Kwanza Osajyefo Archives

Boom Studios Hires Five Comics Industry Heavyweights To Editorial Team

Boom Studios has hired five comics industry heavyweights to their editorial team, namely Sara Miller, Kiara Valdez, Tea Fougner, Kwanza Osajyefo and Sebastian Girner. Here's how they describe their new Editorial Director, Specuial Project Editor and Executive Editors. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode()[...]

White, the Sequel to Black Set 400 Years Later, Coming in Summer 2019

Teased at New York Comic Con, the hit comic Black by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, Jamal Igle, and Khary Randolph, set in a world in which only Black people have superpowers, which has launched a universe of spinoff titles in the form of Black AF, is getting a proper follow-up next year Set 400 years after[...]

Black AF: Widows and Orphans #2 cover by Tim Smith 3 and Derwin Roberson

Black AF: Widows and Orphans #2 Review – Better, More Focused, with Art Still Gorgeous

This Black AF line continues with Anansi and his apprentice spying on a Russian auction superpowered black children. Does it make for a good read?

Black AF #2, Dismantlers, and We Are in Danger: Black Mask Comics May 2018 Solicits

Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith bring you Black AF #2: Widows and Orphans. Plus, new series Dismantlers and We Are in Danger launch These come to you through Black Mask Comics' May 2018 solicits Details below. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ MAR181230 DISMANTLERS #1 CVR A WOODS (MR) (W) Aria Baci[...]

Black AF: America's Sweetheart cover by Sho Murase

Black AF: America's Sweetheart Review: Beautiful, Fresh, and Stalwart Commentary

Black AF doesn't and capitalizes on all of Good Girl's powers with some amazing action panels. Kwanza Osajyefo brings us an endearing and compelling tale of a black superhero just trying to do the right thing with Black AF With a lovable protagonist, an interesting premise with some intriguing observations, and an overall high-energy and optimistic[...]

Kwanza Osajyefo And Tim Smith 3's 'Black' Is Heading To The Big Screen

Black, the comic book series created by Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3 about a world where only black people have superpowers, is the latest to fulfill its comic book destiny by getting optioned for a movie by Studio 8. Mixing social commentary with classic superhero action and drama, the series, named one of six books[...]

How A Failure At DC Comics Led To 'Black' by Kwanza Osajyefo

2000 DC: Black To The Future – How eschewing the establishment allowed me focus on what was is missing and what matters in making comics. By Kwanza Johnson, professionally known as Kwanza Osajyefo. What if only Black people had superpowers? The question hung in my mind as I thumbed through some comics, wrestling with the notion that a specific[...]

"In A World That Already Fears And Hates Them – What If Only Black People Had Superpowers?" (UPDATE)

This is often referred to as being "on the nose". The creators are ex-DC editor Kwanza Osajyefo, manager of digital comics production at Marvel, Tim Smith 3, Molly Danger creator Jamal Igle, and artist on Robin War, Khary Randolph. And here's the hook, "After miraculously surviving being gunned down by police, a young man learns that he is part[...]