Noir is the New Black

by Various

40 Black Creators. 16 Noir stories.

Unhinged. Unfiltered. Unstoppable... This is NOIR IS THE NEW BLACK!

There certainly have been many Noir Comics written and drawn by black creators in the past. Now, for the first time, the most revered Black American comic book creators (David F. Walker, Brandon Thomas, MD Bright, Melody Cooper, N.Steven Harris, Gary Phillips,...) as well as a new generation of writers and artists of color are banding together for a unique anthology of 100% creator-owned Black Noir comic stories!

This new edition includes one new The Circuit by TC Harris and David Brame, as well as a behind the scenes bonus section featuring black and white art.

Brandon Thomas ( Excellence )
Gary Phillips
Greg Burnham ( Tuskegee Heirs )
Brandon Easton ( Judge Dredd )
Melody Cooper ( OMNI )
Tyrone Finch ( Swine, Major Ursa )
Mark MD Bright
Marcus Williams ( Tuskegee Heirs )
MD Marie ( Vindication )
Nick Allen
TC Harris
Don Walker ( Wild )
Hannibal Tabu ( Artifacts )
Greg A. Elysee ( Is' The Were Spider )
N.Steven Harris ( Michael Cray )
Christelle “TeeNa” Roche ( Rodham Willows )
Deron Bennett
Mervyn McKoy
Erika Hardison
Dorphise Jean
Vlad Alexis
David Brame
Karen S. Darboe
Guile
Eric Van Elsande
Dietrich Smith
David Walker
Pat Masioni
Paris Alleyne
Quinn McGowan
Roxxy Haze
Eli Johnson
Toyin Ajetunmobi
Jackson GodWin
Todd Harris
Robin L.Davis

Genres: Graphic Novels

148 pages, Paperback

Published September 14, 2021

About the author

Various is the correct author for any book with multiple unknown authors, and is acceptable for books with multiple known authors, especially if not all are known or the list is very long (over 50).

If an editor is known, however, Various is not necessary. List the name of the editor as the primary author (with role "editor"). Contributing authors' names follow it.

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Reviews

[Adrian · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first thing you need to get used to here is that this is a collection of short stories meant to be an introduction to new “voices”, in the “woke” lexicon. It accomplishes this mission marvelously. It’s only defect is that it feels inconsistent, but it can’t be helped with such a diverse cast of talent “creatives”.

The best stories are so good in art and writing that you’re just messed up when they end abruptly. 😫 They leave you begging for me! The worst stories leave you rolling your eyes and wishing you had never read them. 🙄 And then there’s everything in between on the “spectrum”. 😬

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐫, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞. 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐫 (𝐢𝐦𝐨); 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦--𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.

𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 & 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡-𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬/𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anthologies are generally mixed bags, and this one has its share of stinkers (the sci-fi stories left me cold, and the interpretation of "noir" was GENEROUS at times), but the winning stories really hit in wonderful ways, and it's great to showcase such range of talent in a genre historically exclusive to straight white men.

[Olga · Rating 5 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed all the short stories in this graphic novel. I hope the creators will continue writing them. I hope more content like this will be coming out in the future!

[lara phillips · Rating 3 out of 5]

great concept, but these stories were so short in most cases that there wasn't enough substance to really love them.

[sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The anthology is comprised of black authors and black characters but the stories are a diverse depiction of black characters. Very much enjoyed reading it.