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Charlamagne tha God Launches Comics, Graphic Novel Lines
“Radio host, author, and media mogul Leonard “Charlamagne tha God” Mckelvey is teaming up with actor, director, and comics writer Kevin Grevioux to develop original superhero properties as comics series and graphic novels.”
“Their first project will be Darkstorm, written by Grevioux with art by Ken Lashley, an original graphic novel series featuring a reluctant Black superhero who struggles with PTSD. The graphic novels will be published by Charlamagne’s Simon & Schuster imprint, Black Privilege Publishing.”
Charlamagne and Grevioux are also teaming up with AWA Studios to develop comic book series. Their first project will be The Vindicators, which will star a diverse team of superheroes living in a dystopian future.
“A lot of the black superheroes I loved growing up were street level and that’s cool, but I want to see Omega Level superheroes that look like me and people around me and that’s exactly what we are giving you with Darkstorm and The Vindicators,” Charlamagne said in a statement accompanying the announcement.”
Prentice Penny Launches Comic Book Company, Already Developing Two Titles for TV (Exclusive)
“Prentice Penny keeps lining up post-Insecure work. The TV writer and producer, who recently inked a pack to move his Penny for Your Thoughts shingle to Disney’s Onyx Collective, is also turning his attention to comic books.”
“Partnering with Stranger Comics’ Founder Sebastian A. Jones, Penny is launching a yet-to-be-named joint venture to identify and support new talent in the independent comic book world — functioning as an incubator and development lab for BIPOC creators and their IP to find inroads to publication and adaptation to other mediums. Jones and Penny have already identified two projects, David Crownson’s Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer and Jaycen Wise from creator Uraeus, both of which area already be developing for TV.”
