{"id":1844,"date":"2022-01-24T17:31:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T01:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucrarts.ucr.edu\/?post_type=exhibitions&p=1844"},"modified":"2024-10-01T12:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T19:16:33","slug":"ebon","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/ucrarts.ucr.edu\/exhibitions\/ebon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebon: Fear of a Black Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”none” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#fbfbfd” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”home” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.5″ gradient_direction=”top_to_bottom” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”straight_section” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”padding-6-percent” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” zindex=”100″ advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_t_to_right_b” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″ gradient_type=”default”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding_tablet=”40″ text_align=”left” min_width_tablet=”50vw” min_width_phone=”50vw” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” min_width=”47vh”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” enable_border_animation=”true” gradient_type=”default”][nectar_highlighted_text style=”text_outline” outline_thickness=”regular” text_outline_color=”#000000″ text=”9vh” custom_font_size=”11vh”]\n

EBON\u00a0<\/em><\/h1>\n

Fear of a Black Planet
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A (physical and virtual) project by Black Kirby<\/h2>\n

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INTRODUCTION<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

Larry Fuller is a pioneer.<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]He was one of only three Black cartoonists working in the historic Underground Comics Movement in San Francisco and in 1969 he made history by creating one of the first costumed Black independent superhero characters. Ebon<\/em> was published in 1970 and, although only one issue, the comic was a landmark in Black creative thought, political commentary, and can be seen as a formative work in what is now called Afrofuturism.<\/p>\n

When Black Kirby first came across Mr. Fuller\u2019s works, it was hard to not imagine the world that the main character\u2019s ancestor hailed from. In Marvel Comics\u2019 Black Panther comics, King T\u2019Challa hails from a technologically advanced, unconquered African nation. Jom, the ancestor of Valentine Jones aka Ebon, is an alien from a planet where everyone is Black. Black Kirby was totally enthralled with the narrative potential and two years ago they began to work directly with Mr. Fuller to help push Ebon and his world into bold new directions.<\/p>\n

One of the tenets of Black Kirby as a collective and creative engine is collaboration. It fuels the heart of the project and challenges traditional ideas around art production. Black Kirby is highly interested in how the digital nature of Hip Hop intersects with the creation of visual art. They also are interested in the salvaging and archiving of foundational sequential art like Larry Fuller\u2019s Ebon<\/em> for future generations.<\/p>\n

This critical curatorial practice is indexed by Black Kirby\u2019s formal experiments with various juxtapositions of myriad visual texts and methods of making. Black Kirby, under the guidance and collaboration of Mr. Fuller, has managed to create the beginning of a new world that Ebon can have his adventures within and they hope the audience enjoys the visual play and experimentation that comes from the depths of the Black imagination.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”none” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#fbfbfd” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”6%” bottom_padding=”6%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-12-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”0.3″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”7\/12″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-lg-11 vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″ gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]\n

POWERS & DESIGN<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1643092842121{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]Ebon was conceived as an analog for one of the first superheroes; Superman. He was able to fly, had super speed, and super strength. Ebon was a standard superhero in that regard. However, in the story, he was able to gain strength from darkness. This allowed him to defeat the Nytan named Oju. Black Kirby re-imagined this as a \u201cBlack safe space\u201d that empowered Ebon and gave him an advantage. The space manifested itself in the form of dark force field that emanated from his costume. This gave a bit more functionality to the cape. Another aspect of Ebon was that he has an immortal heart in his body. Black Kirby decided to give him a red symbol on his chest that now would produce a red energy that could be used as an offensive weapon. The idea was that the power of pure emotion coming from The Heart of Jom could be harnessed. 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SCOPE<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]One of the things that intrigued Black Kirby about Ebon was that his powers came from an implanted immortal heart from his ancestor Jom. The original conception of Ebon by Mr. Fuller was that he would be more of a vigilante and police criminals on Earth. However, Black Kirby couldn\u2019t stop thinking of how this character could be far more interstellar and cosmic in nature. Their conception of Ebon began to be very much infused with ideas around Afrofuturism and comics like Marvel Comics\u2019 Nova or Captain Marvel along with cartoons like Space Ghost.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#fbfbfd” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”75″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”75″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”40″ left_padding_desktop=”65″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_padding_desktop=”65″ text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n
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WRITTEN LANGUAGE<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n
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SUPPORTING CHARACTERS<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]When Larry Fuller created the Ebon character, he also created a world of heroes and villains to accompany him. Because of the unfortunate occurrences that led to only one issue of Ebon<\/em> being published, we never got a chance to see the lush, vibrant characters that Larry Fuller had envisioned for his character of Ebon\/Valentine Jones to interact with. Black Kirby was honored to have built a relationship with Mr. Fuller over the last few years. This connection resulted in them getting a chance to see the original notes for this world and created a few renditions of what the characters may have been. This exhibition displays these ideas for the first time since their initial conception in the late 60s.[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”flickity_static_height_style” images=”2046,2047,2048,2049,2050,2051″ flickity_spacing=”10px” flickity_controls=”material_pagination” flickity_overflow=”hidden” flickity_wrap_around=”wrap” flickity_box_shadow=”large_depth” image_loading=”default” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#fbfbfd” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”6%” bottom_padding=”6%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”none” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”2%” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n
PANTHEON<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1644990804873{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]In the Ebon<\/em> story by Larry Fuller, the idea of \u201coracles\u201d are mentioned. Black Kirby started to imagine what those oracles represented and, as a result, what religion and spiritual belief systems may have manifested on Nyta. Black Kirby, along with Mr. Fuller, collaborated on a pantheon and creation myth that would be the backbone of Nytan society. 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MCS 147: THE VISUAL CULTURE OF AFROFUTURISM<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]”These final projects are from a course taught at UC Riverside called MCS 147. The course title is The Visual Culture of Afrofuturism<\/em>. It is an introduction to the themes, politics, and cultural aesthetics of Black speculative culture. One of the central ideas in the course that we discuss in MCS 147 is the idea of\u201cliberation technologies\u201d. By broadly defining \u201ctechnology\u201d we give authors, artists, and scholars a lot more flexibility in defining black identity politics and how they get formulated in multiple ways via cultural production. We can look at writing as a liberation technology. Visual Art, Dance, Literature and Music as liberation technologies. If you are using that \u201ctool\u201d to freely express yourself and to openly resist oppression, it can be seen as a liberation technology.\u00a0Dr. Beth Coleman defines technology in this quote: \u201cIn the fields of anthropology and philosophy, technology is often defined as an intrinsically human extension of the self\u201d. We\u2019ve seen authors use fictitious technologies in their stories to critique the effects of racism and other forms oppression in our society. Examples go from the \u201cAfro-Horn\u201d created by Henry Dumas to the \u201cPig Detector\u201d created by Amiri Baraka. We can also look at the technology used in Black No More<\/em> by George Schuyler which turns black people into white people. These diegetic prototypes were created by these legendary writers to have discussions in their work through these allegorical machines.<\/p>\n

