Greene County Creative

06/05/2019

TurnKey #1: Dungeon Crawling Adventure Comic Book

My latest Kickstarter for my newest project, TURNKEY, is now LIVE!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1838400331/turnkey-1-dungeon-crawling-adventure-comic-book

A noted lawman and bounty hunter is charged with treason by a prince and sentenced to become the TURNKEY, a jailer at a mystical dungeon for the 5 Ring Kingdoms.
As the fantasy world prepares for a Great War, the intrigue grows once the position becomes more political and strategic in determining the victor.

With conflicts inside and outside of the prison/fortress known as THE MOUNT, the key to the High Crown may be hidden behind its prison walls and the forgotten dungeons below.

Written by Ar En, lettered by Brian Birch.

One man wants out, but everyone else wants in! Dont miss out on this DnD inspired fantasy comic.

02/17/2019

Man I’m so bad about posting on the Gram, but I’m about to get better. We have been running in 2019, so look for the coming reviews and new updates! Thank y’all for your love and support! #greenecocreate

02/14/2019

RET:CON issue #1 : A 133art Afrofuturist/Sci-fi tale.

Our good friends at 133art are now 40% funded!! Let's push them to 100!! Back them today!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/133art/ret-con-issue-1-a-133art-afrofuturist-sci-fi-tale

An afrofuturist comic series about The RET:CON agency, an organization tasked with saving the future from the ravages of broken time.

01/19/2019

I’m chilling in NYC with @lawpad97 and all y’all that come find @greenecocreate at @schomburgcenter during the Black Comic Book Festival! Come see us tomorrow for some new art and announcements! #sorghumandspear #greenecocreate #schomburg #blackcomicbookfestnyc #blackfantasy

12/31/2018

Our next project is coming soon from Sorghum & Spear! Stay tuned for further details on how YOU can be a part of the Eternal Realm! #sorghumandspear #greenecocreate #blackfantasy

12/31/2018

Enjoying #Kwanzaa and an amazing performance from the sistahs of @giwayenmata today! The have been the highlight of our celebration! They also were the performers whose drums channeled the Eternal Realm for the #sorghumandspear Kickstarter. #giwayenmata #kwanzaa #sorghumandspear

12/29/2018

Never gets old. #kwanzaa #sorghumandspear #theujimagroup

12/28/2018

Excited to learn and enjoy TODAY at the 24th Annual Cary Kwanzaa Celebration starting at 11am! Come celebrate with us and see what's going on with Sorghum & Spear! Hoping to share another great announcement with y'all as well! #sorghumandspear #kwanzaa #Kujichagulia

12/24/2018

WIP for the @sorghumandspear #kwanzaa art piece! We’ll be in NC for a special event this Friday, more details to come! #sorghumandspear #blackfantasy #kwanzaa

12/22/2018

New project alert!! We have another comic series premiering early 2019 called TURNKEY that will be a brand new look on fantasy storytelling! We tell the story of a bounty hunter now turned prisoner trying to survive among those he’s put behind bars. Think Lord of the Rings meets Orange Is The New Black, coming soon from Evoluzione Publishing! #turnkey #blackfantasy #greenecocreate

12/04/2018

Holiday season is approaching VERY soon, family! Christmas and especially all things Kwanzaa! Stop by our online store and pick up something today!

- Dedren Snead | Sorghum & Spear | Greene County Creative

SORGHUMandSPEAR.com

Special thanks to everyone who contributed to our Kickstarter! With the funding that we made, it will be taking care of our graphic novel!! Stay tuned for our next crowdfunder that will be SOLELY for our ANIMATION!!

Make sure you catch up on all things Sorghum & Spear via our STORE on our website, as well as learning about all of the characters and more!

- Dedren Snead/ Greene County Creative / Sorghum & Spear

https://www.sorghumandspear.com/
http://facebook.com/sorghumandspear
http://instagram.com/GreeneCoCreate @greenecocreate
https://twitter.com/sorghumandspear @sorghumandspear

11/30/2018

Back at it getting a chance to teach Afrofuturism, Black Fantasy and talk about @sorghumandspear at the African Studies Association Conference in Atlanta today! Such a powerful moment to learn and engage with some amazing people!

