John Romita Jr was one of Marvel's longest-standing comic book creators, son of John Romita Sr, and working on all of Marvel's biggest characters.
Afua Richardson Is The New Artist On Marvel Comics' Blade
It was only last year that the artist on Top Cow's magnificent comic book Genius, Afua Richardson was considering cosplaying as Blade's daughter, starring in the delayed Blade series written by Tim Seeley.
@AfuaRichardson Blade's daughter? ;)
— Tim Seeley (@HackinTimSeeley) July 20, 2015
@DrkwingDuck Ha! good point! @HackinTimSeeley and I were just chatting about the new blade Design online coincidentally ! She looks rad!
— Afua Richardson (@AfuaRichardson) July 20, 2015
Well, at the Women Of Marvel panel at C2E2 today, it was announced that Afua Richardson would now be the artist on the series
The comic was previously announced as being drawn by Logan Faerber, and was mysteriously pulled from the schedules with rumours about a possible Blade movie starring the character being to blame.
Last year we reported that Afua was invited to work on a Marvel comic already in the works and "I get a call from Axel Alonso, come in, rip the script apart, create the designs you want…."
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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
