Ajuan Mance
@ajuanmance.bsky.social
Artist, Writer, Professor of Illustration at California College of the Arts, Professor Emeritus of African American literature at Mills College. Picture book WHAT DO BROTHAS DO ALL DAY? is out now. https://www.ajuanmance.com #comics 🖤🏳️🌈
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Ajuan Mance
@ajuanmance.bsky.social
· Aug 24
My newest piece is an homage to coffee culture and cafe goers everywhere! It’s an 18” x 24” print that I’m releasing in a limited edition of 250. There are 90 different figures in the drawing, drinking everything from iced coffee to matcha lattes. This labor of love took about 90 hours to create.
In 1989, I saw an exhibition of Rockwell’s civil rights paintings. I knew his work very well, but I had never seen most of these paintings. I stand with his family. This is a misuse of his work.
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
In 1989, I saw an exhibition of Rockwell’s civil rights paintings. I knew his work very well, but I had never seen most of these paintings. I stand with his family. This is a misuse of his work.
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
Please support this wonderful bookstore. The staff is kind and knowledgeable, the selections are well curated, and their children’s book section is a delightful, which is not a word I often use. I did an event there in 2024, and they made me feel like a part of their local reading community!
@loyaltybooks.bsky.social is a fantastic store with a great team & they could really use your support right now. Paralyzed by choice? They offer curated book bundles & a "Leap of Faith" subscription box.
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loyaltybookstores.com/LEAPOFFAITH
September 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Please support this wonderful bookstore. The staff is kind and knowledgeable, the selections are well curated, and their children’s book section is a delightful, which is not a word I often use. I did an event there in 2024, and they made me feel like a part of their local reading community!
My newest piece is an homage to coffee culture and cafe goers everywhere! It’s an 18” x 24” print that I’m releasing in a limited edition of 250. There are 90 different figures in the drawing, drinking everything from iced coffee to matcha lattes. This labor of love took about 90 hours to create.
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My newest piece is an homage to coffee culture and cafe goers everywhere! It’s an 18” x 24” print that I’m releasing in a limited edition of 250. There are 90 different figures in the drawing, drinking everything from iced coffee to matcha lattes. This labor of love took about 90 hours to create.
I had such a good time at the South Berkeley Public Library Zine Fest that I only managed to take one picture, of this cool sign by artist and festival organizer Avy Jetter! Thank you, Avy, for this wonderful event! See you next week at SF Zine Fest!
August 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I had such a good time at the South Berkeley Public Library Zine Fest that I only managed to take one picture, of this cool sign by artist and festival organizer Avy Jetter! Thank you, Avy, for this wonderful event! See you next week at SF Zine Fest!
It was a wonderful day at the inaugural South Berkeley Public Library Zine Fest! Now, onto the SF Zine Fest next Sunday!
August 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It was a wonderful day at the inaugural South Berkeley Public Library Zine Fest! Now, onto the SF Zine Fest next Sunday!
What a thrill and an honor to be part of the program of readings and panels at the Schomburg's 100th. From the parade at the opening to the amazing panelists, to our own reading and discussion in the children's reading room at the Countee Cullen Library, it was day I will never forget.
This revered Harlem institution holds the ashes of Langston Hughes, the personal papers of Maya Angelou, art by Jacob Lawrence, and more. Now, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is turning 100 and is celebrating in a big way. bit.ly/4levdww #schomburg
June 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What a thrill and an honor to be part of the program of readings and panels at the Schomburg's 100th. From the parade at the opening to the amazing panelists, to our own reading and discussion in the children's reading room at the Countee Cullen Library, it was day I will never forget.
This is going to the top of my spring reading list!
April 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is going to the top of my spring reading list!
A video about my contribution to this upcoming anthology:
"Ball In Now" by @ajuanmance.bsky.social is about women's rugby, Title IX, and "tackling the @#$% out of people."
Check us out on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
Check us out on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
March 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A video about my contribution to this upcoming anthology:
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#ff #followfriday
Come Out and Play contributors on Bluesky!
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Come Out and Play contributors on Bluesky!
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@ajuanmance.bsky.social @amalasrosa.bsky.social @andycasadonte.bsky.social @danverzone.bsky.social @dogspunk.bsky.social @dkdraws.bsky.social @jamdye.bsky.social @jonahnewmancomics.bsky.social
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Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project
A full-color comics anthology about LGBTQ+ sports & athletes.
www.kickstarter.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In my other life, I make autobiographical comics that are funny, silly, and occasionally wise. My next comic, on my years as a college rugby player, will appear in this anthology. Please support our Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
March 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
In my other life, I make autobiographical comics that are funny, silly, and occasionally wise. My next comic, on my years as a college rugby player, will appear in this anthology. Please support our Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
This was my immediate thought upon reading about this. There are some critically acclaimed and highly celebrated Black artists in the planned exhibition. Why would the museum not want to mount the show. hyperallergic.com/992061/show-...
