Strange Fruit and black history in comics with Joel Christian Gill

When Joel Christian Gill realized painting wasn't working for
him, he returned to comic books and began writing and
illustrating books that tell the largely unknown stories of
extraordinary black people in history.


Gill is the chairman, CEO, president, director of development,
majority and minority stockholder, manager, co-manager, regional
manager, assistant to the regional manager, receptionist, senior
black correspondent and janitor of Strange Fruit Comics. The New
York Times says, "At a moment when racial inequities have ignited
this nation, Mr. Gill offers direction for the road ahead from
the road behind.”


He is the author of Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield’s First Ride
from Lions Forge 2019 and the award winning graphic novel series
Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, and
Tales of The Talented Tenth from Fulcrum Publishing.


In this interview, he speaks with former Boston Poet Laureate
Danielle Legros Georges during a visit to campus this spring.


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