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@ElleOnWords

First of her name. Teller of tales. Writer of words. Creator of comics. Sailor Uranus stan. Not the one. Chaotic neutral.

Kansas City
Joined September 2009

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  2. I do not adhere to “if you’re on time, you’re late” in most circumstances. If you want me there at 2:15, schedule me for 2:15. Not for 2:30 and then say I need to show up early. No ma’am. My time is valuable too, thanks.

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  3. IF I could, I'd bottle up all the LOVE I feel from looking at the pages of Nubia's moms embracing her & loving on her & stash it away for bad days. Black Motherhood in Nubia: Real One--My latest for And *YES*-- the title is a ref to a Etta James song, beloved🖤

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  4. And I don’t mean the usual stuff like a six week follow-up or some important appointment you have to lock in half a year out, I mean dinner tomorrow night with Quisha an’em. Bring wine.

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  5. One way to know you’ve reached grown ass adult status? When you figure out you need to keep a physical schedule. In an app or via analog, you need to write that mess down somewhere, because the old memory don’t take like it used to.

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  6. May 4

    "Teenage Nubia has a family unit that I can’t say that I saw too often in comics or graphic novels growing up. Instead of a nuclear family unit of a mother, father and child, her parents are two women, and I can’t be happier to see it. "

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  7. Picture from the graphic novel Nubia: Real One with Nubia in khakis and a jacket wearing her hair breaded and the Wonder Woman wristlets.
    Picture of Nubia from Nubia future state in a power pose with the golden lasso saying “and I am wonder woman.“
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  8. It has been five years since we laid my grandmother to rest, and not a day goes by that I don’t miss her painfully and hope she’s proud of what I’ve accomplished.

    Dedication from the novel A BLADE SO BLACK that reads “for my Granny, who put a pen in my hand and told me I had the power to shape the world.”
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  9. BEST COMICS TEAM finalists - Abbott: 1973 by and Count by Ibrahim Moustafa, Brad Simpson, & Hassan Otsame-Elhaou Squad by & Shadow Life by and Nubia: Real One by and Robyn Smith

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  10. The for Best Comics Team considers excellence in comics, graphic novels, and sequential storytelling. Here are the finalists:

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  11. …scrivener has a dark mode and not one of you said a word. Jail.

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  12. Every now and then I remember that the line “stately homes and mansions of the sugar barons and the cotton kings,” is in the opening song for the Black Disney princess, and I just stare into the middle distance…

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  14. Happy Anniversary! ✨💖

    Shot of Nubia real one names one of booklists best ya graphic novels of 2022
    Picture of Nubia real one nominated for best children / ya category in the Harvey awards
    Says: In what might be the best of the DC YA line yet.
L.L. McKinney joins forces with Robyn Smith to
reintroduce readers to Wonder Woman's sister.
Nubia. This is a truly vibrant and original book that looks and feels like no other superhero comic out there. If you love truly exciting cartooning and want a Black-led cape book with bite, then make sure you pick this one up
    Nubia from Nubia real one standing in a power pose.
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  15. Why is no one talking about* TRESE on !? And what I mean by that is why is no one talking to ME about it!! No one I know has seen it, so I am forced to cary my luv for it alone.

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  17. Squidward runnning away.
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  19. <_<

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  20. >_>

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