What does Black History Month Mean to You?

     I lived in Australia for several years. My time there allowed me a taste of what it's like to not have a Black History month. To be perfectly honest, I forgot all about it.
In Australia, The Civil War, The Civil Rights Movement, and even Obama becoming the first Black President isn't "black history," it's all part of America's history. I look forward to the day when "Black History" is told and taught along with everyone else's history in America.

The presence of a "Black History Month" or any other  "Minority History Month" means that there is still an "us and them" type mentality in this country; so much so that minorities need their own history separate from the rest of America's History. 
This isn't as negative as it sounds, though. It also means that America as a nation agrees that minority contributions to America's history are important enough that  at least a month's recognition of them annually is necessary. 

That said, here's my final question for this year's Black History Month:

"What does Black History Month mean to you?"

Here is what some of them had to say:

Black History Month 2013: Role Models?

A cast of diverse characters allows for a diverse audience to have the opportunity to relate with any of those characters. Factors like the character's appearance and/or their situation or circumstances are among the most popular reasons someone would relate with a particular character.

This week's question is:

"What black toon do you most identify with?"

When I asked this weeks question, I couldn't help but think about how I'd answer. I struggled to settle on one. I have always been obsessed with the elements, so I've "identified" with most characters with elemental powers , regardless of their race. My lightning fetish would lead most to think that toons like Storm or Black Lightning would be an obvious choice, but in reality the toon I sincerely identify most with would be Foxy Love from Drawn Together. 
I can totally identify with how ghetto fabulous and slutty she can be! Haha!

Here's how some other black creatives answered the question...

Black History Month 2013: STEREOTYPES - The Good, The Bad, The Truth?

I once had a conversation with an Asian friend (who has a big dick) about stereotypes and asked him, "Which do you think is worse- being black and having a small penis or being Asian with a big dick?" 
The black man with a small penis will never live up to the expectations society has put on him and the Asian with a big dick will always have to prove it.

Regardless how false or exaggerated stereotypes may be, they exist for one reason or another. Some work in our favor, some do not.  I, myself, measure up to many of them and yet I'm still surprised when people are shocked that I don't really care for watermelon or fried chicken or that I can swim. 

This week's questions were:

What 3 stereotypes about blacks are actually true about you? 

and

What  stereotype about blacks is the most false about you?

Here is what some of the Erotic Arts black creatives had to say...

JezzLoad Quickie: How does being black influence your art - or does it?

  

This year, as part of my blog celebration of Black History Month, I surveyed a variety of black creatives with an assortment of questions. I will be sharing what they had to say through out the month.

This week's question:

How does being black influence your art - or does it?

It's obvious that it influences my work, but not as heavily as you might think. 
When I made the commitment to become an erotic artist, I had a goal to showcase underdogs. I say underdogs because as a general category, I used the groups that tend to get dismissed more often on the online dating/hook up sites. You know - the groups covered in the "No Blacks, No Asians, No Fats, No Fems, and no one older than..." clause.

Here's how some other creatives answered today's question:

August

 

Happy August, Everybody!

It's a big Birthday Month, so grab your calendar and a pen.

One of my new favorite artist, Nickie Charles, kicks off the birthday bashes on the 4th

Bent-Con and Rated-Z creator, Sean-Z, keeps the party goin on the 7th

Festish artist, Drub, turns 39 on the 14th

French artist, Vee Bee, turns 28 on the 21st

Class Comics' newly wed, creator, Patrick Fillion, turns 39 on the 26th

Graphic designer and It's The Michaels creator, Chris Decarlo, celebrates another year on the 28th while writer,producer, and Door-Q's, Jody Wheeler, wraps up the month along with blogger, Jubell, on the 29th.
Happy Birthday, all of you extraordinary creatives!

 This month is going to be an insanely busy month of travel for me. This weekend, I'll be in Los Angeles for the Hard Heroes party doing some promoting. Then I head to Tokyo for Comiket followed by a couple of weeks in NYC!!!

Because Blogger's post scheduler seems reliably unreliable, I am not planning on making any post this month. I will resume with my monthly Calendar Stud and Q&A in September.

That's all for now, Folks.

Until next time, enjoy this month's stud and make this month a GREAT one!

-Jezza

August

It's August people.
We're 8 months into 2010 and those of us in the northern hemisphere have about one and a half months left of summer. I feel like this year is goin' so fast if I stop to think about last month, I might get whiplash.

This month is ass-packed with birthdays!
Muscle-Daddy and Photographer, Tom Bianchi, celebrates another year today. Rated-Z Studio's Sean-Z deserves birthday spankings on the 7th. French artist, Sébastien Di Fazio will be having birthday cosmos on the 10th. Punkster-artist, Drub, will be sportin' his birthday boots on the 14th. On the 26th, you might catch Patrick Fillion in a classy birthday suit. Cartoonist, Chris DeCarlo, brings in another year on the 28th. And faithful blog commentator/artist, Jubell, will be havin a birthday blast on the 29th.
Most of these artist are on Facebook (and I think twitter as well), so you can show them some love on there or you can send them a friendly birthday wish through their emails on the sites I've linked their names to.

This month's Q&A is with French artist, Logan. The "sex maniac" lets us in on how he ticks and what makes him oink. You won't be disappointed.

This month will be a light month in fan art from yours truly, but rest assured the small load this month is because I'm workin up a big load to spray ya with very soon.

Happy August, folks, and have grrrrreat week this week!
-Jezza