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Desegregating Comics and Bubbles Zine historic manga Bat Kid and Igaguri: Young Judo Master document a revisionist golden age.

What makes the book groundbreaking is the attention paid to the always complicated-by-race stories behind the successes. For every Black designer whose work is presented here, Prempeh makes us wonder how many were rejected, discouraged, or harassed out of the design professions.

More than seventy Black creators are working on a new 192-page graphic novel anthology, Epiphany Engine, to be published by Advent Comics.

The American Library Association (ALA) on January 22 announced the 2024 Youth Media Award winners — the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – during the American Library Association’s LibLearnX conference in Baltimore. The complete press release containing all

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards encourage the artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and the graphic arts; promote an understanding and appreciation of the black culture and experience; and commemorate the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in supporting the work of her husband, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for peace and world brotherhood.  

Reviews of the 2024 CSK Illustrator Award winner and honorees.

Reviews of the 2024 Sibert Award winner and honorees.

American cartoonist (1911-1985). Real name: Zelda Mavin Jackson. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh, but her father, who owned a printi...

Charlene Prempeh's debut book celebrates the work of Black designers over the last century – from the widely lauded to the chronically overlooked.

“Now You See Me, An Introduction To 100 Years of Black Design,” tells the stories of Black artists that history forgot.