The reason for a black comics convention is that African Americans have traditionally been under-represented in comics, from the standpoint of characters and creators; and that content featuring (starring) AAs has not always sold as well.

So this convention is a way to praise what AA characters and creators are out there, and hopefully lead to more inclusion of AAs in all aspects of the industry.

That’s a good thing for everybody.

Any honors Bayou has earned at ECBACC and may yet earn shouldn’t be diminished (Bayou has consistently been a critics and fan favorite). There’s nothing wrong with you continuing to be excited about Jeremy Love’s work no matter what award it earns.

I do share your hope for that day of unity but I don’t believe this convention is one of the things holding us back from that.

I was very excited for Bayou until I read the name of the ceremony was called “East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention.” I hope that one day we can stop separating each other into different groups based on nothing more than skin color.