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Article: Betting on 'Blak': comic book creators hope their hip-bop superhero becomes a hit.(Making It)
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- Black Enterprise
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- April 1, 2005
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Flipping through his art portfolio one day, Mark Davis inadvertently introduced a concept that would take Imajimation Studios--the startup animation business where he worked as an illustrator--to the next level. The characters he sketched donned baggy jeans, do-rags, and gold medallions. Mark called them "the heads on the block."
The studio's chairman, who had been peeking over Mark's shoulder, was impressed. He wanted to see more. The Blokhedz comic book was soon born, and now a Blokhedz animated feature film is in production.
Los Angeles-based Imajimation Studios, which began creating animated spots for UPN, Adidas, BET, and R&B singer Toni Braxton in ...