11/29/2018

Catch up on all things Sorghum & Spear!! Shop today!

- Dedren

Special thanks to everyone who contributed to our Kickstarter! With the funding that we made, it will be taking care of our graphic novel!! Stay tuned for our next crowdfunder that will be SOLELY for our ANIMATION!!

Make sure you catch up on all things Sorghum & Spear via our STORE on our website, as well as learning about all of the characters and more!

- Dedren Snead/ Greene County Creative / Sorghum & Spear

https://www.sorghumandspear.com/
http://facebook.com/sorghumandspear
http://instagram.com/GreeneCoCreate @greenecocreate
https://twitter.com/sorghumandspear @sorghumandspear

11/23/2018

Yes! We met our graphic novel goal today with the #SorghumandSpear Kickstarter! From the @greenecocreate team to all of our supporters, much love and many thanks! Keep up with our updates coming soon! #sorghumandspear #kickstarter #thankful

11/23/2018

Only a couple of hours remain to support our project Sorghum & Spear! Can we count on you to bring this project home?

Stand with Namazzi and the women of Sorghum & Spear! Our campaign ends at Noon EST TODAY! Will you join the fight for the Eternal Realm?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greenecountycreative/sorghum-and-spear-fantasy-graphic-novel-and-animat

Illustration by Welinthon Nommo!!!

11/23/2018

The #sorghumandspear Kickstarter ends TODAY at NOON EST! If this is the kind of art + animation you want to see, please PLEDGE NOW! We are only 7K from our animation goal and can do it with your LOVE + SUPPORT! Thank you all! #sorghumandspear #blackfantasy #blackgirlmagic #anime #indiecomics

11/22/2018

Thankful for one more day to share the black fantasy comic + anime series #SorghumandSpear with you! We’re blessed to have an amazing project you can still support on @kickstarter today and be a part of. Only 24 hours left to be a part of our creative movement! Much love for your support and encouragement!

#sorghumandspear #blackfantasy #indieckmics #anime #blackgirlmagic #kickstarter

11/21/2018

A new art print from our Sorghum & Spear campaign! This beauty can be yours if you are part of our Kickstarter project with on 48 hours remaining! Pledge TODAY to be a part of our inclusive fantasy revolution.

Visit us here: http://bit.ly/srgnspr

#sorghumandspear #swordandsoul #inclusivefantasy #kickstarter

New art print from the talented manga artist Bicio from Marlannah's Hand Journal! Get this and more on our Kickstarter campaign, with just 48 hours to go!

Thank YOU for your LOVE + SUPPORT of Sorghum & Spear!

#sorghumandspear #swordandsoul #kickstarter

11/19/2018

Check out this art print from the Sorghum & Spear project, going on now!

"As night falls over the Eternal Realm, the darkness brings with it company few would want to keep"

Art by the talented Kassandra Vasquez

11/19/2018

Do you want to see our fantasy animation project come to life? Only 4 days left on our Sword & Soul Kickstarter SORGHUM & SPEAR so please pledge TODAY! http://bit.ly/srgnspr ! #sorghumandspear #blackgirlmagic #blackfantasy #anime #indiecomics

11/18/2018

This amazing original art piece of Eshe The All-Mother by @starchildartbytonitaylor is still available on our Kickstarter! Only 4 days left, link in bio! #sorghumandspear #greenecocreate #blackfantasy

11/16/2018

The secret is out! We are honored to introduce @rapsody as our Executive Producer and revealed her character MARLANNAH the storyteller as part of our @sorghumandspear franchise! We have a live Kickstarter that only has 6 days left to get the new comic and get us to our goal for the animated series pitch! Link is in the bio, help us build our animation studio in the ATL! #sorghumandspear #greenecocreate #rapsody #inclusivefantasy #kickstarter

11/13/2018

SORGHUM & SPEAR - Nichelle Nichols - 2018 Kickstarter promo

If Sorghum & Spear, executive produced by Nichelle Nichols and created by Dedren Snead, is something you want to see fully realized, then your support of our project and helping us grow our social presence is key!

