New and Fresh: Meet NOiR Caesar Entertainment

NOiR Caesar Entertainment is a growing indie creative company that supports and nourishes art from marginalized communities in various media, including animation, fashion, and music. Putting the spotlight on diverse communities is not just a trick for this company — it is the main focus. NOiR Caesar is producing raw and bright stories told within pages of manga and comics. And it’s growing! They offer a fresh look into our world of pop culture. I was able to speak with one of the staff members, Jacqueline “Jax” Cottrell who is NoiR’s Digital Content Strategist to learn more about their vision as a new space for Black nerd creativity.

About NOiR Caesar Black Nerd Problems: Please tell us about the origins of this company and its vision. Jax: NOiR Caesar Entertainment was established by professional athlete, Johnny O’Bryant III as a response to the overwhelming amount of Black culture seen in anime, manga, comics, and so forth, but an equally underwhelming lack (as well as complete and offensive misrepresentations) of proper representation of Black people and people of color in those same media. Our goal is to create a diverse network of Black, POC, and LGBTQA+ creators to tell their stories as they deserve to be told. We’re inspired and driven to give a platform to those whose voices have been continually silenced, or told by major companies, “NO, we don’t think YOUR story would ‘sell’ ” or “Nobody wants to read about your experiences as a (Black, POC, LGBTQA+, Disabled, etc…