, particularly Florida and Alabama.

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 26

Want to listen to your dreams becoming a reality? TC Carson in the studio recording his lines for Deun in the Black Sands anime.

6 years ago I was selling comics in a kiosk in Hoover, AL.

Now I am doing multimillion dollar anime productions.

#blacksky #comicwriter #voiceacting

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 26

Not sure is Elon is throttling black art so I am posting both this post and the same post on the other platform as an experiment. Let me know if you see this!

“An Equal Exchange” Black Sands, chapter 15.

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 26

We just crossed 1.12 million! Thanks family! The Comics turning into an anime is legendary.

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 26

Do publishers count? Got tons of books so the dope art under my label

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 26

Btw, did they hire you? I selected you for one of the roles but I am not the final decision maker

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 26

Always

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 25

I love when the 1k drop randomly multiple times a day. Wooh!

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 25

Tech bro babble never gets old. Coins, NFTs, now AI. All pump and no progress.

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 25

Ai can’t tell you how many Rs are in Strawberry, but they about to be hit writers bruh!

Anyways, you excited about the Black Sands anime dropping next summer with TC Carson, Debra Wilson, and Eddie Griffin? Wefunder.com/blacksandsanime

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 25

Got an email we can send our press kit to?

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 25

Appreciate it

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 25

It’s like that on every platform. One month, I can raise 200k, the next month, I can barely get 50 link clicks. They love throttling people who actually have a fan base, especially if it’s anything to do with minorities

Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 25

How you get on the list fam!

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Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social · Nov 25

Isaac is my favorite outside of my own titles