*** KICKSTARTER: http://bit.ly/srgnspr ***

Guest artists who are a part of this project include Sheeba Maya, Afua Richardson, Marcus The Visual, Mshindo Kuumba, and many more!

Twitter: @sorghumandspear
Instagram: @sorghumandspear
Facebook: Sorghum & Spear
Website: sorghumandspear.com

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Sorghum: noun sor·ghum \ˈsȯr-gəm\
Sorghum is an ancient cereal grain that grows tall like corn and is highly versatile and found throughout most African, Asian and Latin countries. Sorghum Stalks and Grain Sorghum Stalks and Grain In the United States, sorghum is used as livestock feed and turned into ethanol. It’s a popular crop to grow within the drier regions of the States because it is drought resistant. This quality made it a popular crop in Africa — where it has been growing for over 4,000 years. Sorghum is thought to have been introduced to America from Africa, making its way over on slave ships in the pockets of the enslaved. Today, sorghum can trace its historic expansion from Africa into every corner of the world.

Sorghum finds a lot of representation in this series. The analogy is found in the growth and development of the young girls we follow as well as the diaspora of sorghum to influence the world much like the people and culture of Africa into other civilizations. And there exist many more that we will explore as our series grows and develops!

Every girl should see herself as a heroine. What we see and where we experience it matters. How young people, especially young People of Color, interpret their place in the world, solidify their value systems and define their self-worth along engaging their peers in drawing their social standards occurs earlier and earlier in their lives. If there is a dearth of representation and inclusion of their identities, cultures and acceptance of who they are, just as they are, then we as a creative community have failed them. We must be the change we want to see in our world.

The Eternal Realm is a place of might and magic, where many women-led civilizations interact in both peace and conflict outside of the Forever War. Magic was once plentiful in the Realm, but there has been a force that somehow began to prohibit its use. Practitioners of magic and mysticism are not sure what has happened, but that there is a greater disturbance among the balance of the Ancient ways.

The world is protected by the creator of the Eternal Realm and of the An'Fre women, the living goddess, ESHE. Using the ancient relic known as the LIFESEED, she created the An'Fre women to guard the Realm and to enjoy a peaceful and prosperous life. To the south of the realm, she resides in the holy city of NGOLO-ADE, where along with the constituents of the surrounding queendoms and provinces, they prepare for the final battle with the ABIKU.

For many of our reward tiers, we are proud to provide artisan jewelry from the not-for-profit organization Project Have Hope! Project Have Hope is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that seeks to empower women in the Acholi Quarter of Uganda by providing education to both the women and their children and assisting the women to establish business opportunities to promote economic stability and sustainability. Our mutual goal is to provide empowerment, at all levels, to each woman. Providing education across the board empowers women and gives them much-needed tools to create a brighter future. Project Have Hope has tapped into the artistry and industriousness of these extraordinary women. The women make beautiful, colorful jewelry from paper (and other materials). We have developed markets for these individual works of art and use the revenue to fund educational and economic programs. In this way, the women are actually using their skills and hard work to help pull themselves out of poverty.

During our last campaign, we collaborated with PHH and were able to fund a sustainability farm on behalf of our backers, a special opportunity that has actually created a legacy that all of us are ecstatic to be a part of.

11/13/2018

Meet METZLI of Sorghum & Spear!! This project is created by Dedren Snead, and executive produced by THE Nichelle Nichols!! This is NECESSARY, family!

We are at 57% funded for our Kickstarter with only NINE DAYS LEFT!! Now is DEFINITELY the time to support, family!!

