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Jun 5, 2020 · 15 Black Creator-Owned Comics That Are Essential Reading. By Sam Stone. Published Jun 5, 2020. Black creators are thriving in the creator-owned comics scene, and comics like Bitter Root, Prince of Cats and The Wilds are must-read titles. While mainstream comic book publishers may be lacking in diverse creators working on their titles, the ...
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- Genius. Destiny Ajaye is a strategic wunderkind and a teenaged agent of radical change in Genius, a series co-created by Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman, and Afua Richardson.
- Nighthawk. Writer David Walker wanted his iteration on the Squadron Supreme's Nighthawk to be Marvel's answer to Batman. Except this hero, a black man, did a lot of things that Batman couldn't and wouldn't do: like tackling police brutality and socioeconomic inequality in minority neighborhoods in Chicago.
- Icon. Milestone Comics broke ground with all of the books that heralded its arrival on the comics scene in the mid-'90s. Icon may not have been the most popular series (that would be Static, of course,) but to me, it was the most fascinating of the Milestone titles.
- Black. A Kickstarter sensation when it first dropped in 2016, Black by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, Khary Randolph, and Jamal Igle had a killer hook: What if only black people had superpowers?
Aug 8, 2022 · Here are 12 great Black science fiction and fantasy comics, from N.K. Jemisin’s Far Sector to great indie comics. From DC comics to indie publishers Iyanu: Child of Wonder has been picked up by...
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- Clock Striker Vol. 1 by Isaaka Galadima and Frederick L. Jones. Releasing February 2023 from Saturday AM Comics, this manga-style graphic novel tells the story of a young girl named Cast, who dreams of becoming a member of a legendary group of warrior engineers called the SMITHS.
- Niobe: She Is Life by Sebastian A. Jones, Amandla Stenberg, and Ashley A. Woods. Part of a series of graphic novels set in the fictional fantasy world of Asunda, this book features a young half elven girl named Niobe.
- Bytchcraft by Aaron Resse and various artists. A Webtoon featuring Black queer witches, this webcomic has a fun cast of characters dealing with shenanigans ranging from trying to avoid spoilers using magic to practicing self-care.
- Bitter Root by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene. This fifteen-issue graphic novel series is set in 1920's Harlem. Jazz clubs are everywhere as well as Jinoo, humans turned monsters due to deep fear, hatred, and racism.
Feb 28, 2021 · Best Black-led Comics by Black Creators featured above: Black, ADAM: Legend of Blue Marvel, and Excellence. Black History Month is coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to support and amplify Black voices.
10 Comics & Graphic Novels by Black Creators We Recommend you Read for Black History Month 2023. ALMIGHTY by Ed Laroche. THE WARNING writer/artist EDWARD LAROCHE returns to comics with a five-issue epic! Max Max: Fury Road-style action combines with the mutated horror of Annihilation in this original sci-fi/fantasy epic for mature readers.
Apr 29, 2021 · “Aquarius: The Book of Mer” #1 by Afua Njoki Richardson. (Image Comics) Comics, like the rest of the world, have been impacted by COVID-19 in unusual ways. In some instances, people are...