Students of MCS 147 had to create a liberation technology in the form of an artifact that could be used in the traditions of black speculative cultural politics specifically for the freedom or advancement of people of color in our society. This can be a fictitious, fantastic, totally made up technology, artifact, or any other type of speculative contraption, machine, or dream like process or component. This technology can be described in a story, a report, or an essay.\u00a0This fictitious technology or artifact should be useful to critique social injustices, create opportunities lost via racism, be able to empower people of color in some way, or level the playing field in some way that results in some semblance of equality. It should focus on using the radical imagination to create something that would help realize an Afrofuture.\u00a0The students in MCS 147 come from all backgrounds related to their choice of study and this course is not an art class. However, I\u2019ve found that having students create a manifestation of an idea via critical making, the concepts and theories discussed seem to find more resonance and nuance for the class and for the discussions.” – John Jennings[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”flickity_static_height_style” images=”2274,2291,2290,2289,2288,2287,2286,2285,2284,2283,2282,2281,2280,2279,2278,2277,2276,2275″ flickity_spacing=”10px” flickity_controls=”material_pagination” flickity_overflow=”hidden” flickity_wrap_around=”wrap” flickity_box_shadow=”large_depth” image_loading=”default” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#fcb359″ scene_position=”center” top_padding=”65″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”65″ top_padding_tablet=”20%” constrain_group_3=”yes” bottom_padding_tablet=”20%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_b_to_right_t” overlay_strength=”1″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”90px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” left_padding_desktop=”25″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_padding_desktop=”25″ text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”0.3″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”1896″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”15px” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

CREDITS<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Ebon: Fear of a Black Planet<\/em> is organized by Black Kirby and UCR ARTS. Black Kirby is a shared pseudonym that\u00a0is Stacey Robinson (Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Illustration, University of Illinois at Urbana\u2013Champaign) and\u00a0John\u00a0Jennings (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, UC Riverside). UCR\u2019s College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and the City of Riverside provide support for UCR ARTS programs.<\/p>\n

Thank you to our sponsors: UCR College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and the City of Riverside. Additional support for this exhibition was provided by Jack Fitsimmons, Palm Springs.<\/p>\n

A very special thank you to Larry Fuller. Special thank you to the following: J. Napoleon Winston, Otis Arterberry, Willie C. Cordy, Jr., Jarmel Williams, Jamal Williams, David Brame, Jeremy Marshall, Marco Finnegan, Damian Duffy, Bryan Christopher Moss, Diana Dotto, Omar Angulo, Aries, Mike Carson, Willie Cordy Jr., Diana Dotto, Desmon Farris, Enrique Fernandez, Derron Flood, Rob Fordham, Nick Hunter, Rico Jones, Hershel Lewis, Conor Patrick, Mitchell Purvis, Jonathan Taylor, Philip Thompson, Ricky Tomlin, Amir Wanzer, Paul White-Davis, Richard Wright.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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