This week, the complete 6-issue mini-series BLACK comes to comic shops in a collected paperback edition.
“Three black teenagers in Bedford-Stuyvesant are shot by police officers in a case of mistaken identity.
One of them, Kareem Jenkins, survives and learns a secret: Only black people have superpowers. How does the world react as the truth is exposed?
This is BLACK, a new comic book series about black characters by black creators."
- The New York Times
In a world that already hates and fears them – what if only Black people had superpowers?
After miraculously surviving being gunned down by police, a young man learns that he is part of the biggest lie in history. Now he must decide whether it’s safer to keep it a secret or if the truth will set him free.
X-Men meets
The Wire, BLACK’s Kickstarter blazed through Black History Month 2016 earning more than three time its funding goal.
BLACK began its life as a Kickstarter seeking to raise $29,999 and ultimately earned almost $100,000.
When it launched in comic shops last year, the response was staggering.
And now it's
in development as a feature film!
BLACK, Vol 1
Written by: Kwanza Osajyefo
Designed by: Tim Smith 3
Art by: Jamal Igle
Cover by: Khary Randolph
In Stores: November 1st
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