Black Nerd Problems
@blacknerdproblems.bsky.social
We write about pop culture, talk movies & comics, and get these jokes off. [2025 Hugo Award Winner] 99 problems, diversity ain’t one.
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Celebrating 10 Years of Black Nerd Problems
Black Nerd Problems turns 10! We are a decade in the game, and this Hugo-nominated Fanzine isn't slowing down.
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a very special #throwbackthursday piece for a very special day: our birthday! May 15th, 2024 marked our 10-year anniversary! Today and all this weekend we're celebrating by sharing pieces of us from around the web!! Join us!
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Roukia is the soul of our africanfuturist film, Crocodile Dance. She's defiant, empathetic griot who must confront the curse of a Mami Wata. Discover her story on Kickstarter bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
#crocodiledance #africananimation #kickstarter #animatedfilm #mamiwata #naija #project
#crocodiledance #africananimation #kickstarter #animatedfilm #mamiwata #naija #project
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Roukia is the soul of our africanfuturist film, Crocodile Dance. She's defiant, empathetic griot who must confront the curse of a Mami Wata. Discover her story on Kickstarter bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
#crocodiledance #africananimation #kickstarter #animatedfilm #mamiwata #naija #project
#crocodiledance #africananimation #kickstarter #animatedfilm #mamiwata #naija #project
ON KICKSTARTER WITH 21 DAYS TO GO:
[Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film]
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family via @cokercoop.bsky.social
[Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film]
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family via @cokercoop.bsky.social
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ON KICKSTARTER WITH 21 DAYS TO GO:
[Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film]
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family via @cokercoop.bsky.social
[Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film]
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family via @cokercoop.bsky.social
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Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D Animated Thriller about a Nigerian musician who must confront the curse of a Mami Wata to save her family.
Support us on @Kickstarter today! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Support us on @Kickstarter today! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D Animated Thriller about a Nigerian musician who must confront the curse of a Mami Wata to save her family.
Support us on @Kickstarter today! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Support us on @Kickstarter today! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
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You'll need an open heart to venture into the Closed country. Preorder Horon of the Closed Country by Sen on our store:
bit.ly/4p5Qt9N
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Horon of the Closed Country, Volume 1
This product is a pre-order. Orders containing this product are not guaranteed to ship until all items are in stock. By Sen What the Forest Deity takes will never return. A forest deity hides and protects an ancient land from foreign enemies, but in order to do so, sacrifices must be made. In recent times, the fo
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November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
You'll need an open heart to venture into the Closed country. Preorder Horon of the Closed Country by Sen on our store:
bit.ly/4p5Qt9N
bit.ly/4p5Qt9N
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✨️Witching Season ✨️
Me and @vampirepyramid.bsky.social teamed up for a comic called Perspective where a witch & her apprentice go on a perfectly normal market run with nothing odd happening at all 😇
Help us get it funded!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
Me and @vampirepyramid.bsky.social teamed up for a comic called Perspective where a witch & her apprentice go on a perfectly normal market run with nothing odd happening at all 😇
Help us get it funded!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
✨️Witching Season ✨️
Me and @vampirepyramid.bsky.social teamed up for a comic called Perspective where a witch & her apprentice go on a perfectly normal market run with nothing odd happening at all 😇
Help us get it funded!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
Me and @vampirepyramid.bsky.social teamed up for a comic called Perspective where a witch & her apprentice go on a perfectly normal market run with nothing odd happening at all 😇
Help us get it funded!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
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Yes, "Thursday what a concept" yet we also wanna share some #throwbackthursday vibes on here.
BNP Staff Presents: Our Favorite Marvel Comic Book Covers featuring words by @truevillainy.bsky.social , @omarholmon.bsky.social , @divineblkpearl.bsky.social @kreidc.bsky.social & @omarholmon.bsky.social
BNP Staff Presents: Our Favorite Marvel Comic Book Covers featuring words by @truevillainy.bsky.social , @omarholmon.bsky.social , @divineblkpearl.bsky.social @kreidc.bsky.social & @omarholmon.bsky.social
BNP Staff Presents: Our Favorite Marvel Comic Book Covers
20 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Image Credit We tend to read a lot of comics around here. A LOT. ...
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December 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Yes, "Thursday what a concept" yet we also wanna share some #throwbackthursday vibes on here.
