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Discover 10 diverse and exciting comics and graphic novels by black creators, featuring genres such as horror, sci-fi, thriller, and fantasy. From BITTER ROOT to KILLADELPHIA, these stories explore themes of identity, justice, and survival in a variety of settings and styles.
- Bitter Root
- Bingo Love
- Excellence
- Day Men
- The March Trilogy
- Black/Black Af
- Tribe
- The Wilds
- Is'nana The Were-Spider
- Hot Comb
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After previously working together on a relaunch of Power Man and Iron Fist at Marvel, David F. Walker and Sanford Greene reunited, along with veteran comic book creator Chuck Brown, to launch the Image Comics series Bitter Rootin 2018. The title showcases a steampunk, alternate history vision of the Harlem Renaissance as a family of monster hunters...
Created by Tee Franklin and Jenn St.-Onge, Bingo Loveis an original graphic novel that follows two women that fall in love as teenagers but are separated by the prejudices of the time and move apart. Decades later, the two women reunite -- having since built families of their own -- to rekindle their romance after meeting at a church bingo game. As...
One of the biggest Skybound Entertainment/Image launches from last year was Excellence, created by Brandon Thomas and Khary Randolph. The creator-owned series follows Spencer Dale, a young man whose father is a member of the Aegis, a secret society of magic users who use their incredible abilities to selflessly work to improve the world around them...
Boom! Studios editor-in-chief Matt Gagnon and co-writer Michael Alan Nelson teamed with legendary artist Brian Stelfreeze to co-create the series Day Men. What makes it particularly notable is that the series marked Stelfreeze's first ongoing, interior comic book work since 2005, while the living artistic legend had mainly focused on cover art for ...
Written by U.S. House Representative John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell, the March trilogyof original graphic novels recounts Lewis' experiences as a major figure within the Civil Rights Movement, including working directly alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. Starting from the March from Selma to Montgomery, the trilogy follow...
After working extensively as an editor for Marvel and DC, Kwanza Osajyefo successfully crowdfunded his own creator-owned series Black, with artists Jamal Igle, Robin Riggs and Darwin Roberson. Published by Black Mask Studios, the title saw the secret that the Black community possessed superpowers come to light, as one young man became a superhero a...
Alongside comics like The Maxx and StormWatch, Larry Stroman and Todd Johnson's Tribe was part of the second wave of Image titles in 1993. As one of the best-selling comics by African American creators of all-time, Tribefeatured an eponymous new team of superheroes operating out of New York City taking on all kinds of villains while overcoming thei...
Written by Vita Ayala and illustrated by Emily Pearson, the miniseries The Wildsbegins approximately a decade after a cataclysmic event that left the majority of humanity as part of a mysterious horde. In this harsh landscape, Daisy Walker, a runner for one of the last bastions of civilization, sets out to find her missing lover Heather. Debuting i...
Drawing from Sub-Saharan African folklore and mythology, Greg Anderson Elysée, Walter Ostlie and Lee Milewski's Is'nana the Were-Spiderhas the eponymous son of Anansi, the West African God of Spiders, sent to rein in monsters running free on Earth. As Is-nana faces different bestial deities and demigods, he finds his place among humanity. Launched ...
Written and illustrated by Ebony Flowers, the original graphic novel Hot Combfollows the culture around Black hair across a collection of short stories. First published in 2019 by Drawn and Quarterly, the anthology spotlights everything from the culture around Black barbershops to the coming-of-age story of an African American girl receiving her fi...
Discover 15 comics by Black creators that explore diverse genres, themes and perspectives, from steampunk Harlem to Civil Rights movement. Learn about the stories, creators and impact of titles like Bitter Root, Bingo Love, Excellence and more.
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