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Wrapping up the Rewind of my #WB100 Black History Month posts from 2024. I made a few additions from my original posts that I missed from last year, and one that definitely should be mentioned even though it premiered after the #WB100 Project was over, and I felt it deserved a mention. And now, the exciting conclusion. - jh   Lackawanna Blues (HBO Films, 2005) "They gave me that bit of themselves that they felt was their best. And the blues I heard & the stories they told will live inside of me forever." Lackawanna Blues is a poignant Emmy-winning drama based on Ruben Santiago-Hudson's play about his childhood in New York. ATL , 2006 "My Pops used to always say dreamin' is the luxury of children, and that I should enjoy it. And he was right." ATL is a great coming-of-age story with a stellar cast about teens in Atlanta on the cusp of adulthood & still figuring out this crazy thing called life. ‪ Class of 3000 (Cartoon Network Studios/Tom Lynch...

PREVIOUSLY : After Doctor Who ended its run in 1989, the series was in a period of flux. Although no new productions featuring the Doctor were being made, the series' popularity only began to grow thanks to syndication, cable television reruns, and convention appearances. That newfound interest convinced Universal to plan some kind of revival. After rumors of Doctor Who becoming part of Action Pack fell apart, news of an even bigger revival only galvanized the fanbase and Hollywood. DISCLAIMER: The following is part six of a multipart alternate history series about the history of  Doctor Who  if it was an American-made production rather than a British production. It's purely speculative and a work of fiction, although some real-world elements were included and presented for realistic situations and scenarios. Neither this series nor its author are connected to nor reflect the views and opinions of BBC Studios (the owner of the  Doctor Who  franchise) or any entity...

  “I’ve always felt that the cool thing about being a writer is that all you need is paper to do the job. The best thing to further what you do is write and read all you can. Read both stuff you like to see why its good and read bad to see how to fix. Doing that will help you see and solve problems in your own writing.  “But I think the biggest advice I can offer is don’t just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can, as many stories as you can. The best thing about being a writer is, a writer’s craft is nearly perfect because a writer can go anywhere and do his craft.” Dwayne McDuffie, writer, creator of worlds, legend. A creator. A genius. A dreamer.  An icon. An ideal. An inspiration. A collaborator. A colleague. An intellect. A friend. A son. A brother. A husband. The Maestro. Dwayne. I think of the many writers who inspired me to create my own stories, Mr. McDuffie remains the keystone to the creator I grew up to be. His works resonated with me when I first ...

On February 8, 1974, days after she said goodbye to her loudmouthed employer Maude Finley, Florida Evans and Esther Rolle said hello to a new series, Good Times . This venerable series was a very popular spinoff of another popular spinoff, a rarity in television.  But was it? No, I'm not asking if Good Times was popular, because it was. The series has been a television staple for over 50 years. I'm not even saying it wasn't a spinoff platform for Esther Rolle's Florida Evans character. It truly was. I'm just saying that Good Times isn't really a direct spinoff of Maude . It's kind of like saying Harley Quinn is a direct spinoff of Batman: The Animated Series . Yes, both shows feature a character named Harley Quinn, but these are not the same character, nor do the shows share the same continuity.  Not buying it? Okay, let's go even deeper.  Harley Quinn is not a spinoff of Batman: The Brave and the Bold . Both shows feature a character named Batman/Br...