Tag: comics
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Review: The Mask of Haliya, Vol.1: Heir to the Warrior Moon
Imprint: Kwento Comics Genre: Fantasy Own Voices: Filipino mythology Audience: YA+ Creator: Cecilia Lim Writing Team: Kaitlyn Fajilan, Jenapher Zheng Art Team: Renoida Renovilla, Charlyn Duy, Kathryn Layno, Kristen Laroa, Ruth Anne Roman, Susan Bin, Justine Frany, Minerva Fox, Liezl Buenaventura, LA Guevarra, Mikaela Kaufman, Patricia Pria, Jamie Lee, Juliet H. Morin, and Haining San…
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Review: Timid by Jonathan Scott
The 2024 Scholastic Graphix, semi-autobiographical Timid is a coming-of-age story that follows Cecil Hall, a black middle schooler, as he navigates his new hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, and finds a friend group that appreciates his intersecting interests and beliefs. Originally from a predominantly black town in Florida, Cecil learns about code switching in predominantly white…
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Superman Smashes The Klan May Be A Favorite Read of the Year
It is with great sadness that I admit my favorite comic of the year may be a Superman graphic novel. I know. I see the disappointment etched across your face, but please, have faith in me. Know that the rare occasion of such mainstream treachery has a point founded in the social commentary you associate…
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‘Southern Hospitality’: A Graphic Representation of Racism and Revenge in Comics
Months later, the movie Sinners still sits with me, so I felt obligated to write about a comic short that reminded me of the film. Specifically Smoke’s last stand with the Ku Klux Klan. In “Southern Hospitality,” written by Mikhail Hardy with art and colors by Eli John and Robin L. Davis, the main character,…
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No Seasoning, No Soul: The Shortsightedness of the White Imagination in Rain by David. M. Booher
It’s been a while since I hate-read something, and this graphic novel adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story “Here Comes the Rain Again” proves why there should be no inherent trust in white writers and artists and their depiction of non-white characters in their works. I have a brief rant about this book somewhere on…
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Neon Moons Launch: A New Literary Community
Neon Moons launches today at Bindery, focusing on speculative storytelling by Black, Indigenous, and other Authors of Color. The initiative offers various storytelling mediums to foster community discussions, crafts, and possibly a book club. The monthly selection begins with “Ghost Roast,” exploring a girl’s challenges with her father’s ghost-hunting business.
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7 Must-Read Comics by Black Women
Similarly, with Moongirl and Devil Dinosaur, the first run was good, but it lacked the conversations and nuances of the Black experience seen in the runs written by Stephanie Williams and Jordan Ifueko. Why read someone else’s whitewashed perspective when I can read our stories? Here are seven comics I enjoyed written by Black women.…
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Shakespearean Scholar to Afrofuturist
While I was privileged to live in a predominantly Black neighborhood and went to public schools where most of my teachers and staff looked like me, and I gravitated to Black film and TV, I was still profoundly impacted by the white-washed American curriculum.