March 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This was my immediate thought upon reading about this. There are some critically acclaimed and highly celebrated Black artists in the planned exhibition. Why would the museum not want to mount the show. hyperallergic.com/992061/show-...
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The fact that Edward’s was willing to secure private funding to skirt the red tape and they refused is telling.
March 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The fact that Edward’s was willing to secure private funding to skirt the red tape and they refused is telling.
My parents had these songs on heavy rotation. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" melts my heart every time. Only in the last ten years did I learn she was a child prodigy who entered Howard U at 15, on a full scholarship.
Thank you for the lasting gift of your music, Ms. Flack.
R.I.P.
Thank you for the lasting gift of your music, Ms. Flack.
R.I.P.
a friend reminded me today that Roberta was the first artist to win back to back Record of the Year Grammys with “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in 1972 and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" in 1973
I love the 70s.
RIP dear Roberta
I love the 70s.
RIP dear Roberta
March 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My parents had these songs on heavy rotation. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" melts my heart every time. Only in the last ten years did I learn she was a child prodigy who entered Howard U at 15, on a full scholarship.
Thank you for the lasting gift of your music, Ms. Flack.
R.I.P.
Thank you for the lasting gift of your music, Ms. Flack.
R.I.P.
I’m putting this museum on my travel list for 2025
A Historic Black Newspaper Gets a Museum
The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its Harlem building into a museum and community space.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/n...
The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its Harlem building into a museum and community space.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/n...
A Historic Black Newspaper Gets a Museum (Gift Article)
The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its Harlem building into a museum and community space.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I’m putting this museum on my travel list for 2025
I’m thrilled to be returning to Mills College for The Black Read: Living While Black with Professor Ajuan Mance, on Wednesday (2/19) in the Mills Hall living room, 5 PM. This event is free and open to the public.
For information: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-black-...
For information: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-black-...
February 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I’m thrilled to be returning to Mills College for The Black Read: Living While Black with Professor Ajuan Mance, on Wednesday (2/19) in the Mills Hall living room, 5 PM. This event is free and open to the public.
For information: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-black-...
For information: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-black-...
I'm adding several of these to my to-do list!
If you want to take action to protect the freedom to read in your community, please take a look at these ideas:
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025
Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.
bookriot.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I'm adding several of these to my to-do list!
I curated a show! Join me for Saturday’s opening at the San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, from 2 PM to 4 PM, 647 Irving St at 8th Ave, San Francisco, CA.
February 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I curated a show! Join me for Saturday’s opening at the San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, from 2 PM to 4 PM, 647 Irving St at 8th Ave, San Francisco, CA.
It's Black History Month! To celebrate, I'm posting this drawing from 2017. If Hon. #ShirleyChisholm and #SojournerTruth were alive today, I think they'd stand with all who face injustice.This drawing imagines them joining the #DAPL protests of 2016 and 2017. #Blacksky
February 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It's Black History Month! To celebrate, I'm posting this drawing from 2017. If Hon. #ShirleyChisholm and #SojournerTruth were alive today, I think they'd stand with all who face injustice.This drawing imagines them joining the #DAPL protests of 2016 and 2017. #Blacksky
A few scenes from the Art of Diaspora Show Opening at the Richmond Art Center!
January 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A few scenes from the Art of Diaspora Show Opening at the Richmond Art Center!
I find hope and joy in my artists’ and writers, communities. The annual Art of the African Diaspora show opening at the Richmond Art Center was an amazing moment celebrate and connect with so many of the artists who inspire me! Many thanks to the organizers!
January 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I find hope and joy in my artists’ and writers, communities. The annual Art of the African Diaspora show opening at the Richmond Art Center was an amazing moment celebrate and connect with so many of the artists who inspire me! Many thanks to the organizers!
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March 28, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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Stop challenging books and we'll stop doing this panel and go back to talking about comics just for fun reasons!
(There will be fun on the panel too, but c'mon y'all, please?)
(There will be fun on the panel too, but c'mon y'all, please?)
March 27, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Stop challenging books and we'll stop doing this panel and go back to talking about comics just for fun reasons!
(There will be fun on the panel too, but c'mon y'all, please?)
(There will be fun on the panel too, but c'mon y'all, please?)
Reposted by Ajuan Mance
Sketchbook tour 4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN-M... #artofrobertliutrujillo #sketchbook #sketchbooktour #illustration #handlettering
March 28, 2024 at 4:15 AM
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