APB: Artists against Police Brutality: A Comic Book Anthology

Bill Campbell, Jason Rodriguez, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Ytasha L. Womack, Bettina L. Love, Aaron Rand Freeman, J. Andrew World, Keith Knight, Lalo Alcaraz, Ka Yan Cheung, Jerome Walford, Keith Miller, Chuck Collins, Andaiye Reeves, Melanie Stevens, P. Djèlí Clark, Keef Cross, Jerry Craft, Stacey Robinson, Robert Love, Charles Feterholf, Christa Cassano


4.00 · 2 ratings · Published: 01 Oct 2015

APB: Artists against Police Brutality: A Comic Book Anthology by Bill Campbell, Jason Rodriguez, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Ytasha L. Womack, Bettina L. Love, Aaron Rand Freeman, J. Andrew World, Keith Knight, Lalo Alcaraz, Ka Yan Cheung, Jerome Walford, Keith Miller, Chuck Collins, Andaiye Reeves, Melanie Stevens, P. Djèlí Clark, Keef Cross, Jerry Craft, Stacey Robinson, Robert Love, Charles Feterholf, Christa Cassano
An incredibly unique comic book benefit project featuring comic shorts, pin-ups, short essays, and flash fiction, the proceeds of which will be going to the Innocence Project
 
We’ve all seen the pictures: a six-year-old Ruby Bridges being escorted by U.S. marshals on her first day at an all-white, New Orleans school in 1960; a police dog attacking a demonstrator in Birmingham; fire hoses turned on protesters; Martin Luther King Jr. addressing a crowd on the National Mall. These pictures were printed in papers, flashed across television screens, and helped to change the laws of this nation, but not necessarily all of the attitudes. Similarly, we’ve seen the pictures of Michael Brown lying face down in a pool of his own blood for hours; protesters with their hands up, facing down militarized policemen. There are videos of Eric Garner choked to death, John Crawford III shot down in Walmart for carrying a toy gun, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice gunned down in broad daylight for the same reason. APB: Artists Against Police Brutality is a benefit comic book anthology that focuses on hot-button issues including police brutality, the justice system, and civil rights, with one primary goal: show pictures and tell stories that get people talking. The proceeds will go to the Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people.

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