BNP Staff Presents: Our Favorite Marvel Comic Book Covers featuring words by @truevillainy.bsky.social , @omarholmon.bsky.social , @divineblkpearl.bsky.social @kreidc.bsky.social & @omarholmon.bsky.social
BNP Staff Presents: Our Favorite Marvel Comic Book Covers featuring words by @truevillainy.bsky.social , @omarholmon.bsky.social , @divineblkpearl.bsky.social @kreidc.bsky.social & @omarholmon.bsky.social
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Did a luigi-themed Halloween art swap with @lorichu.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Did a luigi-themed Halloween art swap with @lorichu.bsky.social
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Happy Halloyeen
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy Halloyeen
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"...really stands out for its uncomplicated, quiet-till-it-is-not, thought-provoking tale of breaking free of everything that will come at a person that age"
#ICYMI REVIEW: ‘ALTERNATIVE[SELF LINER NOTE]’ on When You Miss Being a Legend at 27 @mangamavericks.bsky.social
#ICYMI REVIEW: ‘ALTERNATIVE[SELF LINER NOTE]’ on When You Miss Being a Legend at 27 @mangamavericks.bsky.social
REVIEW: 'ALTERNATIVE[SELF LINER NOTE]' on When You Miss Being a Legend at 27
In ALTERNATIVE [SELF LINER NOTE], Rio worries about what she will do with her life at 28 and facing her self-doubts.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"...really stands out for its uncomplicated, quiet-till-it-is-not, thought-provoking tale of breaking free of everything that will come at a person that age"
#ICYMI REVIEW: ‘ALTERNATIVE[SELF LINER NOTE]’ on When You Miss Being a Legend at 27 @mangamavericks.bsky.social
#ICYMI REVIEW: ‘ALTERNATIVE[SELF LINER NOTE]’ on When You Miss Being a Legend at 27 @mangamavericks.bsky.social
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These evolving "Shop Here, Not Here" guides from @swcollectivechi.bsky.social are very nice - well communicated, clear, actionable. Helps people decide where to spend their money even if they're not particularly vulnerable themselves, and highlights businesses working to keep their customers safe.
Like everyone else, we are LIVID about what happened at Swap-O-Rama, and what continues to happen at Home Depot.
When businesses have no safety plan communicated at all, to vendors or customers, it has the potential to create a very dangerous situation.
Let’s boycott and shop local.
When businesses have no safety plan communicated at all, to vendors or customers, it has the potential to create a very dangerous situation.
Let’s boycott and shop local.
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
These evolving "Shop Here, Not Here" guides from @swcollectivechi.bsky.social are very nice - well communicated, clear, actionable. Helps people decide where to spend their money even if they're not particularly vulnerable themselves, and highlights businesses working to keep their customers safe.
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Reminder that these prices will increase in the new year!
I have slots available!
I have slots available!
Do *you* have a story you're trying to get off the ground? Whether it's to be self published or sent as a pitch, I can help as your editor 🌟 (amongst other services that I offer).
Anyway! Commissions are open~
Anyway! Commissions are open~
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reminder that these prices will increase in the new year!
I have slots available!
I have slots available!
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"...Night Patrol features a multicultural take on vampire and hunter lore never before executed. It felt like a healthy mix of Training Day meets Sinners with a dash of Friday."
Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Night Patrol’ Keeps its Story Balanced and Hood via @truevillainy.bsky.social
Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Night Patrol’ Keeps its Story Balanced and Hood via @truevillainy.bsky.social
Fantastic Fest Review: 'Night Patrol' Keeps its Story Balanced and Hood
Night Patrol is playing with mercury. An authentic portrayal of L.A. gang culture smashed right up against a wild vampire horror story.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"...Night Patrol features a multicultural take on vampire and hunter lore never before executed. It felt like a healthy mix of Training Day meets Sinners with a dash of Friday."
Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Night Patrol’ Keeps its Story Balanced and Hood via @truevillainy.bsky.social
Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Night Patrol’ Keeps its Story Balanced and Hood via @truevillainy.bsky.social
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ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! @omarholmon.bsky.social @truevillainy.bsky.social and friends!!!!
October 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! @omarholmon.bsky.social @truevillainy.bsky.social and friends!!!!
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Again, GO BACK THE COMICS COURIER. They're well funded, so any extra money gets the contributors paid even more! I appreciate what @explodingarrow.bsky.social is doing & maybe I can contribute someday 😘
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
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The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
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October 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Again, GO BACK THE COMICS COURIER. They're well funded, so any extra money gets the contributors paid even more! I appreciate what @explodingarrow.bsky.social is doing & maybe I can contribute someday 😘
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
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🔥 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 11: SPORTS IS HELL by Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social 🏈
We’ve got even more greatness from Ben!!
💀 Some wars are for religion. Some for politics. This one’s for football.
We’ve got even more greatness from Ben!!
💀 Some wars are for religion. Some for politics. This one’s for football.
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🔥 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 11: SPORTS IS HELL by Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social 🏈
We’ve got even more greatness from Ben!!
💀 Some wars are for religion. Some for politics. This one’s for football.
We’ve got even more greatness from Ben!!
💀 Some wars are for religion. Some for politics. This one’s for football.
