Black Writers & Artists
List dedicated to all the black folk in the comic book industry!
Updated Feb 6, 2016
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Comics first African American artist
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Revered for the Milestone comic lineup and his work on various cartoons, Mcduffie later died undergoing surgery RIP
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Writer of black panther and Spiderman. Director of house party, boomerang, everybody hates chris, Boondocks, Bernie mack show, Brotha got talent!
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He worked on one of the first painted comic books, Cyberpunk and is best known as writer on green lantern. also credited with co-creating Kyle Rayner, he's responsible for designing costumes for Parallax, Grayven, Fatality, Dr. Polaris, and Dr. Light
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Co-creator of milestone comics and tv producer
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Ive been in love with his work ever since he drew batgirl! Pity he's now a recluse in Japan...what a waist of talent....
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Apparently his black panther run was da bomb!
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Jamaican born writer, blogger and comic press representative
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loved his work on firestorm!
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singer, songwriter, model, actor sex symbol and comic writer of Mayhem!
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Once he worked on buffy season 8 I was a fan
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American comics author, creator of the first american strip about African-American young people "Lookin' Fine", and of the strip "Curtis".
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loved his work on the darkness and artifacts!
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comic book illustrator, known mostly for his stints pencilling Milestone Comics' Blood Syndicate and Heroes, Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel and Slingers, and DC Comics' Firestorm.
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Best known for stints on Iron man and all-star squadron
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was an African American cartoonist notable for being the first black participant in both the 1960s fan art movement and the 1970s underground comics movement. His creations included Xal-Kor the Human Cat and the feature 'Wildman and Rubberroy".
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was an african American cartoonist and fetish artist :)
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Best known for work on sandman, the question and young all stars
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often credited as M. D. Bright. He's best known for pencilling the Marvel Comics Iron Man story "Armor Wars," the two Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn miniseries for DC Comics
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was an African-American comic-book artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics series Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, and Jungle Action feature, "Black Panther", considered the first modern black superhero.
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Percy Carey also known by the stage names MF Grimm and originally Build and Destroy, is an American underground rapper, music producer and Eisner Award-nominated comic book writer from New York City.
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Founder of ZOOLOOK and long time colaborator with fellow brazillian Rodney Buchemi. He is the author behind Dread and Alive and HITLESS.
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George Herriman was born in a light-skinned, Creole African-American family in New Orleans, Louisiana who was an American cartoonist, best known for his classic comic strip Krazy Kat.
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was an African-American comic book artist best known for his 1970s work at Charlton Comics, where he became American comic books' first known cover-credited series creator, with the horror-anthology Midnight Tales blurbing "Created by Wayne Howard" on each issue — "a declaration perhaps unique in the industry at the time".
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Steven Hughes was an artist and creator for Chaos Comics. He drew Lady Death, Evil Ernie, and many more characters in the Chaos Comic universe.
He passed away from cancer on February 18, 2000, in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Knight's award-winning art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including Salon.com, ESPN the Magazine, Funny Times, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, and others.
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Bi-racial Irish African writer best known for work on Constantine
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Creator of The Urban comic strip: The Boondocks.
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an American artist, known for his mainstream comic book art and for his work depicting his views of gay life.
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an african American comic book artist. Originally from the Detroit area, Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the Marvel Comics titles Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, and The Amazing Spider-Man in the late 1970s-early 1980s.
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an African American comic book artist. Stelfreeze, an accomplished painter, penciller, inker and colorist, has worked for nearly every major American comic book publisher and is one of the original members of Atlanta's Gaijin Studios, a prominent breeding ground for some of comics' most highly regarded talents. he's best known for work on Batman: Shadow of the bat
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an African American comic book artist and writer. After first gaining attention illustrating the Epic Comics series Alien Legion (vol. 2), he went on to illustrate various Marvel Comics books such as The Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, Ghost Rider (vol. 2) and Punisher, as well as work for other companies, such as DC Comics’ Darkstars and Dark Horse Comics’ The Mark. He briefly published a creator-owned series called The Tribe with Image Comics in the early 1990s.
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American comic-book artist,best known for his work with Marvel in the `70s and `80s - particularly `Marvel Two In One` and `Power Man`...
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Jamaican born comic book artist. Works mainly in Marvel comics
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Black french artist best known for work on Thor and The Legion
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Best known for work on paradise x, universe x and green arrow
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Writer best known for post civil war new warriors series and blue marvel. Actor best known for playing the werewolf Raze in the Underworld series.
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author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, was black
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