On Oct.6, 2016 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center The Blerd Gurl a panel for New York Comic Con entitled “Afropunks and Blerds:The Black Nerd Renaissance“. The panelists included David F. Walker (Power Man and Iron Fist/Marvel), Vernon Reid (Living Colour/band), Corey Glover (Living Colour/Band), Ytasha Womack (Afrofuturuism: The World of Black SciFi and Fantasy culture), Dr. Sheena Howard (Black Comics: The Politics of Race and Representation), John I. Jennings (Blue Hand Mojo/Kindred: The Graphic Novel) and Jamie Broadnax (Black Girl Nerds).