Easton often credits his time at Ithaca College as a “major transformative moment” in his life and says it gave birth to his writing voice and sociological perspectives.

[1] Easton regularly writes and speaks on issues of race in the comic book industry, and has been published in various articles discussing racial barriers for writers of color.

[8] Easton's original graphic novel SHADOWLAW garnered coverage in publications/outlets like USA Today,[9] Wired,[10] Forbes[11] and Ain't It Cool News.

[3] Easton interviewed new, but acclaimed, writers like Nnedi Okorafor, N. K. Jemisin, Geoffrey Thorne, Anthony Montgomery, Erika Alexander, Tony Puryear, Hannibal Tabu and several others.

[17] Easton was also a semi-finalist with the Hollywood Black Film Festival's Project Stargazer in 2013 – collaboration with NASA to find and develop science-fiction writers of color.