Mary McFadden of The Arcade has compiled a list of must-read African comic books, including Nigeria’s Comic Republic, Loyiso Mkize’s Kwezi and Lauren Beukes’s All the Pretty Ponies.

Lauren Beukes, too, is a writer to watch. From South Africa, she made her debut writing a fantastic oneshot called All The Pretty Ponies for Vertigo. Illustrator Loyiso Mkize, also from South Africa, grew up with comics but realised there was no representation of heroes who looked like him and shared his environment. The character Kwezi was born; a regular 19 year old living in Gold City (aka Johannesburg). Oh yeah, except he’s a descendant from an ancient race who saved mankind from extinction.

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Categories Africa Fiction South Africa

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