Experts Say Afrofuturistic Storytelling In Comics Is Booming
Major comic-book houses like Megascope, DC and Dark Horse plan to develop and release a host of new and resurfaced Afrofuturist content in 2021.
By Bianca MartinExperts Say Afrofuturistic Storytelling In Comics Is Booming
Major comic-book houses like Megascope, DC and Dark Horse plan to develop and release a host of new and resurfaced Afrofuturist content in 2021.
By Bianca MartinAfrofuturism — the movement and aesthetic that reimagines and melds African diasporic history and culture with science fiction — is having an explosion in the mainstream, particularly in comics and graphic novels.
Reset brings on a Chicago-based Afrofuturist writer and leading expert to get her take on the reported boom and title recommendations for newcomers.
GUEST: Ytasha Womack, filmmaker and author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture and Rayla 2212