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'Incognegro' Gets Prequels And Sequels From Berger Books, With 'Incognegro: Renaissance' In February

As part of Dark Horse's presentation to the Diamond Retailer Breakfast this morning at New York Comic Con, Karen Berger, showrunner of the New York imprint Berger Books, had a lot to show off.

She's previously announced the reprint of the classic Incognegro graphic novel from 2008 by Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece, originally published by her at Vertigo Comics. And was based on author Mat Johnson's discovery that Walter White, who served as the chief executive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), pretended to be a white person in order to investigate lynchings.

The graphic novel was about Zane Pinchback, a reporter for a black newspaper in the early 1930s New York City who builds built his career investigating lynchings while undercover as a white person. He is about to retire, but then fate intervenes as his brother is charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. Fearing that his brother will be lynched before given a chance to clear his name, Zane decides to go on one final investigation to free him, and brings along a friend who hopes to assume his job after he retires.

The new printing of the original is a bit smaller than the original and has a new forward by Mat Johnson inside.

Well, now the original creative team from the Incognegro graphic novel being reprinted by Berger Books, Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece, are coming back for more Incognegro comics.

Incognegro: Renaissance in February will be a prequel to the original comic book. But that's not all.

Because she also revealed they are planning another sequel series set in the 1960s. More on that to come.

This is all coming out of Diamond's Retailer Breakfast ahead of New York Comic Con, happening today. You can catch up with any other Retailer Breakfast announcements here.

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