BLACK CREATORS WE RECOMMEND YOU READ
Rodney Barnes
Rodney Barnes is the writer of
KILLADELPHIA with co-creator Jason Shawn Alexander for Image Comics. He's an award-winning writer/producer of HBO’s Showtime, Hulu’s
Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Marvel’s
Runaways, Starz’s
American Gods, and a host of other television programs and films. He has also authored graphic novels for Lion Forge’s
Quincredible and
Star Wars - Lando:
Double or Nothing, as well as
Falcon for Marvel Comics. Rodney resides in Los Angeles.
Marc Bernardin
Marc Bernardin is a journalist, TV writer, and comic book writer. His latest with Image/Top Cow is
GENIUS with co-creators Adam Freeman and Afua Richardson.
Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown is the writer and co-creator of
BITTER ROOT with David F. Walker and Sanford Greene, and
ON THE STUMP with Prenzy from Image Comics. He has written
The Punisher and
Black Panther comics for Marvel. He is the writer and co-creator of
Rotten Apple for Dark Horse Comics and has been self-publishing for more than 18 years. He's also written comics for Zenescope Entertainment, 12-Gauge Comics, and Line Webtoon.
Johnnie Christmas
Johnnie Christmas is the creator/writer/artist of
FIREBUG. He’s also co-creator and artist of the Image Comics series
SHELTERED with Ed Brisson, PISCES and
TARTARUS with Jack T. Cole. Additionally, his work has been published by Dark Horse Comics, Valiant Entertainment, BOOM! Studios & Black Mask Studios. A graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, he makes his home in Vancouver, BC.
Valentine De Landro
Valentine De Landro is a Canadian comic book artist, illustrator, and designer. He is the co-creator of
BITCH PLANET with Kelly Sue DeConnick. His other credits include titles from Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Valiant, Dark Horse, and Image Comics. He’s known for
Marvel Knights: 4 and
X-Factor.
Tee Franklin
Tee Franklin is a Queer disabled Black woman who writes comics: “The Outfit” (NAILBITER #27), “A Blazin'” (in the Ignatz award-winning
Elements Anthology), Tears (in the Eisner-winning and New York Times bestselling
Love is Love), and Inclusive Press' Queer romance graphic novella,
BINGO LOVE with Jenn St-Onge and Joy San. Franklin won the 2017 Queer Press Grant for BINGO LOVE and raised almost $60,000 for this graphic novella via Kickstarter. She fights for inclusion in comics, no matter the risks, as she hopes that the next generation of marginalized comic creators won't have to put up with what's been happening for the past 75-plus years.
Sanford Greene
Sanford Greene is the artist on
BITTER ROOT with David F. Walker and Chuck Brown. He has worked professionally in comic illustration and related industries for over 15 years, including work for mainline publishers such as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image Comics. Recent work includes the hit Marvel series
Power Man and Iron Fist as well as covers for
Black Panther and
Luke Cage. He currently works on his creator-owned online comic series for Line Webtoon, and
1000.
Rob Guillory
Born, raised and currently based in Lafayette, Louisiana, Rob Guillory is most known for his art on Image Comics' longrunning series
CHEW. Written by John Layman, the book has achieved much success, winning two Harvey Awards (including Best New Talent for Guillory) and two Eisner Awards (Best New Series in 2010 and Best Continuing Series in 2011). He is the creator of the Image ongoing series
FARMHAND.
Edward Laroche
Edward Laroche is the writer/artist of the Image series
THE WARNING. He serves as a storyboard artist in advertising and commercials for various clients including CBS Studios, Warner Bros, Cartoon Network, HASBRO, and AMC. Laroche self-published his first two graphic novels,
Almighty and
Waveform, to critical acclaim.
MD Marie
MD Marie is a Gen Xer, born and raised in the South Bay Area along with two younger brothers. Her latest work for Image/Top Cow is
VINDICATION with Dema Jr. and Carlos Miko. Marie graduated from FIDM (the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising) with a degree in Marketing. She’s written a novel, fiction, poetry, vignettes, short stories, plays, and screenplays.
Shawn Martinbrough
Shawn is the artist of
THIEF OF THIEVES, published by Skybound/Image Comics. The celebrated graphic novel crime series is written by Robert Kirkman and Eisner Award nominees Andy Diggle and Brett Lewis.
Khary Randolph
Khary Randolph is a veteran of the comic book and animation industries. Works include
TECH JACKET and
EXCELLENCE with Brandon Thomas (Image/Skybound), co-creating
Mosaic (Marvel), and
We Are Robin (DC Comics). He lives in Brooklyn but will rep Boston till the day he dies.
Photo Credit: Nahuel Roark
Afua Richardson
Afua Richardson is an artist and musician known for working on
GENIUS with Adam Freeman and Marc Bernardin from Image/Top Cow Productions.
Jimmie Robinson
Jimmie Robinson is the creator, writer, and artist for several Image Comics and Shadowline series, including
BOMB QUEEN,
FIVE WEAPONS, and
THE EMPTY. A California native, he has worked in comics for twenty years. He received an Inkpot Award in 2015.
Brian Stelfreeze
Stelfreeze acts as art director for 12-Gauge Comics, and has provided interior artwork for their titles THE RIDE,
Gun Candy, and
ICE, as well as many of their most iconic covers. He was the artist on Image's
MATADOR with Devin Grayson. As a painter, penciller, inker, and colorist, Brian Stelfreeze has worked for nearly every major U.S. comic book publisher, and was one of the original members of Atlanta's famous Gaijin Studios. While Stelfreeze has been known throughout his career primarily as a cover artist, painting more than 50 consecutive cover illustrations for DC Comics’
Batman: Shadow of the Bat, he's also produced a significant amount of sequential work, including his Eisner Award-Nominated run as the artist (both interior and cover art) on the 2016 revival of Marvel's
Black Panther with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Brandon Thomas
Brandon Thomas is the critically acclaimed writer and co-creator of comics series
HORIZON with Juan Gedeon and
EXCELLENCE with Khary Randolph (Skybound/Image)
. Previous works includes the award-winning series
Noble (Lion Forge) and
Voltron (Dynamite). He lives in Southern California with his wife and son.
Photo Credit: Al Bogdan
David F. Walker
David F. Walker is the writer of
BITTER ROOT with Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene. He has worked for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Boom, Dynamite, and Image. He teaches at Portland State University.
Ronald Wimberly
Ronald Wimberly's most recent works of note were the critically acclaimed
PRINCE OF CATS and the cartoon essay “Lighten Up” for The Nib on Medium. He is an artist who works primarily in design and narrative. He is also an accomplished cartoonist, having designed several graphic novels as well as shorter works for DC/Vertigo, Nike, Marvel, Hill and Wang, and Dark Horse.
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