Incognegro
 

Incognegro

by Mat Johnson, Warren Pleece

Writer Mat Johnson (HELLBLAZER: PAPA MIDNITE), winner of the prestigious Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction, constructs a fearless graphic novel that is both a page-turning mystery and a disturbing exploration of race and self-image in America, masterfully illustrated with rich period detail by Wareen Pleece (THE INVISIBLES, HELLBLAZER).
In the early 20th Century, when lynchings... (read more)

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Brian F
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An interesting story with a few unseen turns along the way. At the very least it sparked my interest and I believe I'm going to do a little research and check the history of the period. I found the art was fitting to the subject matter and anything in black and white, even the printed page, lends a noir fill to the story.

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