Jive Poetic Bought Slam Poetry Back to New York Comic-Con

Even though New York Comic-Con has passed, the great thing about the con are the moments that stay with you. Truly, NYCC is a mecca for all thing nerd related. If pop culture is a spectrum, then New York Comic Con is a point where all the different fandoms that make up that spectrum converge. I have been attending NYCC for a few years now, especially as press. Whenever I think there’s nothing that can surprise me about the con, I’m happy to be proven wrong. So hearing that Jive Poetic was bringing back the NYCC Poetry Slam competition for the second year in a row, I was ecstatic. It’s a bit jarring to think about a slam poetry event being held at a comic-con. For me, they have been two separate worlds. I, and many other writers on Black Nerd Problems, started out in slam poetry. I talked about nerd things in poetry spaces but never really talked poetry in nerd spaces. Jive Poetic is a man that walks between both worlds, so there is no better person to have thrown this event. In case you ain’t know, Jive Poetic is a co-founder founder of the Brooklyn Poetry Slam, former host at the Nuyorican Cafe. His work has been recognized by the British Arts Council; US Embassies in Australia, Brazil, and Poland. He’s also an amazing DJ and gigantic nerd. Jive Poetic could do an entire lecture on every iteration of Transformers you can think of. Again, the perfect person to host this show, along with another all-star slam poetry performer and graphic artist genius Rico Frederick as the fo…