*** BACK OUR PROJECT HERE : http://bit.ly/srgnspr
@sorghumandspear on IG/Twitter

METZLI is worshipped as the Goddess of the Moon, Queen of Worms and would-be ruler of the Eternal Realm. With her obsidian macuahuitl club and necromantic mastery, she is a relentless foe who seeks to use this time of unrest to expand her reach and upend Eshe's rule over Ngolo'Ade. Not all in the Eternal Realm serve the All-Mother, in fact, there are those who find themselves at odds with the An'Fre, even in the midst of a holy war with the demons of Spora.

#sorghumandspear #greenecocreate #inclusivefantasy #swordandsoul

11/13/2018

Sorghum & Spear

Back Sorghum & Spear TODAY!

----- >> http://bit.ly/srgnspr

If Sorghum & Spear, executive produced by legendary actress Nichelle Nichols and created by Dedren Snead, is something you want to see fully realized, then your support of our project and helping us grow our social presence is key!

*** KICKSTARTER: http://bit.ly/srgnspr ***

Guest artists who are a part of this project include Sheeba Maya, Afua Richardson, Marcus The Visual, Mshindo Kuumba, and many more!

Twitter: @sorghumandspear
Instagram: @sorghumandspear
Facebook: Sorghum & Spear
Website: sorghumandspear.com

___________________________________

Sorghum: noun sor·ghum \ˈsȯr-gəm\
Sorghum is an ancient cereal grain that grows tall like corn and is highly versatile and found throughout most African, Asian and Latin countries. Sorghum Stalks and Grain Sorghum Stalks and Grain In the United States, sorghum is used as livestock feed and turned into ethanol. It’s a popular crop to grow within the drier regions of the States because it is drought resistant. This quality made it a popular crop in Africa — where it has been growing for over 4,000 years. Sorghum is thought to have been introduced to America from Africa, making its way over on slave ships in the pockets of the enslaved. Today, sorghum can trace its historic expansion from Africa into every corner of the world.

Sorghum finds a lot of representation in this series. The analogy is found in the growth and development of the young girls we follow as well as the diaspora of sorghum to influence the world much like the people and culture of Africa into other civilizations. And there exist many more that we will explore as our series grows and develops!

Every girl should see herself as a heroine. What we see and where we experience it matters. How young people, especially young People of Color, interpret their place in the world, solidify their value systems and define their self-worth along engaging their peers in drawing their social standards occurs earlier and earlier in their lives. If there is a dearth of representation and inclusion of their identities, cultures and acceptance of who they are, just as they are, then we as a creative community have failed them. We must be the change we want to see in our world.

The Eternal Realm is a place of might and magic, where many women-led civilizations interact in both peace and conflict outside of the Forever War. Magic was once plentiful in the Realm, but there has been a force that somehow began to prohibit its use. Practitioners of magic and mysticism are not sure what has happened, but that there is a greater disturbance among the balance of the Ancient ways.

The world is protected by the creator of the Eternal Realm and of the An'Fre women, the living goddess, ESHE. Using the ancient relic known as the LIFESEED, she created the An'Fre women to guard the Realm and to enjoy a peaceful and prosperous life. To the south of the realm, she resides in the holy city of NGOLO-ADE, where along with the constituents of the surrounding queendoms and provinces, they prepare for the final battle with the ABIKU.

For many of our reward tiers, we are proud to provide artisan jewelry from the not-for-profit organization Project Have Hope! Project Have Hope is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that seeks to empower women in the Acholi Quarter of Uganda by providing education to both the women and their children and assisting the women to establish business opportunities to promote economic stability and sustainability. Our mutual goal is to provide empowerment, at all levels, to each woman. Providing education across the board empowers women and gives them much-needed tools to create a brighter future. Project Have Hope has tapped into the artistry and industriousness of these extraordinary women. The women make beautiful, colorful jewelry from paper (and other materials). We have developed markets for these individual works of art and use the revenue to fund educational and economic programs. In this way, the women are actually using their skills and hard work to help pull themselves out of poverty.

During our last campaign, we collaborated with PHH and were able to fund a sustainability farm on behalf of our backers, a special opportunity that has actually created a legacy that all of us are ecstatic to be a part of.