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Feb 18, 2018 · The lion’s share of those dollars (about 60% of sales) goes to the “Big Two” comic book publishers, Marvel and D.C. A sliver of the indie market is comics created by people of color.
Apr 29, 2021 · April 29, 2021 5 AM PT. Marvel’s “Black Panther,” one of the all-time highest-grossing films at the worldwide box office, is the starkest recent reminder that stories led by Black characters made...
- jevon.phillips@latimes.com
- Multiplatform Editor
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Apr 29, 2021 · Black superheroes are popular onscreen thanks to the work of Black creators of comic book characters and stories that anticipated this racial reckoning moment. April 29, 2021
- Dorany Pineda
- Freelance Writer
- Bitter Root. 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 Root in 2018.
- Bingo Love. Created by Tee Franklin and Jenn St.- Onge, Bingo Love is 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.
- Excellence. 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.
- Day Men. 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.
Mar 5, 2024 · Onli, of course, was far from alone in his frustration, so in 1993, with help from a few other aspiring Black comic book artists, he declared it “The Black Age of Comics,” playing off Marvel ...
- Christopher Borrelli
Jun 19, 2021 · Denys Cowan is one of the most prominent black creators in comics, with an incredible career that includes a long run with writer Denny O’Neil on The Question, co-founding Milestone Comics , and most recently returning to The Question with Jeff Lemire and Bill Sienkiewicz as part of DC’s Black Label. Green Lantern: Far Sector.
Feb 9, 2023 · Illustration By Theodore Taylor III. Reader demand has driven change in the comics world, including a significant increase in its numbers of Black creators and characters. For proof, one need only look to the graphic novel sales charts: Jerry Craft’s New Kid and Rep. John Lewis’s “March” trilogy have sold millions of copies.