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Remembering & Honoring Keturah A. Bobo, artist for many books including the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book I Am Enough, written by Grace Byers.
Remembering she was the illustrator for 'Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth' here:
Remembering she was the illustrator for 'Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth' here:
A Belated #BHM / #WomensHistoryMonth Treat:
5 Kid Lit Books About Black Girls and Women You Should Have on Your Bookshelves via @divineblkpearl.bsky.social
5 Kid Lit Books About Black Girls and Women You Should Have on Your Bookshelves via @divineblkpearl.bsky.social
5 Kid Lit Books About Black Girls and Women You Should Have on Your Bookshelves
Looking for some kid lit about Black girls and women? Check out this list of 5 that you need on your young reader's bookshelf now.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Remembering & Honoring Keturah A. Bobo, artist for many books including the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book I Am Enough, written by Grace Byers.
Remembering she was the illustrator for 'Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth' here:
Remembering she was the illustrator for 'Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth' here:
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I’m sure yall are familiar with (or have probably seen) the book I Am Enough by Grace Byers. Or Hell. Any of her very famous other pieces.
It was illustrated by a sister of mine, Keturah Bobo.
Keturah passed away today. It’s fucking me up so bad.
It was illustrated by a sister of mine, Keturah Bobo.
Keturah passed away today. It’s fucking me up so bad.
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I’m sure yall are familiar with (or have probably seen) the book I Am Enough by Grace Byers. Or Hell. Any of her very famous other pieces.
It was illustrated by a sister of mine, Keturah Bobo.
Keturah passed away today. It’s fucking me up so bad.
It was illustrated by a sister of mine, Keturah Bobo.
Keturah passed away today. It’s fucking me up so bad.
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Artist and illustrator Keturah Bobo passed away last week following a battle with an undisclosed illness.
'I Am Enough' Illustrator Keturah Bobo Dies After Longterm Illness
Artist and illustrator Keturah Bobo passed away last week following a battle with an undisclosed illness. Bobo’s family revealed the sad news in an Instagram post last Friday. She’s survived by her husband, actor Trai Byers, and the couple’s young son.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Artist and illustrator Keturah Bobo passed away last week following a battle with an undisclosed illness.
One of our favorite pieces of art celebrating today #IndigenousPeoplesDay by artist Kameron White aka
@spacejamkamart.bsky.social 🖤
www.spacejamkam.com
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@spacejamkamart.bsky.social 🖤
www.spacejamkam.com
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October 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
One of our favorite pieces of art celebrating today #IndigenousPeoplesDay by artist Kameron White aka
@spacejamkamart.bsky.social 🖤
www.spacejamkam.com
ko-fi.com/spacejamkam
@spacejamkamart.bsky.social 🖤
www.spacejamkam.com
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ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! @omarholmon.bsky.social @truevillainy.bsky.social and friends!!!!
October 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! @omarholmon.bsky.social @truevillainy.bsky.social and friends!!!!
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happy day when I fondly remember a group of fourth graders absolutely destroying Columbus’s legacy during a Zoom social studies lesson to one and all
“he was a JERK”
“he killed a lot of people”
“he didn’t even discover America!”
remote school was mostly a nightmare but that was a great day
“he was a JERK”
“he killed a lot of people”
“he didn’t even discover America!”
remote school was mostly a nightmare but that was a great day
October 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
happy day when I fondly remember a group of fourth graders absolutely destroying Columbus’s legacy during a Zoom social studies lesson to one and all
“he was a JERK”
“he killed a lot of people”
“he didn’t even discover America!”
remote school was mostly a nightmare but that was a great day
“he was a JERK”
“he killed a lot of people”
“he didn’t even discover America!”
remote school was mostly a nightmare but that was a great day
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yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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Super Luigi Day was supposed to be a yearly Nintendo tradition!
October 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Super Luigi Day was supposed to be a yearly Nintendo tradition!
"Long story real short, Season Eight, Episode One of My Hero Academia simultaneously wrenched my heart and filled my spirit to the brim."
#ICYMI REVIEW: ‘My Hero Academia’ Final Season, Episode 1 is All Gas, No Breaks
#ICYMI REVIEW: ‘My Hero Academia’ Final Season, Episode 1 is All Gas, No Breaks
'My Hero Academia' Final Season, Episode 1 is All Gas, No Breaks
Season 8, Episode 1 of My Hero Academia wrenched my heart and filled my spirit to the brim. Hands get thrown and the stakes is high.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Long story real short, Season Eight, Episode One of My Hero Academia simultaneously wrenched my heart and filled my spirit to the brim."
#ICYMI REVIEW: ‘My Hero Academia’ Final Season, Episode 1 is All Gas, No Breaks
#ICYMI REVIEW: ‘My Hero Academia’ Final Season, Episode 1 is All Gas, No Breaks