{"id":9081,"date":"2024-06-01T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=9081"},"modified":"2024-05-31T22:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T05:03:46","slug":"entering-the-asaniverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/entering-the-asaniverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Entering the Asaniverse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Among recent events is my joining the design team at Asani Entertainment<\/strong>. What started off as a Creative Consult over the course of last summer has evolved into a dynamic role helping to bring this ambitious project to life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In recognition of the importance of positive images to positive identity formation, Asani Entertainment reimagines genre for a new audience and millennium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Asani Entertainment is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Company founded in 2016 by Owner, CEO, President, and Publisher David Chaucer La Forest. An African-American, disabled veteran, LaForest is an award-winning, published poet and author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asani Entertainment’s first comic books, will be centered on a new shared fantasy universe – The Asaniverse, created and written by Mr. La Forest and depicted by freelance artist Ren McKinzie, an African-American, disabled combat veteran, Didi Bazzarini, Livia Pastore and Sara Manca, Italian illustrators and Raja Nandepu an Indian concept artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Among my various roles has been the development of their newsletter production schedule and well as their social media strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A screen capture of an early iteration of the Asani Entertainment Instagram feed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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