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We are thrilled to announce this special event! On June 2, 2021, at 6 pm, in commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre, #OKPOP with Greenwood Cultural Center will host a panel discussion on Image Comics' Bitter Root Comicbook series. This hour-and-a-half-long event will take place online with some in-person tickets available. This FREE event will be available to watch online through WorkCast at https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=7835197450133489 and is made possible by Okl...ahoma Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Pre-registration is required. For more infomation on in-person seats, call (918) 596-1020. About Bitter Root: Created by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene and edited by John Jennings, Bitter Root exists in a fictional world that merges Afrofuturism, steampunk, historical narrative and horror. The series follows the Sangerye family as they hunt monsters transformed by hate, fear and racism. The comic book series has won numerous awards including the 2019 Ringo Award, Entertainment Weekly’s Best New Series of 2019 and the 2020 Eisner Award for Best New Series. The Eisner Award is one of the highest accolades in the comic book industry. In 2019, Legendary Studios purchased the rights to a film adaptation of the comic book. Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler is slated to direct the project.

Bitter Root, a comic that deals with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and some All-Black Towns of Oklahoma, is releasing a special Juneteenth variant cover! Visit your local comic book store to pre-order a copy today! OKPOP will be hosting a virtual event with the creators of Bitter Root on June 2nd, go to www.okpop.org/bitterroot to register and read the first issue!

Another BOOM moment for Oklahoma, but this time our State’s major industry is FILM! So proud of the work that Oklahoma Film + Music Office, Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts & Culture, Cherokee Nation Film Office, and so many others are doing to make us a major player in the industry. Thanks for the job security guys! We can’t wait to see how the future of film in Oklahoma shapes the halls of #okpop! The Oklahoman Brandy Bam McDonnell

Number 1 on Netflix this weekend is The Woman in the Window! This screenplay, based on the AJ Finn novel, was written by Tulsa’s own Tracy Letts. The film stars Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Anthony Mackie, and Gary Oldman. Check it out! #TulsaFMAC #OKPOP #okfilm #netflix #tracyletts #tulsa

Happy Birthday Phil Seymour from Carla Olson from the The Textones. Along with fellow Tulsan Dwight Twilley, Phil Seymour was part of the New Wave/Power Pop scene in the early 80s. Other Oklahomans who were involved included Moon Martin, KK Barrett, Michael Been and Scott Musick and their band The Call, and Steve Allen and Ron Flynt and their band 20/20.

Whoop whoop! Thank you to our friend Mayor GT Bynum for visiting #OKPOP yesterday! It was a total blast. Can't wait to do it again! Big thanks to Nabholz Corporation, Lilly Architects, Oklahoma Historical Society, City of Tulsa Gov, and QuikTrip (you know what you did and we love you).

Welcome to #tulsa Local Projects. We hope you brought your appetite and elastic waisted pants! #exhibitsexperts #bbq #burnco #okpop #holyheckokpopisgonnabesomindblowing