Eye Candy's Blog Posts Tagged 'Afro-punk' (8)

Eric Andre Talk Show Debuts Sunday, May 20 On Adult Swim!

Are you guys ready to join us at the  double after-party for the Eric Andre show and Hannibal Buress' Comedy Central special? 

In case you don't know Eric Andre, he's a funny mofo with a talk show debuting on Adult Swim Sunday May 20th (ET/PT) The show will feature Hannibal Buress. thefutoncritic.com says: "Taking place on a dingy…

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Added by Eye Candy on May 18, 2012 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Visual Artist Jaszmine Hawkins: "Lips Have Their Own Personality"!

Today we're sharing vibrant art by afropunk.com member Jaszmine Hawkins, who founded the 'Alt Art' group for visual artists on AP. Jaszmine is from New Jersey and likes to hang out in Brooklyn's alternative scenes. She tells us: "The whole idea of having these characters with exaggerated lips started from my Mom's obsession with lips, when I…

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Added by Eye Candy on April 20, 2012 at 10:30am — 6 Comments

Photographer Mamaki Rakotsoana Takes Dope Self-Portraits And Is Afro-punk's First Correspondent in Africa!

Hey guys, we're very excited and would like to introduce you to our first correspondent in Africa, Ms. Mamaki Rakotsoana, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mamaki has a passion for photography. Below are some of her dope self-portrait. She tells us: "This series of photographic works explores my father’s past family album pictures with my own reworked photographs exploring the feeling of ‘lonesome’ I feel present in my father’s photographs. Photographs have a unique status of…

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Added by Eye Candy on April 13, 2012 at 7:44am — 3 Comments

Comics: The Negronomicon

You've asked for it, here are more cartoons created by afropunk.com member, visual artist / photographer / poet Albert Frank. Time for a good laugh sprinkled with food for thought. Let us know what you think.…

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Added by Eye Candy on August 31, 2011 at 8:31pm — 21 Comments

Comics: The Negronomicon

We got great feedback when we shared a photo essay by afropunk.com member Albert Frank. Turns out Albert also draws comics! Below are a couple of examples from his 'The Negrocomicon' series. Sometimes plain humorous with no agenda, sometimes laced with social commentary, let us know if you dig… Continue

Added by Eye Candy on August 15, 2011 at 8:00pm — 30 Comments

'Romeo And Juliet' Explained By Kenyan Punk Kid Djae Aroni! :-P

Artist statement: "I'm here to write about how craptcular this world is and how amazingly shitty we all are, yes, all of us, each and every single human being out there. Can I describe this blog? Not really, you can read it and analyze it from your point of view and maybe shed some light on what the hell I'm blabbing about. I'm just a bored kid with nothing better to do." With that said...

"Romeo and Juliet."…

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Added by Eye Candy on April 11, 2011 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Contest Winners Announced for Keith Knight Comic Book Giveaway!

Contest winners announced, yay! For those of you who missed the post, one of our fav comics, Keith Knight, recently released his first collection of his daily comic strips, The Knight Life: Chivalry Ain't Dead. So that people could check out his work, he agreed to…

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Added by Eye Candy on September 17, 2010 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

"My Name is Hannibal": Comedy served cut and dry

"My name is Hannibal." The title of Hannibal Buress' newly released comedy album is just about as cut and dry as you can get. And if you listen to Hannibal's comedy, his cut and dry tone will leave you guessing, laughing, and in constant anticipation for the punch line. Hannibal, who is also a writer…

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Added by Eye Candy on July 30, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments