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In 2019, the gawd of storytelling, N.K. Jemisin and the messiah of the brush strokes, Jamal Campbell created the best dressed Green Lantern to ever step foot in the DC Universe. Far Sector’s Sojourner “Jo” Mullein’s is back. Sojourner’s first mission was to bring peace to the Enduring City (a city without emotion). In DC Power 2024, N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell reunite to give Jo a send off back to OA after a job well done. Her escort is none other than Green Lantern 2814.3 John Stewart. We got to do a quick interview with N.K. Jemisin author of the story ‘Enduring Farewells’ which marks the monumental moment of John Stewart and Jo Mullein meeting for the very first time. Omar Holmon: It was 5 years ago you got to introduce Sojourner Mullein in Far Sector and she is a hit now. How does that feel for you for folks to enjoy her, keeping her around as a main stay when that doesn’t always happen introducing a new character? N.K. Jemisin: Well, that was my intention. When I created Far Sector, I had the opportunity to release it as a Black label book. Which is more of like a physical book as opposed to like a compilation or a comic book that would be sold straight in bookstores from what I understand. And I deliberately chose not to do that although as a book author that probably would have worked better for me financially. More of my readers would have bought it because it would have been in the bookstores as opposed to the comic book shops where, for the first 12 issues unti…
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Omar Holmon
Omar Holmon is a content editor that is here to make .gifs, obscure references, and find the correlation between everything Black and Nerdy.
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