“Black”: A Graphic Novel That Asks, “What If Only Black People Got Superpowers?”

About a year ago I was leaving New York City Comic Con late at night, staring at a Wonder Woman print I got from Marco D’Alfonso, when I noticed some graffiti on the ground I had stepped on. I took a step back and saw a tag on this block of cement that read, “What if only black people got super powers?” Dude… I didn’t know what this was about — whether this was street art, an advertisement, or something else — but that question stuck with me for days on end. Needless to say I Instagramed the shit outta that tag. I was telling all my friends about it too, when a few months later I came across Black. Black is a graphic novel focused on a kid named Kareem Jenkins who, after being gunned down by police, realizes he has superpowers, which is common trait in most Black people that the government (of course) was trying to keep under wraps. Off the strength, this is the shit I’ve been waiting for. This is the shit I’ve been 6-God Prayers Hands’ing to be blessed with for the longest. As the call for diversity and better representation continues on the forefront of entertainment we’re starting to see more characters as people of color in popular books, which is great, however, the majority of their narratives are still being written by White writers.

This shit right here, though? I said this shit right here, my fangirls and fanboys? The atmosphere on this shit right here be so Black. This is a project of comic vets coming together to hop in the booth and laying down greatness on p…