Jenny Blake Isabella, the creator of DC Comics’ series Black Lightning, has come out as transgender. The comic writer came ...

•Feb. 7: Black Cartoon Character •Black Action Society Ebony Ball, 7-10 p.m., Feb. 8, in the Smith Student Center Ballroom, hosted by the Black Action Society and Rock the Weekend.

The Play Place pals of Red, Blue, Green, Orange and Purple all end up in another head to head fight against the monsters of Poppy Playtime, Player, Poppy, Huggy Wuggy, Mommy Long Legs and the CEO.

In many early anime series, Black characters were almost entirely absent, and when they did appear — even later on in anime's development — they were often cringe-worthy stereotypes.