New Character Art by Emily Steele

Hey everyone, we just love what all you're doing to support our cause and the rollout to the release of our new book, TWISTED.

Meanwhile, check out new art from Emily Steele. Her current masterpiece is a full sketch with background silhouette of the Blue Lady, Stella Vaughn. This is the third version of Stella Vaughn. Released in two background shades, Orange and Red. The previous two were drawn by Rachel Hernandez and Erskine Leonard.

We commissioned Emily to bring Stella to life to showcase the bad ass warrior as she is depicted in TWISTED (Book One of the Encounter Series). With crystal blue eyes and under normal circumstances, when she is not mad or upset, Stella Vaughn is her normal tan complexion. But when she is forced to revert to her alter ego, her entire complexion transitions to blue. Thus the reason she is known as...the "Blue Lady."

Character Profile

The countdown to the long awaited release of "TWISTED", Book #1 of the Encounter Series, is getting closer.

Character Profile - Carrillo El Duque Sanchez

Art Design by: Erskine Leonard

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Celebrating Black History Month

The 27 Greatest Films by Black Directors that Shaped Reshaped Cinema

Respect Where it's Due

by: Hashim R. Hathaway

In 1989's Do the Right Thing. Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito) lamented the lack of black people on Sal's Famous Pizzeria's Wall of Fame Directed by Spike Lee not just black cinema the film was a flash point in cinema as a whole, not just black cinema. Now 30 years after the release of "Do the Right Thing" Lee finds himself finally nominated for Best Director at the 2019 Academy Awards. For so long black directors have been largely left out when discussing great films, even though they've always been there, some in plain sight and other waiting to be discovered. In honor of Lee's long-awaited nomination, here is a list of the 27 greatest films by black directors.