At this year’s MoCCA Arts Fest, cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft sat down to discuss her groundbreaking career as the first syndicated Black woman newspaper comics artist in the US. She talked about the origins of her weekly strip, Where I’m Coming From, its growth and reception, and its contemporary resonance and recent recognition as historically important.
Previously On Comics: Some William Messner-Love
Good morning, folks! I’m poking my head out of the morass of college courses to put in some time on the Previously beat. Let’s talk about comics, huh? Technically the week before last, but recent enough to matter; Bill Messner-Loebs, one-time high-profile comics scribe with titles like The Flash and Wonder Woman under his belt, not to mention dialogue…
