Black Comic Characters
This Spiderman can turn invisible and has the ability to literally shock others. As of 2026 he has been in two Sony movies.
Miles Morales
Canadian comics saw a rise in popularity during World War 2, thanks to this act, which limited what could be imported from the USA.
War Exchange Conservation Act
This Marvel hero and king was named after a US civil rights group. He has been in four MCU movies, and was featured next to the table of contents at the start of the presentation.
Black Panther/T'Challa
This Ottawa based writer and artist is originally from Montreal, and was the first Black nominee for the Doug Wright Awards.
Stanley Wany
This For Better or For Worse character came out as gay in 1993, and is half Brazilian. His story was written after the death of comedian Micheal Boncoeur.
Lawrence Porier
This famous comic character is considered an icon of comic book history, and the instigator of the Golden Age of Comics. He has his own comics, movies and TV shows. What's more, one of his creators is Canadian!
Superman
I was cosplaying two different DC characters on the seccond slide of the presentation. One of them was Connor Kent, the clone/son of Superman, and this character is the estranged adoptive son of Batman, and the second Robin.
Red Hood/Jason Todd
This comic publishing company was founded by Kelvin Nyeusi-Mawazo
Black Sun Comics
This comic character has been around since the 40's but is only Black in one run of his comics. Some of the art for his covers and comics was made by an artist featured in this presentation-- Ho Che Anderson
Darren Oak
This organization was established in the 1980s, as a way to regulate content in comic books and functioned similarly to the Hays Code.
Comic Magazine Industry Association of Canada
Doug Wright Awards
This Toronto artist's work includes the absolute run of Green Lantern, and Hawkeye: Kate Bishop. He is known for his expressive style and vibrant colours.
Jahnoy Lindsay
This X-Men character was formerly married to King T'Challa of Wakanda, and is a student of Charles Xavier. She was born in Kenya, and can control the weather
Storm
This comic strip, debuting in the late 1970s features the daily life of an Ontarian family based on the creators own family. It ran until 2008, when the artist retired.
For Better or for Worse
This comic cover from Marvel was featured next to the image for Toronto's Jahnoy Lindsay.
Luke Cage
This Canadian comic artist is the author of a comic biography on Martin Luther King Jr, and has done work for Fantagraphics. He's also named after two revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh, and Che Guvera
Ho Che Anderson