Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime

Revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking book on Black women in comic art

The 2018 release of Marvel's blockbuster Black Panther film catapulted African American comics and animation into the limelight, with strong Black women characters at the forefront. Black Women in Sequence showcases the deep history of women of African descent in comics subculture. From the 1971 appearance of the Skywald Publications character "the Butterfly"--the first Black female superheroine in a comic bo...