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

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Dupac · February 2016

looks good as hell

nawledge_god · February 2016

Looks Like A Dope Concept...This Probably Would've Got More Burn In G&S Tho

playmaker88 · February 2016

Sounds pretty ill.. Not a comic head like that but ill defnitey be on the look out

Colin$mackabi$h · February 2016

We need this.

zzombie · February 2016

WHITE people really really don't want me to get super powers

matches malone · February 2016

a must buy

clairvoyance · February 2016

Nice drop I'm checking for this....

NeighborhoodNomad. · February 2016

Powerful narrative.

What happens when we become aware of our innate superpowers?

ChillaDaGawd · February 2016

Nice

cannonspike1994 · February 2016

I donated $500 to the kickstarter.

mrrealone · February 2016

Well, of course this is gonna ? the laws off, but this could really be bigger and take off.....

Copper · February 2016

Reminds me of the milestone universe I read as a kid. Black kids and gang members got powers from a mysterious explosion.

Being a comic head I'll definitely check for it.

So ILL · February 2016

zzombie wrote: »

WHITE people really really don't want me to get super powers

Lol!! I'd be the most hated black man of all time.

Mr.LV · February 2016

? the way us black people always getting gunned down unarmed these racists cops must think we have superpowers to begin with.

jono · February 2016

Its all about the approach to the subject matter. I will read it to get a sense of whether its any good or not.

CeLLaR-DooR · February 2016

zzombie wrote: »

WHITE people really really don't want me to get super powers

CeLLaR-DooR · February 2016

Meteor Man is a classic

Swiffness! · February 2016

I always look for good world-building in my fiction and fuuuuuuuuck this sound like some GREAT world-building. Stan Lee drew on the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Struggle when he created Mutants and the X-Men - this is like that taken to its logical, politically charged conclusion.

My biggest concern is the art so far......................ehhhhhhhh...........................

Copper wrote: »

Reminds me of the milestone universe I read as a kid. Black kids and gang members got powers from a mysterious explosion.

yeah my aunt was a top executive at DC in the 90s so i got sent tons of DC books including Milestone. Hardware was an interesting ultraviolent take on Iron Man, Static was the one that blew up ofc, but imho ICON was always the best series and the one that deserved the TV/Movie franchise.

The setup was just too GOAT - alien crash lands in antebellum south, black slave finds him first, the ship changes his appearance to match "the locals", said alien fights in the Civil War and other black struggles throughout history while faking his death multiple times. It's like Wolverine's backstory, but better. The line where his sidekick goes "So that explains how you're a Black Republican - you're from outer space!" still cracks me up lol. They did a great job of juxtaposing his old-head black conservative views with the sidekick's liberal black militancy and their back & forth banter was great. He peacefully surrenders to police scared of him and she's like "I bet this doesn't happen to Superman..." yeah, i need to dig that trade paperback outta storage, that was Dwayne McDuffie's magnum opus R.I.P