AfroFantasy Comic ‘Tempo’ Now Live on Kickstarter

So it was thanks to fellow BNP editor and reviewer Leslie, that up and coming, young, blazing creative Kevin Betou popped up on my radar. She first met him at her local comic book shop when he had his first self-published comic Blackman. At the time he was a senior in high school and he’d printed 150 copies and he sold them all out that day. Since then I’ve been following him on Instagram, watching him refine his craft, going all out on fanart and original pieces and just being an overall charming guy to follow. Now he’s using Kickstarter to help get the funds for this newer project, Tempo — a thrilling, afrofuturist comic that combines fast-paced action with music that makes for an amazing read.

It Starts With A Girl… BNP was sent the exact issue that the crowdfunding is aiming to get printed — I was ecstatic to be able to sit down and pour over it ahead of time. This comic opens to narration of music being super important in this world. The music means nothing until significance and meaning is to assigned to it, be that entertainment, hobbies, career, even escape — in these contexts, it is a power. A power called Tempo and it is a sort of “quirk”, if I can borrow phrasing from My Hero Academia. People can physically manifest music. This power, Tempo, is what helps defines you. Your Tempo is what aids you. Your Tempo can be a tool and it can most certainly be a weapon. Enter Baako, a headstrong young woman with the best clapbacks and one liners for days. A no-nonsense …