African Comics
What if Africa or African inspired themes were part of the larger Star Wars mythos? That’s what Rovik offers. UDK Crew (now Avandu), the guys behind the socially conscious comic Dunamis of which we happily wrote, are back with another dose of visual dead gorgeousness for 2017. Titled Rovik, the awfully short comic is set
Squid Mag, the home of African comics, games, animation and fresh funky art. 2016 is technically our sophomore year in sharing content around African comics, animation and games although it does feel like freshman year. It was a testing-the-waters kind of phase that we’re thrilled to have experienced. An experience that has us, Squid Mag
2016 has been such an amazing year and we have you to thank. Our biggest gratitude goes to you creative folk consistently producing content that makes us smile or frown, inspires and depresses us, and above all, feeds us something beautifully important to form our opinions of the continent around. We say a big akpe to you!
Comic Republic‘s Guardian Prime #8, where do I begin? It’s stunning and compelling. The art (lines and colors) is better and the story thankfully, steers further away from it’s Superman inspiration. The issue starts off with a supposedly off-duty GP playing honored guest at a Nigerian independence day celebration. He has the Extremes, (his sidekick
A hunt for purely African Comics will return an ocean of Nigerian titles. While this is a testament to the tremendous effort being put in by Nigerian creators, it is wholly unrepresentative of the continent. Thankfully, our friends over at ComExposed are making their presence known and what better way to do that than a comic anthology?! Ahead
The second week of our African Comic Cover series was science fiction heavy, augmented by kilojoules of magical fantasy! From the dystopian Wrath House to Versus, a fantastical space opera, to enhanced humans such as EXO and the kids in Hero Generation to the mecha dog packs in Ganyamuto to the wacky bros in Mumu Juju,
We started the month on a pretty interesting note, by showcasing covers of comics from creators across the continent on our Instagram page. We will feature different African comic covers, every day through the month. Inspired by ACCRAALT, the covers reflect the evolution of African art into more diverse digital art forms that uphold the “a
We started the month on a pretty interesting note, by showcasing covers of comics from creators across the continent on our Instagram page. We will feature a comic cover, every day through the month. Inspired by ACCRAALT, the covers reflect the evolution of African art into more diverse digital art forms that uphold the “a picture
For the love of illustration, October is an incredible month! There’s Inktober and Swaptober, two splendid causes that leave you drooling and begging for more. So much in fact, you just might wish the other months didn’t exist. Inktober is an inspiring challenge that has artists drawing and posting up sketches throughout the month. This is
Orisha Pikin is a delightful comic created by Kiyindou Yamakasi which reimagines the Yourba pantheon of gods as children Picture Shango (the god of thunder) as the sore loser in a gaming duel against Obatala (the god of purity)! Now picture Obatala’s impassive face in stark contrast to Shango’s fuming visage coupled with childish outbursts (we
