AFUA RICHARDSON

Afua Njoki Richardson, aka “Lakota Sioux” is a New York native comic book creator. She is the winner of the 2011 Nina Simone Artistic Achievement Award for being one of the few African-American female comic book creators to have worked for all the comic book giants: Marvel, DC and Image Comics. In the spirit of Nina Simone, Afua is a political activist, a classical flautist, a professional singer, songwriter, actress and human beatbox artist, sharing stages with music greats such as Parliment Funkadelic, Sheila E and Sir Melvin van Peebles. She currently illustrates Genius (Top Cow Productions), the winner of the 2008 Pilot Season Reader’s Choice Award. Afua’s EP release entitled a.squared, with pianist Alexa Edmonds, is due to be released in late 2011. Learn more at www.afuarichardson.com.

African-American Classics:
Graphic Classics Volume 22
144 pages, full color, $15

Coming in December 2011