Laguardia
Eisner and Hugo Award Winner!
Written by Nnedi Okorafor, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author and Marvel's Shuri writer, this deluxe trade paperback collects issues #1-#4 of the mini-series and includes artist sketches and an afterword from the author.
In an alternate world where aliens have integrated with society, pregnant Nigerian-American doctor Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka has just smuggled an illegal alien plant named Letme Live through LaGuardia International and Interstellar Airport… and that's not the only thing she's hiding.
She and Letme become part of a community of human and alien immigrants, but as their crusade for equality continues and the birth of her child nears Future—and her entire world—begins to change.
Blessing in Disguise
Marvel, the U.S. comic book publisher, has launched its first superhero comic set in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial and entertainment capital. The comic was inspired by the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014.
The comic titled 'Blessing in Disguise' features Ngozi, a superheroine fighting evil in Lagos. This is the first story to be set in an African country by Marvel. Ngozi is a character based on one of the Chibok girls and is expected to serve as a role model for girls, said the science fiction writer.
Award-winning Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor creates blessing in Disguise. The published story is part of Marvel's Venomverse comic, with Ngozi appearing alongside Black Panther and Spider-Man villain Venom.
"They were normal girls who suddenly had to deal with a huge change in their lives … and their story of perseverance is so powerful. Like many Nigerian girls, Ngozi comes in a small package but is strong-willed and determined." – review from a reader.
2. Eisner and Hugo Award Winner!
Written by Nnedi Okorafor, Hugo
and Nebula award-winning author
and Marvel's Shuri writer, this
deluxe trade paperback collects
issues #1-#4 of the mini-series and
includes artist sketches and an
afterword from the author.
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La Guardia By Nnedi Okarafor
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3. Marvel, the U.S. comic book
publisher, has launched its first
superhero comic set in Lagos,
Nigeria's commercial and
entertainment capital. The comic
was inspired by the kidnapping of
the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014.
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Blessing In Disguise
By Nnedi Okorafor
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4. Ireti: Bidemi #3 created by Michael
Balogun and Adeleye Yussuf) is a
graphic novel that tells the story of
Bidemi Ogunde, an archeology
student by day, and Ibadan's crime-
fighting superhero by night. She
seems to possess similar powers to
the legendary Ireti Moremi, a
warrior of the Ife Kingdom in
Yorubaland.
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Ireti Bidemi By
Michael Balogun& Adeleye Yussuf
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5. Written by Wale Awelenje and Jeffrey
Oyem) Guardian Prime is the
publisher's answer to Superman,
being both the first and greatest
heroes in the comic universe. The
hero, Tunde Jaiye, is described as
the embodiment of the fifth element
(water, fire, earth, air, and the
perfect man "as God intended him
to be") born to the human race
every 2000.
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Guardian By Wale Awelenje and Jeffrey
Oyem
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6. Written by Lagos Comic-Con
winners in Best Writer & Illustrator
category.
An ominous occurrence visits a
native Igbo girl, Oriemma leading to
a tragic revelation: a relic of high
spiritual importance has been
stolen. It's on the list because it
integrates African tradition into the
modern world.
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Chima & Kelly Kaly
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7. Top Graphic novel in the Comic
Book of the Year category.
This battle has flared since the
dawn of time, but now in this
period of seeming peace, it's about
to be waged again. Two forces will
conflict, two allegiances will battle
from the womb of humanity.
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Epoch Comics
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8. Meet Nigeria's sleeping beauty. With
more voices in her head than we
can count and flashback inputs
almost as long as her name. Expect
actual plot development as she
finally awakens from her 7-issue
slumber. Maybe we can stop seeing
her in smoke-screens now?
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Mr. Ighorodje
Obenje
Kazeem
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Set in the future, The Legend of Wale
Williams is published by Roye Okupe's
YouNeek Studios. It could easily be
called the Nigerian hybrid of the ultra-
rich Marvel superhero, Iron Man, and
D.C. superhero Batman.
This graphic novel, set in Lagoon City,
Nigeria, "follows the journey of Wale
Williams, an impetuous young man who
inherits a suit with superpowers after his
father goes missing."
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The Legend of Wale Williams
Roye Okupe's YouNeek
Studios
10. This sci-fi/space opera takes place in the
aftermath of a Great Galactic War where
thousands of human and alien
civilizations were left in a state of chaos.
This debut issue depicts such chaos as a
Natalie alien princess lands on the planet
I've 4 while on the run from Commander
Tariks and his Watu-Mutilon Raptors.
Tariks attacks the planet to catch his
prey, only foiled by a superteam known
as the Galactic Corps.
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Galatic Core- Emmanuel Ozor
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11. This horrific graphic novel tells the tale of
Eric Kukoyi, the vessel of the entity of fear,
a centuries-old entity with a thousand
names and forms, now known as Eru.
This issue drew parallels between Eric and
Count Dracula himself. Ezeogu's art and
coloring contribute to the horror
atmosphere. While reading this, I got the
impression that people who like Neil
Gaiman's Sandman, urban fantasy, or
horror comics would like this too.
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Eru
Max Ezeogu and Ozo Ezeogu
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