Blerd Grounds
Blerd Grounds
On Comics Ground
A weekly discussion from a group of African American staff members of On Comics Ground talking about Black Nerd Culture. From its history, its characters in comics, video games, and more, to his complexities and more series notes. Starring: Aaron Jones, Jasmine Brown, James Portis, Travis Tucker, and Marcus Freeman. Theme song created by Dvvmfvc in partnership with Shoot The Breeze Media.
Episode #18: The Emmys get darker!
The crew talks the Emmys, Watchmen, and its hopeful successor Lovecraft Country
Sep 27, 2020
1 hr 28 min
Episode #17: ISweahdagahd
The episode where James just goes off. Well, not only that. First, we honor the king we lost, then we dive into this Star Wars insanity that is the John Boyega GQ interview, we speak on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air return? And then we wrap up with the discussion around the return of Milestone Media and the future of black folks in comics.
Sep 14, 2020
1 hr 29 min
Episode #16: Lovecraft, Anime, and WAP
We back y'all! We one again return to discuss racism, piracy, more racism and sexism, and an amazing show about racism and Lovecraftian horror...great list we know. Some come hang out with us as we break it all down on this episode of Blerd Grounds!
Aug 16, 2020
1 hr 10 min
Episode #15: Gay Fish for President & F all you Transphobes
And we back yall! Kanye tryna run for president?! He best not forget his fishsticks! Plus JK Rowling is acting up and Hamilton prompts a discussion! Come hang out on our newest episode of Blerd Grounds!
Jul 10, 2020
1 hr 3 min
Episode #14: Real Talk w/ Deven Mack & Dean Redman
As we are getting back into our flow, we had an amazing opportunity to sit down with voice actors Dean Redman and Deven Mack to talk about the current issues going on when it comes to their experiences, current choices being made in the field and the topic of codeswitching. We dig into what's important and have the real talk thats needed!
Jun 30, 2020
1 hr 12 min
Episode #13: We're Tired
Black Lives Matter. We're back and we need to talk about the bullshit going on in the world!
Jun 23, 2020
49 min
Episode #12: Farewell to one our own!
Catchin up the crew as Covid-19 locks us all up and as Marcus takes his leave for the time being!
Apr 18, 2020
1 hr 18 min
Episode #11: Real Talk w/ Robert Jeffrey! (Back The Crossing on Kickstarter!)
This week we sit down with writer Robert Jeffrey and discuss his career, his newest project The Crossing, and the growth of black creators in comics! You can check out The Crossing right now and back this awesome project! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/133art/the-crossing-issue-1/description
Mar 6, 2020
49 min
Episode #10: You need to reach a higher plane!
In this episode, we wrap up our coverage of black history month with Doctor Jones as well as revisit Power Rangers drama and of course talk about the Candyman trailer.
Feb 28, 2020
1 hr 31 min
Episode #9: Real Talk with Chuck Brown
This week, we sit down with co-writer of Bitter Root, and writer of On The Stump, Chuck Brown! We chat about both these books as well as his career in comics and the growth of comic creators of color in the industry!
Feb 21, 2020
51 min
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