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JohnJenn7070 ♂️ [30192847] [2014-02-16 19:05:32 +0000 UTC] (United States)

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# Interests

Favorite visual artist: Dave McKean
Favorite movies: Inception, Bladerunner,Memento,The Descent, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects,The Avengers
Favorite TV shows: Doctor Who,Fringe, The X-Files, Kolchak: The Night Stalker,Firefly,Quantum Leap, TNG,Torchwood
Favorite bands / musical artists: Radiohead, Lupe Fiasco,Janelle Monae, OutKast,Danny Brown, Kendrick Lamar,Nina Simone, Howlin' Wolf
Favorite books: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Who Fears Death,Thinner,The Stand, Weaveworld, Kindred
Favorite writers: Samuel Delaney, Octavia Butler, Tananarive Due,Steven Barnes,Neil Gaiman,Brian Michael Bendis,Ed Brubaker
Favorite games: Chess
Favorite gaming platform: NA
Tools of the Trade: WACOM Tablet, I Phone, IMac, Paper, Ink, and my mitts.
Other Interests: Social Justice, Education, Politics

# About me

JOHN JENNINGS is an Associate Professor of Visual Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is an accomplished designer, curator, illustrator, cartoonist,and award-winning graphic novelist. His work overlaps into various disciplines including American Studies, African American Studies, Design History, Media Studies, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, and Literature. Jennings is co-author of the graphic novel The Hole: Consumer Culture, Black Comix: African American Independent Comics a, and co-curator of Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics. He is also, co-author of the upcoming graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s classic dark fantasy novel Kindred along with longtime collaborator Damian Duffy. Also, with collaborator Stacey Robinson, Jennings has created an arts collective called Black Kirby which is dedicated to studying black visual culture while celebrating the legacy of Jack Kirby’s monumental career in American comic book culture.

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