Squid Mag is your plug for all things comic books, video games, animation and fresh, funky digital art from Africa. Why Squid Mag?
Squid Magazine is an online hub dedicated to the exploration, critique, promotion and archiving of African creativity manifested within Comics, Games, Animation and other engaging media. The name is inspired by squids, sea invertebrates that release ink as a defensive mechanism. We find it poetic how such a mechanism can be a metaphor for painting a people’s realities and dreams fluidly in an ocea
n of canvases. An ocean that is threatened to be overrun with narratives that exclude us. It is in defence of this that our motto reads Sq**rt Creativity.
13/09/2024
GEEK OUT, WIN BIG!
Join us at Lagos Comic Con for an epic Geek Charade competition! and win a N20,000 prize stake!
Grab cash prizes for guessing your favourite movie or music,
Plus more cash wins for karaoke singalongs!
Take note: Exclusive to the Main Stage.
Don't miss out on the fun! Register now and get ready to geek out!
02/09/2024
UNLEASH YOUR COSPLAY SUPERPOWERS!
Calling all Gen Z and Millennial superheroes! proudly sponsors the Lagos Comic Con Cosplay Competition!
Show off your style, and win:
goodies & a chance to win a cash prize!
Don't miss out! Register now and get ready to slay the cosplay game! (Exclusive to the Main Stage)
Will you cosplay at Lagos Comic Con?
01/09/2024
UNLEASH YOUR COSPLAY SUPERPOWERS!
Calling all Gen Z and Millennial superheroes! Mininie proudly sponsors the Lagos Comic Con Cosplay Competition!
Show off your style, and win: Mininie goodies & a chance to win a cash prize!
Don't miss out! Register now and get ready to slay the cosplay game! (Exclusive to the Main Stage)
26/08/2024
Experience the biggest Lagos Comic Con yet! Dive deep into animation, comics, gaming, and cosplay at Africa's premier pop culture event. Meet creators, attend insightful panels, network with fellow fans, and unleash your inner geek!
Experience the biggest Comic Con yet! Dive deep into animation, comics, gaming, and cosplay at Africa's premier pop culture event, Lagos Comic Con 2024. Meet creators, attend insightful panels, network with fellow fans, and unleash your inner geek!
14/08/2024
Can't wait for the ultimate geek fest! Who's ready for Lagos Comic Con 2024? 🙋♂️🙋♀️
Get ready for an epic adventure at Lagos Comic Con 2024! Immerse yourself in the world of comics, anime, gaming, and more. Meet your favorite creators, explore exciting exhibits, and join the ultimate celebration of pop culture in Africa. Don't miss out!
05/08/2024
Ozo Ezeogu's "Break the Kolanut" is a powerful exploration of African culture through a contemporary lens.
From the rich symbolism to the impeccable ex*****on, every detail tells a story. Have you seen it yet? Share your thoughts!
Ozo Ezeogu's "Break the Kolanut" is a powerful exploration of African culture through a contemporary lens. From the rich symbolism to the impeccable ex*****on, every detail tells a story. Have you seen it yet? Share your thoughts!
10/06/2024
05/02/2024
Aaaaand we’re back!
Last year was a blast, this year is going to be better. Keep an eye out for some more details soon.
For those of you who have projects to show the world, start preparing them ☺️ we’ll put out an open call soon.
Excited to announce the first round of winners of our inaugural Creative Pot fund.
Thumb through to see the awesome creatives our panel settled on to get a share of the GHS10k pot.
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22/09/2021
DEADLINE EXTENDED - OCTOBER 11TH 2021!
We’ve consulted our partners and sponsors and in response to the mails and DMs the VX ART TOURNAMENT 2021 DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 11TH 2021. We want digital artist across the continent be part of this mass creative expression of digital art!
SEE IMAGES FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT AND PRIZES
to register online and all information on judges, rules of engagement and prizes to be won!
THE TIME HAS COME FOR AFRICA'S LARGEST DIGITAL ART TOURNAMENT.
"RESILIENCE", the official theme for VX ART TOURNAMENT 2021 reflects on the world post-pandemic and how as a people we collectively unite to heal and survive.
Call outs begin SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021 and end SEPTEMBER 22, 2021.
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We loooooove comics, video games, funky digital art and animation or as some of you like to call it, cartoons 😑. For the longest time, we only consumed these art forms from abroad. You know, lots of DC, Marvel, Shonen Jump, manga, Cartoon Network, anime…that sort of stuff.
We started wondering what these art forms would look like if they came from Africa. It was easy to say, nope, Africans definitely don’t make comics, or games or good animation.
Imagine our surprise. We’ve never been so happy to be wrong! Elated doesn’t begin to describe how we felt. All we knew was, we needed to find more.
And that, is how we began our journey into documenting comics, games, animation and more from Africa. Of course, there’s more to this but we’d rather talk about that with you over a beer or in Kadi and the rest of the kids’ case, malt and wafers.